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Don’t go on a phishing trip!

Berkonomics

Dave’s note: Our guest author this week is Kevin McDonald, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Alvaka Networks, a network services and security firm in Irvine, California. Anthem Blue Cross for example could be a phishing loser. Sophisticated attacks fool highly astute users.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

In particular we talked about how 3rd-party apps have a lot more access to your personal information than you think – especially if a friend of yours gives access to an app it can inadvertently give that app access to your details, too! Current round: $5.0mm in Series A by NEA and Anthem Venture Partners. Total raised: $5.0mm.

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Interview with Dale Quayle, FileTrek

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We're focusing on what we believe is a collision course between the desires of the mobile workforce--people like you and me who use their iPad, Android, or iPhone to get to our data and stuff and share it with other people--and the desires of business to make sure they can securely provide that information to both employees and people outside.

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Interview with Kelly Tompkins, AdventureLink

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The round came from Anthem Venture Partners and the Mail Room Fund. Their idea was to catch enough consumers to scale, but they didn't understand the cost of acquisition, of finding customers, marketing, and advertising. We caught up with Kelly Tompkins, the firm's founder and CEO, to hear more about the firm. Thanks for the interview.

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6 Top Trends For The Digital World In 2016

Tech Zulu Event

The issue of cyber-espionage, targeting companies like Target, Home Depot and Anthem Insurance, continues to be a concern. wireless carriers will begin to treat enterprise customers differently. The other trend is going to be in AI related tech entering the mainstream, from robotics to ease of information management.

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Interview with Ramit Varma, Revolution Prep

socalTECH

My brother is actually at Anthem Ventures, working with Bill Woodward, and I was an intern there in business school. In terms of the software, our student learning software, we're able to provide a very customized, personalized learning experience for students. We then aggregate that information to teachers, for the entire classroom.