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Catching Up On Readings: CCS 2017
This feature from The Register covers the highlights of the study on the root causes of highjacking email accounts presented at the Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) held early this month at Dallas. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links. >>>
Catching Up On Readings: Global IPO Trends: Q3 2017
According to this EY report titled Global IPO trends: Q3 2017, Asia-Pacific led in IPO activity this year, with 72% increase in IPOs to 690 exchanges since 2016. China, Hong Kong, and Australia were the high performers in the region. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links. >>>
Catching Up On Readings: Seed Funding Trends 2017
This feature from TechCrunch analyses the seed funding trends in 2017. Although seed-stage funding was down sharply in contrast to 2016, investment was mainly in the Midwest area and hard tech like AI and VR. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links. >>>
Catching Up On Readings: TwitchCon 2017
This feature from VentureBeat presents the highlights of the keynote for TwitchCon 2017, which a convention held in Long Beach, CA last week for the live streaming video platform Twitch.tv devoted to Twitch and the culture of video game streaming. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links. >>>
Catching Up On Readings: 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics
This feature from the New York Times provides a glimpse into the work of Professor Richard Thaler, this year’s winner of Nobel Prize in Economics. He is an author of a best-selling book Nudge and has done pioneering work in establishing that people are predictably irrational. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links. >>>
Catching Up On Readings: Nobel Prizes 2017
This feature looks at the winners of the Nobel Prizes this year in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, and Peace, which were announced over the week. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links. >>>
Catching Up On Readings: CNBC Disruptor 50 2017
The annual Disruptor 50 list from CNBC features private companies in a range of industries — from biotech and machine learning to transportation and retail — whose innovations are changing the world. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links. >>>
Catching Up On Readings: Startup Battlefield 2017
This feature from TechCrunch covers the winners of the Startup Battlefield at the Disrupt SF 2017 event held in San Francisco held last week. Wireless charging startup Pi was the winner of the $50,000 prize and the Disrupt cup. For this week’s posts, click on paragraph links. >>>
