Remember back in 2013 when Edward Snowden cracked open one of the biggest secrets of modern times, showing that intelligence services were using programs like “Prism” to collect location data en masse on American citizens? Apple AAPL +0.57% at the time partly exonerating itself from the coterie of…

According to Intel Security’s annual McAfee Most Dangerous Celebrities study, which is now in its tenth year, Amy Schumer is the highest rated celebrity in a list of well-known figures that includes actors, comedians, musicians, TV personalities, athletes and other noteworthy figures. The research…

Apttus raised a new funding round of $88 million at a valuation “significantly north of $1.3 billion,” the last investment planned before an initial public offering, the company’s chief executive told MarketWatch. With this round, the company—a so-called quote-to-cash firm that helps businesses…

The Practical Employer The Most Expensive Bottle of Orange Juice Ever When an employee requests an accommodation that costs a grand total of $1.69, make the accommodation. September 28, 2016 by

Netflix Inc. is pumping a lot of money into its shows and producing some of the most expensive TV series ever made. The streaming giant’s next original program “The Crown”—produced by Sony Pictures’ UK-based production company, Left Bank Pictures—is set to debut Nov. 4 and racked up a reported $130…

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Business turnarounds are never for the faint-hearted, but when Ken Levine took on the role of CEO at cybersecurity firm Digital Guardian , or Verdasys as it was known then, in 2014, the company was experiencing flat growth in an industry that was growing by 30%, and needed a monumental shake up.…

A clearly ring fenced ecosystem for testing (Credit: Wikimedia) Regulators around the globe have been coming forward with plans to establish fintech sandboxes ( UK , Singapore , Hong Kong , Malaysia , Indonesia , Australia , Thailand ). “What is a fintech sandbox?” many will ask that are not…

Founders should not have to question if their VC has their back (Photo courtesy of Shutterstock) As a VC, I work hard to earn the trust of my entrepreneurs. The moment I wire the money, in my mind, our interests are aligned —we both want them and their company to be wildly successful. Because being…

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Few conversations about high-tech go by in Taipei without a reference to Silicon Valley. A Taiwanese startup founder might have just visited the fabled California tech hub or a venture capital firm there is traveling to Taiwan to spread its wealth. You hear about how startups in Silicon Valley,…

China fumed in July when a world arbitration court said the Communist leadership lacked a legal basis to claim 95% of a resource-rich, strategically valuable sea off its south coast. The international tribunal of the world’s Permanent Court of Arbitration had no jurisdiction to decide sovereignty…

German regulators have banned Facebook FB +0.06% from collecting WhatsApp user data, in a move that could set a precedent in other countries. The national data protection authority said this morning that Facebook had failed to get approval from WhatsApp’s 35 million users in Germany. It’s ordered…

Nutanix, an enterprise cloud company and a tech unicorn, is expected to debut on the public market Friday. The company on Wednesday priced its offering at $16 a share Thursday , above its range of $13 to $15 a share from a previous $11 to $13. The company said it sold close to 15 million shares to…

Editor's Notebook Workplace Issues in the Presidential Debate: Did I Miss It? As a blogger hoping to get some meaty content relevant to the workplace, Clinton and Trump gave us more bologna than porterhouse. September 27, 2016 by

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: Sept 26, 2016 6:45 p.m. ET Share Lawsuit says Asian job applicants discriminated against Getty Images Alexander Karp, chief executive officer and co-founder of Palantir…

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Walt Disney Co., which reportedly has Twitter Inc. on its radar, knows a good buy when it sees it. The media and entertainment juggernaut would join Salesforce.com Inc. CRM, +5.15% and Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, +0.06% GOOG, +0.04% as companies reported to be interested in acquiring Twitter’s TWTR, -5.12%…

In cybersecurity, there’s a certain sense of helplessness—you are mostly on your own. You are often the first and last line of defense for your information and communications; there is no equivalent of state-protected borders, neighborhood police patrols, and other public protections in cyberspace.…

Editor's Notebook Taking a Pass on Fantasy Football to Geek Out on Clinton and Trump Sure I’m locked in a battle to remain undefeated. But there are relevant workplace issues on the docket tonight. September 26, 2016 by

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Revelations that Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey secretly funded a pro-Donald Trump organization have led some developers to pull their support from Facebook’s Oculus Rift virtual-reality headset. The Daily Beast reported Thursday that Luckey, 24, gave $10,000 to bankroll Nimble America, a pro-Trump…

Last week I attend Oracle OpenWorld and broadcasted LIVE for three days with my team. Here is our trip report that summarizes the impact to Oracle’s customers and investors. Big walkaway theme: Do you want more Oracle? This is the fundamental questions that executives at most of the Global 2000…

VCs Melissa Guzy, Anna Fang, Jenny Lee with Rebecca Fannin For years, women have been getting ahead faster in venture capital firms based in China rather than those in the U.S. This trend is accelerating with news of the largest venture fund raised by a woman: $500 million for H Capital, run by Chen…

Something often ignored in textbooks and business courses is the complexity of seasonality or peak seasons in developing sales strategy. It’s one thing to learn to balance your focus on new business while taking care of existing business. Many people generalize this challenge by suggesting you sell…

Snap, Inc. Spectacles, a new wearable camera from the former Snapchat. Response is mixed, and a little confused, over Snapchat’s — scratch that, Snap Inc.’s — first push into hardware with a late-Friday rollout of its camera-fitted sunglasses called Spectacles. The new product — long rumored to be a…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: Sept 24, 2016 9:15 a.m. ET Share Hack was directed at users doing business in Russia Bloomberg News Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. By Robert McMillan Yahoo Inc. executives…

Two years ago New York Post media reporter Claire Atkinson revealed that Liberty Media planned to buy Formula One auto racing from its controlling shareholder the private equity firm CVC so there shouldn’t have been any surprise when it finally announced the deal earlier in September. However, the…

Professional iPhone hackers say that Apple AAPL +0.57% has dropped the ball on password security with its latest iPhone operating system, making the task of cracking the logins for backups stored on a Mac or PC considerably easier. The new iPhone 7. Hackers are already finding ways of circumventing…

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At Whit's End Stay Out of My Hair. Deal With My Work A federal court has decreed that it’s legal for employers to ban dreadlocks in the workplace. But is it right? September 23, 2016 This week, in a 3-0 decision, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a case brought by the Equal Employment…

Salesforce.com Inc. is considering a takeover of Twitter Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, as the social-media company’s efforts to ignite growth sputter. The exploration is in early stages, one of the people said, and might not lead to a deal. It is unclear who else might be…

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – NOVEMBER 03: Marc Andreessen (L) and Sheryl Sandberg speak on a panel at the Fortune Global Forum – Day2 at the Fairmont Hotel on November 3, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kimberly White/Getty Images for Fortune) There’s a bit of a chill in Silicon Valley. The…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: Sept 22, 2016 10:51 p.m. ET Share Startups taking on Uber in Southeast Asia Reuters A nuTonomy self-driving taxi drives on the road in its public trial in Singapore in August. By…

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Workplace Culture Clinton Vs. Trump: The Workplace Winner Is … Workforce looks past the divisive, often unbelievable rhetoric this election cycle to consider Clinton’s and Trump’s policy-based proposals affecting the workplace. September 22, 2016 by