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The Pirate Bay returns from the dead, comes back online

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by on January 31, 2015 at 5:53 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Following a raid on a Swedish data center late last year, The Pirate Bay was taken offline for just shy of two months before returning online fully today. The site appears to be fully working on its original domain, with the last uploaded torrent appearing on December 9, the day the site was taken down. The first new torrent contains an image of a phoenix and was uploaded today titled “like a phoenix, it rises from the ashes” said “The Pirate Bay is back.” Torrentfreak reported earlier this week that the previous moderators and admins may be locked out of the revived site,…

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When exactly does a startup become a mature tech company?

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by on January 31, 2015 at 4:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Investigations

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Paul Malicki is the global CMO of Easy Taxi and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Early in my adventure in startups, I nurtured a young tech company. At the time, the company was run out of a garage. This same company would eventually become a million dollar revenue business with global operations. Yet, the rationale behind the existence of such an ‘abstract’ microeconomic model has never been questioned and the inflow of capital to the industry has continued ever since. Although more than 20 years has passed since companies like Apple or Netscape set the standards for startup expansion,…

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Smashing down your open door policy at work

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by on January 31, 2015 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur

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David Hassell is the CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the 15Five blog. In some companies, approaching the executive is like walking up to the Wizard of Oz, his gigantic floating head and flaming pillars striking fear into those who dare to disturb him. With an open door policy, the onus is on the employee, who will probably be intimidated and unlikely to accept the offer to step past the threshold. Besides, many modern organizations don’t even have walls, let alone doors to walk through. Open floor plans  are being used to make teams feel more cohesive, open, and transparent– with everyone from entry-levels…

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What tech news happened in Eastern Europe this month?

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by on January 31, 2015 at 2:41 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

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The year 2015 is off for a relatively slow start in the Eastern European tech scene, but there was still enough news in January to navigate through. To make things easier, we’ve put together the most important headlines of the month in a handy round-up. If you think that something is missing, or would like to draw our attention to an important story, feel free to ping the author on Twitter (@shlema) or by e-mail at shlema@gmail.com. Startups, fund, accelerators Latvian extreme sports filming drone won the Best Robot/Drone title at CES 2015 Siberian high-tech company has teamed up with Singapore’s HaxAsia…

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A day of in a life of product manager

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by on January 31, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Entrepreneur

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Mike Fishbein does content marketing at Alpha UX. You can connect with him @mfishbein or via his personal site, mfishbein.com. An article ion The Next Web captured the essence of product management so well that it left one commenter exclaiming, “Finally I can point people to an article when they ask me what exactly I do!” I know how that reader feels. Product managers have evolved to the point where they are truly the lifeblood of modern organizations, but their roles are necessarily ‘open-ended’ and unfortunately often misunderstood. So we thought ‘what better way to explain the importance of product managers…

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