Are You Violating Google's New Copyright Policy?

Avoid becoming a victim to Google's new policy of penalizing the organic rankings of websites suspected of improperly posting the copyrighted materials of others. shutterstock images One of the most closely guarded secrets in the tech industry is the Google algorithm used to rank organic results in the world's most popular search engine.

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Google Launches Private Messages In Hangouts, Adds New Video And Sound Features To The Hangouts API

This is probably not the Google+ API you have been waiting for, but Google just announced the launch of version 1.2 of its Hangouts API, which comes with a number of significant new features for developers who are building products on top of Google's group video chat service.

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5 Steps to a Successful Start-up

David Klein, CEO of CommonBond, is building his new company with an eye for value creation and growth. Here are five things he's doing that others should emulate. We're always on the lookout for entrepreneurs who get it--the leaders who are modeling what it takes to launch a successful start-up.

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Video - Kickstarter's Biggest Winners and Biggest Losers - WSJ.com

We've all had that billion dollar idea but not all of us have a billion dollars kicking around to fund it. Kickstarter.com fills the void by crowd-sourcing online strangers to invest in your dream. Here's a peek at some of Kickstarter.com's biggest successes and bigggest failures.

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