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Now that it’s an awful time to be a new lawyer, law schools need to prove...
The value of a law degree just isn’t what it once was. Law school graduates are facing shrinking job prospects in general, as law firms trim their numbers post-recession and grow more efficient with...
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James Patterson wants to change book publishing—with $5 novellas that are...
A third of Americans didn’t even pick up a book last year. Can James Patterson change that? The bestselling US author, whose 156 books have sold more than 325 million copies worldwide, thinks so. In...
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Kanye West’s technological gamble on “Life of Pablo” pays off
Musicians often protest the toll that streaming music services, illegal downloads and leaked tracks have taken on their business models. But when you’re as big as Kanye West, Beyonce or Taylor Swift,...
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SoundCloud finally launched its massive music subscription service. But why...
If three’s a crowd, who knows what to call the rabble of businesses cluttering up the music streaming industry right now. And newly amplifying all that noise is SoundCloud. The audio platform today...
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There is an Uber for blood
The on-demand, “Uber-for-X” fervor has produced an Uber for everything. There are Ubers for laundry, for groceries, for parking and massages. There is also, apparently, an Uber for blood. That startup...
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James Patterson says he’ll “disrupt” reading by writing shorter books
A new venture from publishing juggernaut James Patterson is being sold as the “Uber of books.” “I’m a disruptor,” the massively prolific, bestselling author announced in a press conference this morning...
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Elizabeth Warren has some questions—of the legal variety—about the way Apple...
Calling out Apple Music for poor design is one thing. Asking whether its business model is fully legitimate is a much, much more serious criticism. Elizabeth Warren probed into the music streaming...
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If this was rap beef, then Apple Music just dissed Spotify
Times of civility in music streaming are over. Open war has begun. Earlier this week, streaming service Spotify directly accused competitor Apple Music of “causing grave harm to Spotify and its...
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Ambani after Ambani: After Mukesh launches Jio, Anil’s R-Com merges mobile...
Days after Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man, launched telecom behemoth Reliance Jio, younger brother Anil Ambani unveiled his big move in the sector. Reliance Communications (R-Com), the telecom...
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Silicon Valley tech bros want to trick us into thinking capitalism is...
A little over a year ago, I moved to San Francisco from Massachusetts and started looking for a job. As I sifted through job descriptions, I noticed something striking about Silicon Valley prose. Bento...
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Innovation guru Clayton Christensen’s new theory is meant to protect you from...
If you’re sick of hearing about disruption, blame Clayton Christensen, who introduced the concept into business jargon. Christensen is possibly the most influential management thinker in Silicon...
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Good news: The hackers who broke the internet last week are less powerful...
Dyn, the domain name system provider that was attacked Friday (Oct. 21), has just published new detail on the incident that took down major web services like Github and Twitter. Dyn substantially...
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This startup is taking the mystery out of wine pricing—and making the good...
I rarely spend more than $20 on a bottle of wine. Often, it’s closer to $10. It’s not that I’m unwilling, unable, or philosophically opposed to pricier bottles—it’s just that I don’t know how to make...
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Microsoft’s Outlook, Skype, and other major services are down around the world
Skype, Outlook email access, and Xbox Live, some of Microsoft’s most popular online services, appear to be down in many countries for several hours, according to a flood of complaints from users on...
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Uber is battling for its future in Kenya and South Africa
Entry of the mobile technology ride-sharing service, Uber, into passenger transport markets across the world has brought disruptive competition with substantial benefits to consumers. Africa is no...
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The upstart trying to displace Heinz ketchup just got bought by one of the...
A ketchup war is brewing, and the stakes just got higher. Unilever today announced a deal to acquire New York-based condiments upstart Sir Kensington’s. Bloomberg reported the deal was for around $140...
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Whole Foods’ big new threat: the cheap German supermarkets that conquered Europe
American grocery stores are bracing for a German invasion. Industry researchers say the US market is ripe for disruption, which is one reason two discount grocers from Europe—Lidl and Aldi—are...
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What innovation and technological disruption really means for Africa
A new study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo estimates “large and robust negative effects of robots on employment and wages” in the United...
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The reign of the $100 graphing calculator required by every US math class is...
If you took a math class at some point in the US, there is likely a bulky $100 calculator gathering dust somewhere in your closet. That would be the Texas Instruments 84—or the TI 84-Plus, or the...
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Flipkart and Rivigo are India’s top “breakthrough” brands
India’s startups are breaking through many barriers. A recent ranking by Interbrand, a brand consultancy owned by NYSE-listed marketing and communications conglomerate Omnicom Group, listed e-commerce...
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