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How The New General Data Protection Regulation Will Affect Online Businesses

YoungUpstarts

On May 25, 2018, the European Union implemented new Internet regulations called the General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR, for short. The new regulations replace the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive and the 1998 UK Data Protection Act. by Gabriel Shaoolian, founder of DesignRush. Conclusion.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet. It preceded the WWW but then become the onramp to the Internet for newbies. When Time Warner & AOL merged it was widely feared that this would be a monopoly that would control the Internet. For a nanosecond Rupert Murdoch seemed like the smartest guy on the Internet.

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

Subscribe by email. And in January I saw that digital music overtook physical media for the first time in 2011, something I expected since 1998. I bought the Diamond Rio mp3 player in 1998. Get Gust by Email. Enter your email address to subscribe to the Gust Blog. Invested Interests. Subscribe to the Gust Blog.

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10 CEOs Who Made Huge Mistakes

Up and Running

While Microsoft introduced MSN Search in 1998, the site purely used an existing search engine, Inktomi, to gather results. In this internet age, your words can come back to haunt you—so think before you speak. There’s no denying that Bill Gates is a visionary, founding Microsoft in 1975 and monopolizing the tech industry for decades.

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Small business startup kit for 2007 – mostly free!

BeyondVC

A friend of mine called me the other day to ask for advice on what services (email, voice, apps) he should use to run his business with the caveat being that he wanted to spend as little upfront capital as possible and also have minimal ongoing maintenance headaches. What a nightmare! Yes this is basic but it is easy.

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Social Media Best Practices for Your Nonprofit

Board Effect

Once you’ve posted something on the internet, it can go viral within seconds, leaving no room for a do-over. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 offers certain immunities for internet service providers that may lend some form of protection from allegations of copyright infringement, tortious conduct, or defamation.

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Campus Crypto Fever

thebarefootvc

During the past year, I have received hundreds of emails from students in those audiences, some expressing regret for not paying attention sooner, and others thankful I helped them pay off their loans, or find a career path. Over the past five years speaking on college campuses, I have encouraged students to explore the blockchain sector.