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The incredible life and career of Sean Parker, who got his start as a teenage hacker before cofounding Napster and becoming a Facebook billionaire (FB)

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Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 10th, 2020

Face Time: How Clickswitch CEO Cale Johnston built a fin-tech startup

Clickswitch CEO Cale Johnston has helped lead his firm through two funding rounds and significant revenue growth. Here's what's next for the Minneapolis fin-tech company......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJun 12th, 2019

Facebook is hiring one of its sharpest critics to lead its privacy policies

Kevin Bankston built his career as one of Silicon Valley’s sharpest critics. Now, he’s joining Facebook, to see if he can fix the company’s privacy policies from the inside. “...I can’t and won’t make excuses for the privacy mistakes that .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 24th, 2019

Wall St. advances ahead of Fed policy meeting

Banks and tech helped lead Wall Street higher on Monday, while Boeing and Facebook were a drag and investors eyed this week's U.S. Federal Reserve meeting for affirmation of its commitment to "patient" monetary policy......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMar 18th, 2019

Wall Street ends higher, with biggest boost from banks

Banks helped lead Wall Street higher on Monday, while Boeing and Facebook were a drag and investors eyed this week's Federal Reserve meeting for affirmation of its commitment to "patient" monetary policy......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMar 18th, 2019

Ex-Facebook Executive: "You Don"t Realize It But You Are Being Programmed"

Authored by Mustapha Itani via Medium.com, Several months ago, one of the early pioneers of Facebook and its first President Sean Parker, voiced his regret regarding helping create social media in the form we know it today, sa.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeApr 23rd, 2018

Q&A: Sean Parker on Napster, Spotify, and His Federal Tax Law Triumph

Daniel Ek said: ‘Do you really want to go through this again?’ In the wake of Spotify's debut as a public company, Fort.....»»

Category: europeSource: fortuneMay 25th, 2018

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) owned WhatsApp have helped to trigger mass beatings

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) owned WhatsApp have helped to trigger mass beatings Fake news messages on WhatsApp lead to beatings by mobs More than a dozen people beaten up so far this year At least thre.....»»

Category: topSource: livetradingnewsJun 26th, 2018

Facebook poaches Ruckus Wireless executive to lead new Connectivity division

Facebook Inc. has hired the former operating chief at Sunnyvale-based Ruckus Wireless to head up a new division focused on getting the “next billion” people connected to the Internet. Dan Rabinovitsj joined Ruckus in 2014 as its COO, and helped .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsAug 13th, 2018

Virgin Atlantic built an airport lounge right on the beach, making travel officially less stressful

Virgin Holidays/Facebook Virgin Atlantic is opening Departure Beach, a beachfront lounge for passengers.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderSep 19th, 2018

Facebook cut ties with Definers, the PR firm that reportedly helped it blame George Soros for the anti-Facebook movement

Sean Gallup/Getty Facebook has ended its relationship with a PR firm which the New York Times reported had circulated reports to jo.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderNov 15th, 2018

His Big Sur wedding ran afoul of coastal regulators. So tech billionaire Sean Parker built an app

When Sean Parker cr.....»»

Category: topSource: latimesDec 13th, 2018

Pittsburgh investor snaps up Pass-a-Grille apartments

The beach location comes at a premium; the price per unit is more commonly seen in newly built multifamily properties near job centers in St. Petersburg and Tampa......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournals7 hr. 40 min. ago

Milwaukee Bucks co-owner buys Palm Beach mansion for $49M

The mansion was built on spec......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 22nd, 2021

Facebook won’t take down an ad that Rep. Ilhan Omar’s office says could lead to harassment and death threats

The dispute marks the latest eruption between Facebook and Democrats, who say the company has been too hands-off when it comes to hate speech and viral falsehoods......»»

Category: topSource: washpostMay 21st, 2021

Facebook And Regeneron Lead The Nasdaq Lower Tuesday

U.S. indices were trading lower Tuesday after U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called for business leaders across the country to pay higher taxes to compensate for President Biden's proposed infrastructure plan. read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaMay 18th, 2021

How two Black CEOs got corporate America to pay attention to voting rights

Ken Chenault, the former head of American Express, and Ken Frazier, head of Merck, helped lead the campaign to get companies involved......»»

Category: topSource: washpostMay 4th, 2021

Charles Geschke, Adobe co-founder who helped spark desktop publishing, dies at 81

He and John Warnock built one of the world’s largest software companies. He also made headlines after being kidnapped in 1992 and spending five days in captivity......»»

Category: topSource: washpostApr 20th, 2021

San Jose mourns the loss of Charles Davidson, an early advocate and builder of affordable housing

Davidson built thousands of affordable homes, helped write San Jose's city charter and donated more to San Jose State University than anyone else......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 30th, 2021

Miami Beach extends emergency curfew as spring break crowds lead to arrests, violence

Miami Beach, Florida's spring break crowds have become increasingly rowdy, leading to violence, arrests, and property damage, local.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytMar 22nd, 2021