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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Will you validate new members’ email addresses and/or phone numbers? Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks? Is it limited to login and Like buttons, or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? What about reporting and moderation? Commenting?

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HBO Hack Worsens As Emails, Phone Numbers Of Stars Released

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The impact of the hack over at HBO is getting worse, as hackers--demanding a multimillion dollar ransom-- has released the email addresses and phone numbers of the stars of Game Of Thrones, plus other personal data--saying they have much more data from HBO's corporate network.

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Sony Pictures Corporate Network Shut Down By Hacker

socalTECH

Operations over at Culver City-based Sony Pictures have apparently been completely shut down by a hacker, who apparently hacked into and disabled the company''s corporate network. According to reports, a hacker is apparently holding the company''s data hostage, giving the company a deadline of 11pm tonight to meet unspecified demands.

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Report: 33% of US Small Businesses Couldn’t Pay Their Rent Last Month

Tech.Co

The rent crisis is getting worse, according to a new report that found a full third of all small and medium-sized businesses are behind on their rent for the month of May. The new data comes from small business networking site Alignable, which released its Q2 Rent Report at the start of the month. Please fill in your email.

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A security flaw in Grindr let anyone easily hijack user accounts

TechCrunch LA

Grindr, one of the world’s largest dating and social networking apps for gay, bi, trans, and queer people, has fixed a security vulnerability that allowed anyone to hijack and take control of any user’s account using only their email address. The reported issue has been fixed.

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Wow! Are your relationships important!

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here…] I am chairman of the Technology Division of the ABL Organization, a roundtable organization with multiple CEO roundtables of about twelve members each, meeting monthly. 15% might be spent networking with those in the CEO’s relationship circle, including the roundtable organizations.

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Snap Cuts 120 Engineers, Citing Job Performance

socalTECH

Venice, California-based social networking app developer Snap Inc. has laid off more than 120 engineers, according to reports based on internal emails being circulated from the company, saying it had cut its "lowest performing" engineers in recent job reviews. The layoffs represent around 10 percent of Snap's engineering team.

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