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VentureBeat  less than a day ago:

Collaborative consumption: The new sharing economy -

Sponsored Post A new economic model is emerging as the millennials are thinking smart about ways to make money on everything they own.
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CrunchGear  Apr 30 13 :

Ron Conway Talks Napster And The Sharing Economy Problem That “Never Got Solved” -

On stage at Disrupt NY 2013 today, serial investor Ron Conway and filmmaker/actor Alex Winter took the stage with CrunchFund's MG Siegler to talk about the documentary Downloaded about the rise and fall of Napster.
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Startuply Jobs  Apr 22 13 :

CTO/Entrepreneur in Glen Burnie -

HDScores will be the World Largest Restaurant Inspection Database over 1,500,000+ Establishments from across the US, Canada, & UK.
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Apple Insider   Apr 02 13 :

Apple reports 80,000 new U.S. jobs created by iOS App Economy within 2012 -

Incredible growth in Apple's iOS App Store has doubled its payouts to developers (now totaling over $8 billion) and sparked the creation of over 80,000 new jobs directly related to building software for Apple's mobile platform within the last year.
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All Things Digital  Apr 01 13 :

Employers Grab Skilled-Worker Visas -

Applications by employers for a coveted visa program that feeds skilled workers to U.S. technology companies, banks and other businesses are expected to exceed supply this year, a sign of the strengthening economy that means some employers will rely on a lottery to fill key positions.
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Startuply Jobs  Mar 24 13 :

Principal Software Engineer in San Francisco -

Mindblown Labs seeks to use gaming principles and non-traditional marketing techniques to inspire kids to learn and empower them to transform that learning into life skills.
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Startuply Jobs  Mar 24 13 :

A Different Kind of Income in Shhhh... -

Because the economy is so bad, many people have turned to home businesses. If you are tired of office politics, looking for work, investing your time and energy into a job that doesn’t seem to appreciate you then check us out.
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TechCrunch  Mar 22 13 :

Backed By Kickstarter And Full Of Tech Cameos, ‘The Startup Kids' Movie Debuts On iTunes -

From an economic perspective, the fall of 2008 brought dark days all over the world. But one of the hardest-hit places was Iceland, the Nordic European country whose entire financial system went into a deep freeze after a rapid and systemic collapse of its banking system.
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GigaOm  Mar 17 13 :

Veronica Mars lives again: Lessons from a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign -

It's breaking records and changing paradigms -- but what impact will Veronica Mars's studio-supported but fan-funded feature film have not just on the Kickstarter economy, but Hollywood in general?
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Search Engine Journal  Mar 15 13 :

The Art of Local Social Media Marketing vs International Social Media Marketing -

One of the biggest shifts we’ve since seen in the last year for social media marketing has been the increasing use of international campaigns.
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Seths Blog  Mar 14 13 :

"You've got ping, but they've got no pong" -

It's almost impossible to have fun playing ping pong with someone who doesn't care, won't try or isn't any good.
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TechCrunch  Feb 19 13 :

Sina Shares Rise 6% After Hours On Strong Q4 Earnings As It Promotes Former Cisco VP To CTO & Co-President -

Despite investors' concerns over a slowing online advertising market in China, Sina's managed to post Q4 revenue that exceeded analysts' expectations, though its earnings fell 74 percent from a year earlier.
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Mashable  Feb 17 13 :

Sen. Marco Rubio Defends His Love of Water on ‘SNL’ -

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) -- or as he's known now, the thirstiest man to ever have walked the planet -- sat down with Seth Meyers from Saturday Night Live to prove he can make it through a sentence without needing to guzzle down some H2O.
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Electronista  Feb 12 13 :

President orders national response to cybersecurity threats -

President Obama laid out a new executive order, spelling out a national response to the growing cyber-security threat.
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TechCrunch  Feb 10 13 :

The Future Of Fractional Ownership -

The sharing economy is great, but if we're talking about true efficiency, it seems to me that we're going to need to go a step beyond just the owner-renter model for the collaborative consumption market, and into an area that's based on fractional ownership of goods.
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Mashable  Feb 01 13 :

White House Considering Response to Chinese Cyberattacks -

The Obama administration, frustrated by a lack of cooperation from the Chinese government, is now considering a range of options in retaliation for Chinese hackers' attacks on U.
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CrunchGear  Jan 31 13 :

Airbnb’s Brian Chesky: ‘We Used To Create Content Online. Now We Create Industries’ -

Airbnb was one of the trailblazers of the sharing economy, and so, when CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky today accepted the award for best collaborative consumption service -- the first time the category has been a in the Crunchies -- he dedicated the award to everyone: "I want to share this award with all of you," he said.
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GigaOm  Jan 24 13 :

Sponsored post: Open source: how new models are challenging the nature of business -

The potential for open-source business models is exploding with the growth of (among others) 3D printing and the maker subculture.
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CrunchGear  Jan 02 13 :

Good News For Entrepreneurs On Fiscal Cliff: R&D Tax Credit Extended -

The government gave the nation's suit-and-tie mad scientists a tax break again this year, agreeing to extend the much-loved R&D tax credit.
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