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Well, everyone willing to pay $8 a month for the privilege. Granted, they’ll get a few additional perks, at least according to a few tweets issued by Musk today: “Priority in replies, mentions, and search,” as well as longer videos and audio, and half the ads. But this turns verification — which was first intended to help Twitter users know they could trust others to be who they said they were — into a pay-for-play situation, clearly undermining the value of the utility....

According to a recent study out of Aalto University, parental and entrepreneurial love are one in the same when it comes to brain chemistry and emotional experience. The study was very comprehensive, covering everything from sensitivity in threatening situations to elation in response to reward, leading researchers to determine that startups, like children, illicit quite the emotional response in their founders and parents. By showing founders pictures of their companies along side similar companies, while simultaneously showing fathers pictures of their children along side other children, researchers were able to deduce a notable similarity in their brain activity....

Project-Management Tools No matter what niche your business may belong to, it will, at some point, require careful projecting, planning, and organization, so it can be said that project-management tools present necessary foundation for achieving any kind of specific goal. Fortunately, they are also widely available, and range from streamlined note-taking tools (Microsoft’s OneNote), to more robust and hybrid (project/task) offerings like Asana. We will still have to point out Basecamp’s self-titled tool which features time-table, to-do lists, messaging system, file sharing, and all the other features necessary for your project to go smooth....

In December 2017, MVF acquired TechCo. When we first shared the news, we indicated that my co-founder and I would work with some of our partners to grow Startup of the Year and Innovate Celebrate, our two cornerstone programs in the startup and innovation world. Like most entrepreneurs, we were anxious to have it all figured out right away. But good things take time, so while it took a bit longer, I’m excited to share more with you now....

If you use your laptop to browse privately, VPN browser extensions are a safe bet. However, if you connect multiple devices to your Wi-Fi at one time, it generally makes more sense to invest in a VPN router. But is ExpressVPN’s new Wi-Fi router a cut above its competition? Or are security-conscious browsers better off relying on tried and tested models to conceal their identities online? Read on to discover more about ExpressVPN’s flagship hardware product, and to see how the provider weighs up against its competitors....

Stepping into the Jet Center’s brand new hangar, one felt immediately transported to the future; large sheer drapes parted the expansive all-white room, illuminated with blue lights (courtesy of killer lighting by Livewire). A gated space labeled “Practice Area” stood to the left, equipped with tiny drones, while to the right Grand Forks startup Field of View set up a “Dueling Drones” area. The speakers for the event hailed from across the country, bringing a variety of perspectives from all segments of the drone industry....

GIBLIB, 360fly, and LIVIT teamed up in order to provide this revolutionary virtual reality service to med students and civilians alike. The procedure took place in Beverly Hills and was privately viewed by a selected audience through the power of 360fly and LIVIT technology. GIBLIB, a digital platform that provides these current and aspiring professions the opportunity to share notes, lectures and videos, hosted the event and plans to release many more videos for educational purposes....

FoundOPS, which provides technology for field service businesses, was chosen from among 12 Midwest companies that pitched yesterday at the Lucas Oil Stadium. They also walk away with a spot in Microsoft’s BizSpark Plus program. The Powder Keg conference is a two-day event in Indianapolis that brings speakers and entrepreneurs together to talk startups and get inspired. Speakers range from professional illusionist David Blaine and author Julien Smith to our very own CEO Frank Gruber....

The Economics of Freelancing Businesses can no longer afford to ignore the budgetary impact of the disengagement dilemma expressed by today’s traditional workers. A Gallup study revealed that 70 percent of traditional full-time workers in the U.S. are disengaged with their jobs, a cost that effects the economy more than just unhappy employees. In fact, worker disengagement has been shown to cost the U.S. between $450 and $550 billion a year....

The French-American Creative Lab is an interdisciplinary program for French startups from the creative and culture industries that plan to expand into the U.S. market. This will be the third rendition of the program, and their first time in Los Angeles. From robotics to augmented reality, the startups involved showed the crowd that French startups are going to continue to make an impact on the US market as the years go on....

