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Rap Genius co-founder resigns over insensitive comments on California mass shooter’s manifesto

May27
by on May 27, 2014 at 2:50 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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A co-founder of Rap Genius, the service that allows users to view, annotate and discuss the meaning behind song lyrics, news and other types of writing, has resigned after he annotated an alleged mass shooter’s manifesto with grossly insensitive comments. ValleyWag had reported on the annotations that Mahbod Moghadam made on the 141-page manifesto written by Elliot Rodger, who is alleged to have murdered six people in a seaside college town in California — including a guess that “his sister is smokin hot”. In a statement, Rap Genius co-founder and CEO Tom Lehman said that Moghadam “annotated the piece with annotations that not only…

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Apple is reportedly moving into smart home technology, while Google is said to eye home security

May27
by on May 27, 2014 at 2:12 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, smart home

The race for smart home technology is heating up as the Financial Times reports that Apple is making a move into smart home technology, by developing a software platform that would turn the iPhone into a remote control for home appliances. Apple is said to be in talks with smart home device manufacturers to certify their products for use with Apple’s devices, similar to the existing “Made for iPhone” label given to compatible accessories now. The initiative would be announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference on June 2, according to the FT, though it notes that the company tends to change…

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Apple is reportedly moving into smart home technology, while Google is said to eye home security

May27
by on May 27, 2014 at 2:12 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Internet of Things, smart home

The race for smart home technology is heating up as the Financial Times reports that Apple is making a move into smart home technology, by developing a software platform that would turn the iPhone into a remote control for home appliances. Apple is said to be in talks with smart home device manufacturers to certify their products for use with Apple’s devices, similar to the existing “Made for iPhone” label given to compatible accessories now. The initiative would be announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference on June 2, according to the FT, though it notes that the company tends to change…

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There’s a perfect storm brewing for SaaS startups in Asia

May26
by on May 26, 2014 at 8:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Entrepreneur

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Pieter Walraven is the co-founder of Pie, a Singapore-based SaaS startup. As an Asia-based SaaS business founder, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been asked: “Why did you base your startup in Asia, and not the US?” It’s an appropriate question. For a SaaS business, there’s the usual list of compelling reasons to focus on the States. For starters, with around 60 percent of the total global market volume in 2012, North America is still the largest and most mature economy for SaaS services. It also helps that the US has several healthy tech VC ecosystem and that there’s…

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There’s a perfect storm brewing for SaaS startups in Asia

May26
by on May 26, 2014 at 8:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Entrepreneur

hong kong
Pieter Walraven is the co-founder of Pie, a Singapore-based SaaS startup. As an Asia-based SaaS business founder, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been asked: “Why did you base your startup in Asia, and not the US?” It’s an appropriate question. For a SaaS business, there’s the usual list of compelling reasons to focus on the States. For starters, with around 60 percent of the total global market volume in 2012, North America is still the largest and most mature economy for SaaS services. It also helps that the US has several healthy tech VC ecosystem and that there’s…

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