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FIFA cracks down on Twitter users using its logos as avatars

Jul04

by Sindy Cator on July 4, 2014 at 8:40 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Social Media, world cup

FIFA is in charge of the biggest sporting event outside of the Olympics. But in addition to making sure the games start on time, it’s also making sure no one mistakes random Twitter accounts with its logo as part of the organization. Torrent Freak reports that FIFA has been issuing DMCA complaints to Twitter about the offending avatars. For the offending accounts, their profile image reverts to the Twitter egg until the user replaces it with something else. In its guidelines for use of its official marks (PDF), FIFA states the following in regards to social networks: FIFA’s official logos, symbols and other…

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└ Tags: syndicated, twitter

Why mobile advertising isn’t as huge as it’s hyped to be (yet)

Jul04

by Sindy Cator on July 4, 2014 at 8:00 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev

Christof Wittig is founder and CEO at LiquidM, a white-labeled Mobile Advertising Management Platform (MAMP). Mobile is huge, tech pundits say. But most of them miss the fact that mobile advertising isn’t growing anywhere near the pace of mobile adoption. As Mary Meeker’s 2014 Internet Trends Report shows, mobile ads still represent just a fraction of the global Internet advertising spend, which is still dominated by desktop-based ads. And if mobile content can’t make enough money through advertising, mobile is largely unsustainable as a media platform. This is a big problem for the industry, and while analysts like Meeker do a…

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└ Tags: syndicated

Chronicunlocks circumvents iPhone Activation Lock feature for $150

Jul04

by Sindy Cator on July 4, 2014 at 8:00 pm

Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

Sometimes you forget a password and sometimes that password is the iCloud password associated with your iPhone. Now instead of a smartphone, you have a very expensive glass and metal paperweight. Chronicunlocks has an iCloud Removal Tool service that’ll help you regain control of your phone and it’ll only cost you $150. Apple’s Activation Lock is supposed to lower the chances of an iPhone (or iPad) being useful to thieves. It’s a second layer of security that ties the device to your iCloud account. As 9to5Mac reports, Activation Lock has helped reduce iPhone thefts. This service disables that second layer of protection….

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└ Tags: apple, syndicated

12 strategies to vet your next technical hire

Jul04

by Sindy Cator on July 4, 2014 at 7:00 pm

Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Insider, startup, YEC, yec.co, Young Entrepreneur Council

Whether we like it or not, these days, tech is one of the most important aspects of business — even for businesses that aren’t primarily tech-focused. Hiring the perfect technical lead is crucial to your product’s success, but if you’re not a technical person yourself, finding that person can be tough. With this in mind, I asked a panel of successful founders from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) the following question: What is one unusual way you vet potential technical hires and why does it work? Their best answers are below: 1. Have Them Duplicate a Task We’ll give a…