Posts Tagged ‘ international ’

Apple Keeps Top Spot on Fortune’s ‘Most Admired Company’ List

March 2, 2013
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Apple secured the top spot for the sixth year in a row in Fortune's Top 50 World's Most Admired Companies list

The company beat out Google and Amazon, which came in second and third on the international list. The top ten positions are all held by American companies, with businesses like Coca-Cola, Starbucks and...

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Announcing a Live Chat With Totsy Founder Guillaume Gauthereau

January 30, 2013
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Streaming live on Mashable, Totsy founder Guillaume Gauthereau will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. EST (12 p.m. PST) Thursday, Jan. 31. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Council’s #StartupLab initiative, a virtual mentorship program, Gauthereau will appear live via video chat broadcast on this site.

Guillaume Gauthereau is a serial entrepreneur, business leader...

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The Crazy Economics of Mining Asteroids for Gold and Platinum

January 28, 2013
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Not one but two companies have now decided that they’re going to mine asteroids to collect gold and platinum

The aptly named Deep Space Industries joins Planetary Resources in the competition for meteor material. But we’re a little concerned here; a NASA mission to an asteroid to bring back 2 kilograms of material in...

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Olympics Points to YouTube’s Future: Live Video

August 10, 2012
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August 9, 2012 by Sam Laird Like+1SharePin ItShareYou may know YouTube primarily for its awesome sports highlights, classic TV clips and popular music videos, all of which are offered on-demand in easily clickable playback format. But the 2012 Olympics represent the service’s biggest live streaming effort ever. The Games also offer a window...

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Twitter Goes Down, Comes Back Slowly for Some

July 26, 2012
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Beyond @sweden: More Country Names on Twitter are Rotating Users

June 26, 2012
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It’s been two weeks since Sonja Abrahamsson caught international attention for a string of controversial statements she made as the ‘Swede of the Week’ on Twitter. The Curators of Sweden, a tourism concern partly owned by the Swedish government, started the program in December — handing over the handle @sweden to a new Swede...

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Sheryl Sandberg Is Facebook’s First Female Board Member

June 25, 2012
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June 25, 2012 by Samantha Murphy Like+1SharePin ItShareFacebook announced on Monday that its chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has joined the company’s board of directors, making her the company’s first-ever female board member.Sandberg — who oversees Facebook’s business operations including sales, marketing, business development, legal, human resources, public policy and communications — will...

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