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Twitter Finally Adds Two-Factor Authentication to Secure Your Account
two-factor authentication for accounts . Two-factor authentication uses your password and an additional method to verify your identity. Google’s two-factor authentication, launched in 2010, texts a code to your mobile number when a new device or app initially accesses your account. Bank of America has a similar system. Two-factor is becoming table stakes for any online service that wants ...
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Google Checkout Going Out of Business in 6 Months
announced . The service, which has been used by many web merchants as an alternative to PayPal and has been the default payment option for Google Play developers, is going away Nov. 20, 2013. All Google Play developers ...
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More teens sharing more sensitive info on social media
Parents, pay attention. Your teens are sharing more information about themselves on social media sites than ever before, and you might want to know what they're sharing. Some quick numbers parents need to know: + 91 percent. That's how many teens post photos of themselves, up from 79 percent in 2006. + 71 percent. That's how many teens post their school names, up from 49 ...
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Fox Family Finds Shelter Fans At Facebook Headquarters
MENLO PARK (KPIX 5) – A family of California grey foxes have set up their home at the headquarters of Facebook and are now the stars of their own Facebook page. The foxes moved into the ';Zen Garden'; on the Menlo Park campus of the social networking giant. Workers there quickly set ...
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Losing Clearwire would make Sprint less attractive MA target analyst says
If Sprint Nextel Corp. loses the acquisition of Clearwire Corp., the Overland Park wireless carrier risks losing some of the attention of its own suitors, a telecommunications analyst said Wednesday. Sprint (NYSE: S) upped the stakes Tuesday, when it increased its bid for Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) to $3.40 a share, shortly before shareholders were set to vote on the Sprint deal. "If Clearwire ...
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Seattle card counter develops Google Glass app to beat the house
Colin Jones of Seattle is no stranger when it comes to casinos. Now he's developing a Google Glass app to teach people to count cards like a pro. G oogle Glass isn't even out yet and already, some casinos have banned it. They've done the same thing to Colin Jones. Now, the Seattle entrepreneur is illustrating just why the casinos have taken both actions. A professional card counter, ...
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Teens fed up with drama migrate to Twitter survey
WASHINGTON--Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online ...
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Facebooks Sandberg HPs Whitman claim top spots on Forbes list of powerful women
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg rose to No. 6 on the Forbes list of most powerful women. Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook Inc., took the No. 6 spot on the annual list of 100 most powerful women issued by Forbes magazine. Sandberg, 43, was No. 10 on the list last year. The Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) executive made a splash this year with her book Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to ...
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Sprint CEO New Clearwire bid is best and final offer
Dave Kaup/KCBJ Dan Hesse is the CEO of the Sprint Nextel Corporation. Sprint Nextel Corp.'s top executive has sent a letter to employees describing the finality of its new offer for Clearwire Corp. The letter could be an attempt to quash anticipation over a Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) bidding war or at least Sprint's (NYSE: S) participation in one. "This new offer represents ...
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Spokanes Fairchild base loses bid to house Air Force tankers
Boeing's new KC-46 tanker won't be operating from Washington state, at least in the near term. Boeing is about to start building the wing of the first KC-46 Air Force tanker in Everett, but those aircraft wont be based in Washington state. The Air Force announced on Wednesday that it has passed over Spokane's Fairchild Air Force base, which was one of four finalists for the initial ...
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MassChallenge names 2013 finalists - full list of 128 startups
CONTINUUS Pharmaceuticals, whose founder and president is Salvatore Mascia, is among the startups selected to take part in the 2013 MassChallenge accelerator. MassChallenge on Wednesday named 128 finalist teams for 2013, the fourth year for the Boston-based startup accelerator and competition. The teams include 36 in high tech; 32 in health care and life sciences; 21 in social impact; 11 in ...
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Cable Wireless to relocate from London to South Florida report says
Cable & Wireless Communications CEO Tony Rice. Cable & Wireless Communications will relocate its operational headquarters to South Florida from London, where it has been located for more than 140 years, the Financial Times reports. The move, which will be to Miami or Fort Lauderdale, comes as the telecommunications company looks to focus more on the Caribbean and Latin America ...
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Facebook joins Web freedom group
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Facebook on Wednesday became a full member of the Global Network Initiative, a non-governmental organization promoting Internet freedom and privacy rights.The announcement came one year after the world's biggest social network gained observer status at GNI, whose corporate members include Microsoft, Yahoo! and Google."We welcome Facebook as a full member of GNI and ...
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Twitter Responds To Urlacher’s Retirement
(CBS) As it always does, Twitter exploded when Brian Urlacher announced his retirement from the NFL after 13 seasons. Here is a collection of some reaction from around the NFL. How do you feel about Urlacher’s retirement? Leave your responses in the comments section ...