However, for the majority, it would understandably seem that a partnership between reality TV and wearable tech would be an unexpected coupling. Yet despite this, and thanks to TBS and Intel, this is exactly what we can look forward to viewing in 2016. 2015: Automating the world in which we live IT virtualization has seemingly been the buzzword of 2015, from gadgets that can today manage the management of a household (from setting the heating automatically through to running a bath) onto the more mobile of inventions, such as the Apple Watch, which can automate elements of our health management....

We are proud to claim .CO as a community partner in many ongoing endeavors at Tech Cocktail, and so in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week. we are happy to share with you three great new membership program offers provided by .CO: .CO is also sponsoring Global Startup Battle, which is a global celebration of innovation that gives Startup Weekend participants a unique chance at startup success. During the weekend prior to and following Global Entrepreneurship Week, hundreds of Startup Weekend events are hosted around the world; and winning teams from each event move forward to compete with one another in a global video competition....

The Google Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL are big news for phones in 2019. These two new smartphones are set to compete with “budget-premium” models such as the OnePlus 6T and Samsung Galaxy S10e. They offer fairly middling specifications, but look set to keep the same top-drawer camera tech from the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL – which pack arguably the best cameras on the market. Here’s everything you need to know about Google’s new mid-range handsets....

Google recently updated its tool for tracking worldwide search volume in realtime and, today, this tool illustrated — in fascinating simplicity — just how quickly news can capture the attention of an entire nation. Google Trends reveals search volume in comparison to other terms. A good gauge of the general popularity of a news item is how it compares to “Obama”, a term that nearly always sits higher than most searches but lower than trending topics....

Fitbit effectively launched the wearable trend a decade ago, building out millions of fitness trackers for avid health nuts and rookie runners alike. However, as time marched on, the smartwatch trend seemed to overtake the fitness tracker business, making it difficult for Fitbit to compete with the likes of Apple and Samsung in the wearable market. Likewise, Google has had trouble breaking into the wearable industry, as the only major smartphone competitor without a smartwatch to match....

Under Google’s new guidelines, ads will be removed from any webpages found to be promoting information not backed by “authoritative scientific consensus,” while any websites that repeatedly violate this ban will be demonetized entirely. It’s another step from a major online platform towards combating conspiracy theories and misinformation. Is it enough? What’s getting banned? Google’s coronavirus offensive comes in three parts. First, Google will entirely ban ads that themselves directly promote false information about the coronavirus pandemic....

A Reuters article, adapted from an upcoming book on the group, detailed O’Rourke’s membership of the group as a teenager in 1980s El Paso, Texas. There’s no indication that O’Rourke was involved in serious law breaking, instead it seems likely that the only offence he may have committed was hijacking long-distance phone services for his dial-up modem to avoid racking up big phone bills. Unsurprisingly, O’Rourke’s opponents have seized on this new information claiming that his membership of the group which, despite working for good causes did break the law on multiple occasions, makes him unfit for office....

Coders change the world When they puttin’ in the work Medical research to help cure cancer An algorithm just might have the answer By 2030 we’re hitting the red planet And I guarantee you Coders’ll be the ones that’ll plan it” The Brooklyn, NY-based Flocabulary creates educational hip-hop videos for students in Kindergarten to 12th grade. “Top 10 Reasons to Code” is the first of several upcoming STEM videos to come out in 2015 from the company....

Protecting yourself online now feels like an impossible task in 2022, with new threats popping up every day. Ransomware threats, security breaches, and phishing scams have become all too common on the web and staying safe is getting harder and harder by the day. Unfortunately, it’s getting even worse, as a new form of password-stealing malware is potentially infecting dozens of services you already use. BlackGuard Malware Threat The new malware threat, dubbed BlackGuard, is troublingly efficient for hackers....

However, every advantage has a disadvantage. Being too connected can have downfalls. Some of the arenas of life that are impacted by the use of social media include: Financial Social media presents increased opportunities to make purchases via targeted ads and other forms of marketing. You can sell and advertise products and services, creating income opportunities for individuals that may otherwise be unemployed. But with the millions of hours users spend on sites like Facebook and Twitter, and the focused advertisements that make it hard to say no, bank accounts are dropping fast....