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10 top tips to make sure your startup’s first hire is fire

Oct15
by on October 15, 2018 at 2:56 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Growth


When it comes to growing your startup, research has found that hiring is one of the biggest struggles for first-time founders. Not only do most founders have little to no experience growing a team, but the time-consuming process and talent shortage don’t make the process all that desirable. However, like it or not, solid hiring practices early on are what sets the bar in terms of culture, and ultimately, a company’s trajectory. If you’re also struggling with hiring, then who better to ask for hiring advice than those who’ve been through it all before. We caught up with 10 successful entrepreneurs…

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Video: I commuted on a DIY electric kid’s vehicle – and survived

Oct15
by on October 15, 2018 at 2:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


As you would’ve gathered from the video, Infento creates a kit that lets children build fully-functional vehicles. In other words, it’s like a souped-up version of LEGO or Meccano. Being the mature, respectable, and well-adjusted adult you see before you, I had to give it a go. This meant not only building a vehicle, but also driving around in one. Sometimes, life is hard. Firstly, Infento? The company is the brainchild of two Dutch designers, Spencer Rotting and Sander Letema. The company‘s first product, an educational kit for schools, was released back in 2012. It proved so popular among parents and students…

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Hackers target EOS gambling dApp once again, $338K believed stolen

Oct15
by on October 15, 2018 at 1:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Hackers are believed to have stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of EOS cryptocurrency from blockchain-powered gambling dApp EOSBet — again. This time, thieves exploited another vulnerability in automated dice game EOSBet, allegedly stealing at least $338,000 from its operational wallets. By injecting standard EOS accounts with malicious code, digital baddies appear to have tricked its smart contract into mistakenly crediting their accounts with large amounts of cryptocurrency. Shown below are three transactions thought to be illegitimate. They detail one of the attackers accounts (“ilovedice123”) siphoning 65,000 EOS ($338K) directly to a major cryptocurrency exchange. The EOSBet team is yet to reveal…

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Sony partners with itself to manage content rights with blockchain

Oct15
by on October 15, 2018 at 1:27 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A partnership between the Sony Corporation, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), and Sony Global Education has today announced the development of a “system for authenticating, sharing, and rights management of educational data.” In other words, Sony has joined forces with itself to put its content rights management on the blockchain. “This new system is based on Sony and Sony Global Education’s previously developed system for authenticating, sharing, and rights management of educational data, and additionally features functionality for processing rights-related information,” the announcement states. The press release goes on to say the rights management system will focus on “written works.” Sony…

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Sony partners with itself to manage content rights with blockchain

Oct15
by on October 15, 2018 at 1:27 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A partnership between the Sony Corporation, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), and Sony Global Education has today announced the development of a “system for authenticating, sharing, and rights management of educational data.” In other words, Sony has joined forces with itself to put its content rights management on the blockchain. “This new system is based on Sony and Sony Global Education’s previously developed system for authenticating, sharing, and rights management of educational data, and additionally features functionality for processing rights-related information,” the announcement states. The press release goes on to say the rights management system will focus on “written works.” Sony…

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