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Cousins unveils big changes for 2100 Ross makeover
A rendering of the new entry of 2100 Ross Avenue -- once it goes through its makeover -- in downtown Dallas. It's been a long time coming for 2100 Ross Ave., one of downtown Dallas' skyscrapers in the Dallas Arts District: A much-needed multimillion dollar makeover. There have been plans for repositioning the 33-story, 844,000-square-foot skyscraper since it was purchased at foreclosure ...
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Denvers Postmodern named to Inner City 100 of fast-growing businesses or 5th year
A screen shot of the Postmodern Co. website. Denver's Postmodern Co. has been named to the 2013 "Inner City 100" list of fast-growing businesses in economically distressed urban areas nationwide. Its the media production firm's fifth straight year on the list. The list, in its 15th year, is produced by the Boston-based nonprofit Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and ...
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3 Essential Components of Successful Social Media Campaigns
Women Action & the Media's new Action Network When working in the world of social change, it's easy to get excited about a new campaign when we're inspired by hope or outraged by injustice. But in the scramble to make change happen, we can forget about the tactics and tools that actually help us implement our visions for a better world. Here are three sometimes-overlooked ...
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Digital Signal Corp. raises $50 million
Chantilly-based Digital Signal Corp., a company whose facial-recognition technology has drawn comparisons to the sci-fi film "Minority Report," has landed $50 million in funding from Saudi Arabia-based Technology Control Company, according to a news release. The company, more than a decade old, has now raised almost $100 million in total funding, including a $10 million raise last year ...
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Mica Department of Homeland Security could benefit from modeling and simulation Video
U.S. Rep. John Mica talks modeling, simulation and training in Central Florida and the opportunities for simulation in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Source: Document prepared by U.S. Rep. John Mica On Monday, we had a story about U.S. Rep. John Mica talking to the Central Florida modeling, simulation and training industry and the threat of base closures. But why focus on the negative? ...
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Anthony Weiner ad Ready to be NYC mayor and keep privates off Twitter | Paul Harris
New York congressman - whose last name combined with a Twitter habit of posting crotch shots on the internet have been the punch line of a million late-night jokes - is desperate to relaunch his career. Now he has officially chosen his route back to the ...
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HTC reportedly in free fall after failure of Facebook phone
The Verge , the company's chief product officer, Kouji Kodera, left the company last week, joining the VP of global communications, the global retail marketing manager, director of digital marketing and HTC Asia CEO. Eric Lin, who was HTC's product strategy manager, tweeted the following: To all my friends still ...
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Twitter lets advertisers collect contact info from tweets
(Credit: Twitter) Twitter aims to turn the tweet stream into a more efficient marketing channel with the addition of a new Twitter Card that lets people quickly sign up for advertiser offers or promotions inside tweets. Twitter Cards, also known as expanded tweets, are a 1-year-old feature meant to keep information network users glued to their streams. Cards bring rich media from partners ...
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Atmel Corp. makes interim CFO Skaggs permanent
Atmel Corp. made its interim Chief Financial Officer, Steve Skaggs, permanent CFO. Skaggs has had the interim job since April 2, when he replaced Stephen Cumming, who told Atmel March 27 he was leaving. The San Jose company (NASDAQ: ATML) lost its controller a week before that, when Jamie Samath, who was Atmel's principal accounting officer, said March 20 that his last day would be April ...
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Zoosk tops $40 million in first quarter
Zoosk co-founders and co-CEOs Shayan Zadeh and Alex Mehr. Zoosk, the Internet dating service, boasted Wednesday that revenue had topped $40 million in the first quarter, a record set just as the company is celebrating five years in business. Founded in 2007 by Alex Mehr and Shayan Zadeh, the San Francisco company, saw a 116 percent increase in monthly total unique visitors compared to the same ...
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Nucleik founders win Harvard Presidents Challenge award
The team at Nucleik, one of several startups that operate out of Harvard Innovation Lab seen here, have received the Harvard University President's Challenge award. A trio of Harvard University seniors - Scott Crouch, Florian Mayr, and Matthew Polega - have received the Harvard University Presidents Challenge for social entrepreneurship award. The three seniors were recognized by President ...
Calcutta Spotlight
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Stephen Court disaster: any lessons learned?
Over 700 buildings in Calcutta are not compliant with safety regulations with regard to the risk of fire, and the Stephen Court disaster was a tangible example of what can happen when a fire breaks out in an unsafe building. Following that disaster, the local government seems to be taking a harder line on fire safety.
At 2.30pm on the 23 March, 2010, a devastating fire, allegedly caused by an electrical short circuit, ripped through the iconic Stephen Court building in Calcutta, destroying a large part of the 150-year-old office and residential block and killing over 30 people. Read more
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