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Facebook Introduces Messenger For Non-Users

Original post by Todd Wasserman via Mashable Facebook on Tuesday introduced a feature for its Messenger Android app that lets users log on with a name and phone number, rather than having to enter their account info. In practice, that means that you don’t have to have a Facebook account to use Messenger. Thefeature, which will soon come […]

Instead of Passwords, Security Software Checks Your Eyes

Original post by mashable Typing a password into your smartphone might be a reasonable way to access the sensitive information it holds, but a startup called EyeVerify thinks it would be easier—and more secure—to just look into the phone’s camera lens and move your eyes to the side. EyeVerify’s software identifies you by your “eyeprints,” the […]

Two West Des Moines Companies on MSNBC’s List of Five Silicon Prairie Start-Ups to Watch

Original post by Beth Dalbey via WestDesMoinesPatch Three Iowa companies – two of them in West Des Moines – are among five companies to watch on the Silicon Prairie, “ the hottest area in the country for tech startups that you never heard of,” the cable news network MSNBC said. Topping the list is the e-commerce marketplaceGoodsmiths founded by […]

3 key online marketing tips for startups

Original post by ventureburn If you are building a consumer internet business, you have probably spent 90 percent of your time on product development, building a team, chasing funding, and defending your decision not to get a “real job” to your mother. If you are lucky, then you spent the other 10 percent getting some sleep. […]

London entrepreneurs win the race to launch video based networking site

Original post by Rebecca Hobson via londonlovesbusiness Shed Simove, inventor, author and LondonlovesBusiness.com columnist, and his partner Jonathan Fren, the tech “genius” behind the project, have created a platform for businesspeople to meet and make new business contacts, face-to-face, over video chat. Each video ‘meet’ is random and lasts strictly two minutes. The fixed time limit is imposed so […]