Top Stories of the Day // August 9, 2015

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How Gulf Countries Can Ignite Their Startup Revolution | Understanding The Future Of Mobility | Hacking For Cause: Today's Growing Cyber Security Trend | Visa Selected Three Black-Founded Startups To Help Solve Its Marketing Challenges | Yahoo To Get Its Iconic San Francisco Billboard Back | The Thin Black-Clad Line | Plate IQ Turns Paper Invoices Into Predictive Insights |

DAILY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 2015 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE How Gulf Countries Can Ignite Their Startup Revolution There is hardly a day that passes without a new major initiative, announcement or bold proclamation by the Gulf economies of United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman,... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK Understanding The Future Of Mobility We recently had the opportunity to participate in two important conferences focused on the future: one on the on-demand economy (On Demand Economy 2015) and the... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Aileen Lee Founder of Cowboy Ventures Coming to Disrupt SF In 2012, she created Cowboy Ventures. A few portfolio companies are Dollar Shave Club; the smart lock company August; and the coffee-shop chain Philz Coffee. Come hear her insights at Disrupt SF this September! Learn More… CRUNCH NETWORK Hacking For Cause: Today's Growing Cyber Security Trend What do the following data-breach headlines from the past year have in common? The Sony Pictures hack: Everything we know so far; Anonymous hackers... Read More… Visa Selected Three Black-Founded Startups To Help Solve Its Marketing Challenges On the heels of U.S. President Barack Obama hosting the first-ever White House demo day, which placed an emphasis on diversity, Visa has announced the... Read More… Zenefits launched on our stage two years ago. Who will be next? Find out September 21-23!  Yahoo To Get Its Iconic San Francisco Billboard Back Happy 20th Birthday, Yahoo! What did you get, what did you get? I bet there’ll be parties galore. Gifts, prizes. Presents! – A BILLBOARD! A... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK The Thin Black-Clad Line We live in a cyberpunk novel. Every major nation-state clandestinely develops (and/or purchases) carefully targeted malware, and constantly probes—or... Read More… Plate IQ Turns Paper Invoices Into Predictive Insights YC-backed Plate IQ is using smartphone tech to tackle a recurring paper-based pain-point for small and medium-sized restaurants -- namely the stack of invoices... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  If you do not want to receive this email or you would like to update your preferences click here. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2015 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service