Don't Get Burned By 'Flame' Malware Attack
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Businesses and individuals need to be aware that other threats like 'Flame' may already be out there, and take steps to be more diligent in guarding against them[...]
Continue ReadingiPhone App Downloads Dropped Again In April, As Apple’s Bot Crackdown Continues
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Mobile app downloads continued to decline in April and the cost to acquire loyal users picked up, reports mobile marketing firm Fiksu in its latest report out today. This downward trend was expected, as no major events sparked app discovery during the month, explains Fiksu CEO Micah Adler. However, mobile app marketers were particularly aggressive in the social networking and games categories during April, both of which experienced volatility throughout the month. With the former (social networking), the reason had to do with the $1 billion acquisition of Instagram, which drew increased attention to the category. There were also a number of new game releases in April, which led to increased[...]
Continue ReadingMore FB IPO Fallout? Russia’s Leading Social Network Vkontakte’s IPO ‘Postponed Indefinitely’
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In the aftermath-analysis about what exactly happened in the Facebook IPO, and what it might mean for the future, here’s one side-effect to the east of Nasdaq: Vkontake, the top social network in Russia, which shares a shareholder with Facebook, Mail.ru, has decided to delay its own IPO.
The news was confirmed by the company’s CEO Pavel Durov on Twitter. In Russian, he tweeted, in answer to a Russian journalist’s question about the planned IPO date, “It’s not planned. The IPO of Facebook has destroyed the faith of a lot of private investors in social networks and the IPO of VK has now been postponed indefinitely.”
The news appears to be the first big deci[...]
Continue ReadingThe news was confirmed by the company’s CEO Pavel Durov on Twitter. In Russian, he tweeted, in answer to a Russian journalist’s question about the planned IPO date, “It’s not planned. The IPO of Facebook has destroyed the faith of a lot of private investors in social networks and the IPO of VK has now been postponed indefinitely.”
The news appears to be the first big deci[...]
Hiring by video: enRecruit aims to take the pain out of hiring
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Hiring well is one of the most crucial things any company does. New start-up enRecruit is launching today to help recruiters and managers use video to hire better, smarter, faster.
The London and NY-based venture, founded by serial entrepreneur Martin Warner, attacks the most time-consuming, painful part of the process: interview selection. ”There are four stages to the hiring process,” Warner told VentureBeat in an exclusive interview: finding candidates, the interview selection process, the actual interviews, and finally the HR details. “60% of the hiring life-cycle is in the interview selection process.”
Think about it: You posted the job and got slammed with 500 r[...]
Continue ReadingThe London and NY-based venture, founded by serial entrepreneur Martin Warner, attacks the most time-consuming, painful part of the process: interview selection. ”There are four stages to the hiring process,” Warner told VentureBeat in an exclusive interview: finding candidates, the interview selection process, the actual interviews, and finally the HR details. “60% of the hiring life-cycle is in the interview selection process.”
Think about it: You posted the job and got slammed with 500 r[...]
Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Capitol Hill, opens lines of communication
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Tim Cook opened the lines of communication between Apple and Washington, DC even further with a visit to the nation’s capital this past Tuesday.
Cook, who follows Steve Jobs as chief executive of Apple, is seemingly more willing to interact with the government than his predecessor. Cook spent his time in Washington quietly meeting with a number of political big wigs, including House Speak John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
According to sources cited by Fortune, the conversations didn’t touch on Apple’s product roadmap, or lawsuits against Apple, such as the Department of Justice lawsuit regarding e-book price fixing. Instead, they focused on building the Ap[...]
Continue ReadingCook, who follows Steve Jobs as chief executive of Apple, is seemingly more willing to interact with the government than his predecessor. Cook spent his time in Washington quietly meeting with a number of political big wigs, including House Speak John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
According to sources cited by Fortune, the conversations didn’t touch on Apple’s product roadmap, or lawsuits against Apple, such as the Department of Justice lawsuit regarding e-book price fixing. Instead, they focused on building the Ap[...]
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