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Sony doesn’t want media outlets to publish leaks, issues warning

Dec15

by Sindy Cator on December 15, 2014 at 4:31 am

Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Sony hack, SPE

More than two weeks after its computer systems were infiltrated and internal records and correspondence had been publicly leaked by hackers, Sony Pictures Entertainment sent out a letter to news organizations demanding they stop publishing private information from the troves of ‘stolen’ data, reports The New York Times. The letter was distributed on Sunday by lawyer David Boies who is currently representing Sony, to several publishers including The New York Times, Gawker and tech news outlet Re/code. Boies states to publishers that Sony Pictures “does not consent to your possession, review, copying, dissemination, publication, uploading, downloading or making any use” of the ‘stolen’…

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Why building fast isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be

Dec14

by Sindy Cator on December 14, 2014 at 6:00 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev

Brandon Watts is the Founder and Principal of Wattsware, which is a PR agency that mainly works with technology companies. A common expression says one who is slow and steady will win the race, but apparently the tech industry didn’t get that memo. For many startups, moving slowly is viewed as a bad idea and because of this, these companies will trip over themselves in order to build minimum viable products as quickly as possible. After all, the whole idea is to get a basic version of your product out there so that you can start learning from your users, right?…

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What is ‘freemium’ anyway? Here are some ideas…

Dec14

by Sindy Cator on December 14, 2014 at 4:30 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Shareables, Videos

‘Freemium’ is a popular term, but what does it actually MEAN? The folk at Vooza have some ideas… Vooza – a video comic strip about the tech world regularly shares a new video with you lovely TNW readers. Sign up for Vooza’s email list to get exclusive access to more funny videos like this one. Click here to support Vooza (and receive cool rewards). Don’t miss: How to dress at a startup

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Tech support through the ages

Dec14

by Sindy Cator on December 14, 2014 at 3:30 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Entrepreneur

This post is brought to you by Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud company.

A casual search on YouTube reveals a wealth of funny—and sometimes cruel—stereotypes of tech support professionals. We recently made a promotional video that poked gentle fun at the various ages of tech support, from the 1960s until now. It also highlighted the value of what Rackspace calls Fanatical Support. Part of what we wanted to uncover was how and why did tech support become the butt of so many jokes? In building out the storyline, we interviewed veteran users and IT pros about their experiences in each decade. 1960s This was the age of IBM and mainframes, when corporate America…

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How to maximize your press coverage

Dec14

by Sindy Cator on December 14, 2014 at 1:00 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Social Media

Callum Laing is the CEO of Entrevo Asia and the founder of Fitness-Buffet, an employee fitness business in 11 countries. Getting media coverage is great, but as they say in the UK, “Today’s press is tomorrow’s chip paper.” Okay, so maybe digital chip paper lasts longer than its tree-based competitor, but it is still worth making the most of it when you get it. I don’t claim to be an expert in this area by any stretch, but I do have a daily column that features leaders in Asia who are doing cool stuff. Some people get featured and do nothing. Others…