Start-ups secure solid 1-minute pitches at Inspire Showcase
An intimate crowd of approximately 50 people gathered Wednesday evening at the Inspire Business Center in Chicago’s West Loop for Inspire’s monthly start-up showcase. Amongst the crowd there were some returners and some new faces. Marina Dedes, vice president of venture capital firm Lightbank, was the keynote speaker and shared tips to entrepreneurs about [...]... Read More
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New York Legal Experts Warn Against Dangers Of Crowdfunding For Startups
BY: Kathryn HoughThink that the new crowdfunding law wil help your startup get free and easy money? Not so fast, according to New York’s top legal and accounting experts.
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Google: Beware Rising Censorship, At Home And Abroad
BY: Jon ChristianGoogle said this week that a report on takedown data shows widespread political censorship around the world – some of it, disturbingly, in Western democracies.
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Obama: Improve Broadband To Spur Innovation
BY: Jon ChristianObama signed an executive order today designed to make broadband infrastructure cheaper and easier to install, in a move the White House will spur innovation.
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Apple’s Passbook Could Save You A Trip To The DMV, Forever
BY: Kathryn HoughApple’s new iOS 6 app Passbook is more than a digital wallet. It’s going to revolutionize digital identification.
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Comcast To Litigious Pornographers: Don’t Shake Down Our Customers
BY: Jon ChristianComcast has refused to hand over identifying data on users accused of downloading copyrighted material, arguing that the plaintiffs were using the court system to identify targets.
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Many Wi-Fi Networks Are Running At 1/5 Speed
BY: Jon ChristianWhen large numbers of wireless devices are present, more and more of the routers’ bandwidth is taken up by control mechanisms instead of data traffic.
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European Union Gives Google A Matter Of Week To Address Antitrust Concerns
BY: Jon ChristianThe European Union’s commissioner responsible for competition policy has given Google an ultimatum to provide a list of steps the company will take to address concerns — and complaints from rivals” that it has abused its dominant market position in Europe.
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A BitTorrent Arms Race?
BY: Jon ChristianA Russian, Microsoft-backed startup says they’ve developed technology for copyright owners to fight piracy.
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The Government Is Drowning In Data: Report
BY: Jon ChristianThe government is collecting a staggering amount of data, but attempts to use or analyze that information have been starkly limited
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Filesharing Religion Kopimism Celebrates First Marriage
BY: Jon ChristianIn a move that a faith leader called unavoidable, two congregants of Kopimism, a religion based on filesharing, were recently married in a Kopimist ceremony
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Google’s Self-Driving Car Gets Nevada Plates
BY: Jon ChristianWhat happens in Vegas stays in Vegas? Well, for now NV is home to Google’s autonomous vehicle road tests.
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Google Pays Legal Scholar To Argue Search Rankings Are Free Speech
BY: Jon ChristianSergey Brin is speaking out publicly in favor of the open web at the same time the company defending its right to strategically fudge searches.
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Penny Pinched: Beyond Bootstrapping
Bigger Isn’t Always Better In Terms Of Employer 
Race To The Bottom #entrepreneurfail - COMIC