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Here Are the Biggest Crowdfunding Campaigns of 2015 – Bloomberg Business

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Here Are the Biggest Crowdfunding Campaigns of 2015 – Bloomberg Business: Crowdfunding really hit its stride this year with people just crowding in to jump on the bandwagon of new and innovative ideas. Of course great fundraising ideas are for books and movies, especially those that sequels or follow-ons with an established groupie base. Veronica Mars, the high-school sleuth, is and example from last year on Kickstarter. (See our blog here,) This years list from…

Bottoms Up Draft Beer Dispensing System on CNN – YouTube

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Bottoms Up Draft Beer Dispensing System on CNN – YouTube: Bottoms up! This is an invention that changes the way you think — I mean drink! And then combine that with promotionals that can be sold with each cup (designer magnet). Great for brand building for those people who are contemplating the bottom of their cups. The fastest beer in the world. The most consistent pour. This could make the absolute perfect black-n-tan too. CHEERS!…

Google and NASA Have A New Quantum Computer

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Google and NASA Have A New Quantum Computer: Quantum Computing. Changes the way you look at doing computing. Running HOT but keeping it cool. If you wanted to compare this joint venture computing effort by NASA, Google, and USRA (Universities Space Research Association) to traditional computing, you might not be overly impressed. But you probably should be. Maybe. It will be interesting to see if this is the way forward in computing vs other possible…

Uber disruptive innovation

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Uber Meets Its Match in France http://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-meets-its-match-in-france-1442592333It seeing how the company has been able to introduce disruptive innovation, into existing and monopolistic type markets. They jump start into the market so that they have a large presence of drivers and customers before the regulators can catch up with them. Of course the services are much better than the existing taxis. Very interesting how disruptive innovation good the interview so quickly into large markets. Doubly interesting…

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Studio must consider fair use before taking down video, court rules – Fortune

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Studio must consider fair use before taking down video, court rules – Fortune: This is a big win for those people who would like to use copyrighted materials in any way they want. Simply wind up your baby to copyrighted muzak and press <record>. Of course it probably does no great publicity to Prince to have law suits against babies at play with his music. The unanimous vote to allow the mom to use the…

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States Act Forcibly to Halt or Limit Patent Trolls

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The patent troll condition -as identified- is a relatively new phenomenon/hot spot in the IP world, perhaps one or two decades old.  To be sure, there were isolated cases of troll-like behavior as far back as the 1970s, but nothing like the scope, intensity and frequency of the past several years.  Today’s trolls not only find dormant patents also but buy up unused portfolios from companies not concerned with their IP or in need of…