Ted Livingston
Ted Livingston is the founder and CEO of Kik, a chat network with millions of active users. Founded in 2009, Kik is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, and has raised $120.5 million from investors including Tencent and Union Square Ventures. The company recently launched a cryptocurrency called … Read More
TCU’s Amy Okonkwo earns Big 12 award
TCU women's basketball player Amy Okonkwo was named the Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year on Wednesday. The junior averaged 15.4 points and 5.8 rebounds coming off the bench for the Horned Frogs. Okonkwo was also named to the All-Big 12 second team. She's the second TCU women's player …
Mansfield Timberview, Brock and Lake Country Christian look to win state titles
With two more wins each, a trio of area girls basketball teams will accomplish goals set out in November: win a state title. The UIL tournament gets underway, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Thursday with semifinals for Class 5A Mansfield Timberview and 3A Brock. State finals are Saturday. Read …
Vietnamese immigrants sue US officials over detentions
Three Vietnamese immigrants have filed a lawsuit alleging U.S. authorities are rounding them up for deportation — even though the Vietnamese government has not agreed to take them back. Vietnam has only agreed to repatriate deportees who arrived in the United States after the two countries … Read More
Oppenheimer hit by double departure as alts CIO and PM exit
He joined from AllianceBernstein where he spent almost two decades holding various roles including investment director and senior portfolio manager, according to his LinkedIn page. Lee, who has already left the firm, also joined Oppenheimer in 2013 from AllianceBernstein, where he worked as the … Read More
Facebook jobs service spreading to more countries
Facebook's job service wades into the terrain of career-focused social network LinkedIn, which Microsoft bought two years ago in a deal valued at $26 billion. But LinkedIn is seen as an online venue for professionals to cultivate connections and opportunities whereas Facebook's job service appeared … Read More
Look Out, LinkedIn: Facebook Adds New Job Postings Feature For Users
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — In an effort to help local businesses hire and help people find jobs, Facebook announced Wednesday that they will be expanding the site's job posting capability to more than 40 countries. The social networking giant first began testing the job posting feature that would allow … Read …
Ulster rugby rape trial of Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding hears text exchanges between accused …
The court heard how Harrison sent Olding a video clip by WhatsApp. It was not played to the jury. Belfast Crown Court heard 36 agreed facts presented to the jury by prosecutor Rosemary Walsh. Toby Hedworth QC followed her by reading a series of messages to the court, many of …
WhatsApp has a plan for group spam
“Forwarded Message” will appear on top of every post that spammers forward to groups en masse. The feature has been spotted by wabetainfo.com that follows WhatsApp Google Play Beta Programme. “Today, WhatsApp has modified the behaviour of the feature, that will show on the bubble (when the … Read More
Japan’s Line enlists K-pop to lend glamour to news drive in Hong Kong, where WhatsApp is king
Messaging app operator Line has created a big following in Asia with its popular line of mascot characters, which includes Cony the rabbit and Brown the bear. The Tokyo-based company is now betting that it can attract more users in Hong Kong, where Facebook's WhatsApp is dominant, by offering … Read …