Startup News

Google kept some users’ passwords in plain text for 14 years 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 22, 2019
Administrators of some of Google’s five million business accounts got an unwelcome surprise when the company recently notified them it had stored some user passwords in plain text since 2005. Usually, before storing passwords with usernames, tech companies scramble passwords so they can only be read with an encryption “key.” Even if someone finds a…
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Loot, the UK digital current account for students and millennials, enters administration after a potential sale falls through 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 22, 2019
Loot, the digital current account aimed at students and millennials, has called in administrators after appearing to have run out of cash. According to sources, the U.K. fintech was unable to raise additional funding in time after a potential sale to banking giant RBS fell through. Intriguingly, Royal Bank of Scotland Group indirectly owned a…
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How to Create Your First Successful Business Plan 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 22, 2019
Entrepreneurial expert Chris Haroun uses his patented process to help make your new business plan a reality.
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Off Topic: Aretha’s ‘wills,’ Johnny Depp, ‘Arthur’, bad Florida behavior 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 21, 2019
Three times the charm? Apparently, three wills have been found in the home of late soul music legend Aretha Franklin…The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard drama goes on as Depp is now saying his ex-wife painted bruises upon herself when she claimed he abused her…That episode of the PBS children’s series “Arthur”? It won’t be seen on…
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Kard is a challenger bank for teens 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 21, 2019
Meet French startup Kard, a challenger bank that works a lot like N26 or Revolut. But Kard is all about convincing teens that their first bank account is going to be a Kard account — a bit like Step in the U.S. When I talked with Kard co-founder and CEO Scott Gordon, he kept saying that…
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How to Come Up With Startup Business Ideas in the Digital Era 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 21, 2019
Your idea doesn’t have to be completely original, just better than what’s available already.
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