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Why you need to talk to your team about data security

Things like creating a stronger password or enabling two-factor authentication never seem urgent, but they’re easy steps you can take today to prevent serious trouble down the line If you’re a problem solver, being part of a startup can be an exceptionally rewarding experience. Good entrepreneurs have a laser focus on solving customer problems. But...

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SeatGeek will calculate how much that ticket is worth

USA, Maine, Portland, Close-up of hand holding tickets at stadium Have you ever bought sweet tickets for a ballgame, a concert or some other live event, only to find out that you couldn’t make it? The internet certainly offers plenty of ways for you to unload the tickets… but how much should you charge? Ticketing startup SeatGeek has launched a new way to help you figure it out. In a way, SeatGeek has been offering this since last fall, when… Read More

Everything Yahoo has going for it right now

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2014, file photo, a person walks in front of a Yahoo sign at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Yahoo announced Wednesday, March 2, 2016, that the company is adding a new component to its Sports vertical: competitive video gaming. Yahoo said that Esports will offer video coverage of live tournaments, including expert commentary and interviews with top players. Esports will also include articles, scores, team rosters, schedules, player rankings, calendars and statistics. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) Its core assets are worth $5 billion (we think?)

It owns a bunch of Alibaba

The audio fidelity of the earnings calls is really good

Yahoo Finance

Fantasy sports

(See also: Yahoo’s latest disappointing quarter pretty much sums up the past few years) Read More

aCommerce raises ‘eight-figure’ round led by Telkom Indonesia’s MDI Ventures

BlueSky Funds and DKSH also participated in this round, which aims to support the company’s international expansion goals Southeast Asian end-to-end e-commerce enabler aCommerce announced that it has raised an “eight-figure venture round” in US Dollars led by MDI Ventures, state-owned telco Telkom Indonesia’s corporate venture capital arm. Australian investment company Blue Sky Funds and...

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Meet the new wave of tech companies taking out the trash

Dumpster You’d be hard-pressed to meet someone who loves garbage more than Jason Gates, co-founder and CEO of San Francisco-based startup Compology.
But Gates isn’t concerned with the residential trash that you put in front of your home on collection day. Instead, he basks in the massive commercial and industrial waste heaped into dumpsters behind restaurants, offices and construction sites. Read More

Snapchat “Suggest” is the new way to get famous

snapchat-plus Finally there’s a better way to gain followers on Snapchat. The app refuses to tell you who to watch. There are no suggested user lists, no leaderboards, no little buttons everywhere begging you to add someone new. You’ve had to go out and find your own people to follow. Until now. Alongside the recent launch of Memories, Snapchat quietly added a new feature it didn’t… Read More