A glance at the legal precedents shows Amazon could easily get into trouble using its newly patented devices.

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently granted Amazon two patents directed to handy remote control of human hands. The Amazon patents can easily obtain and record users’ location and the detailed movements of their hands. Therefore, highly personal information such as when a worker requires a bathroom break or pauses to scratch could be obtained and recorded by the patented system. That, subsequently has resulted in concerns that the patents could violate protected privacy rights of employees beneath the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Fourth Amendment pertains to government actions, and will be implicated in a legal challenge to the Amazon patents, since patents are issued and enforced by the federal government. Furthermore, Amazon patents can run afoul of state statutes and common law privacy protections, that have adopted similar Fourth Amendment privacy standards.

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Users of Congress are anticipated to introduce privacy bills this week that could require the Federal government Trade Commission (FTC) to initiate a USUALLY DO NOT Monitor registry for online marketers. Such legislation could eventually impact business owners and businesses of most sizes that depend on particular types of internet marketing — especially retargeting (also called behavioral remarketing) — to create leads and close increased sales online.

An excellent, feel-good fact: Mike Ilitch, the late founder of Little Caesars, paid Rosa Parks’s rent for greater than a decade.

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Why is someone a hero in corporate America?

A hero is officially defined as a “person admired for achievements and noble qualities,” who "shows great courage” or is an “illustrious warrior.” However, the simple truth is that anyone could be a hero. After all, most of us make choices each day, a few of which take us on a heroic path, others which don’t.

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The normal patent applicant at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) can get to wait, typically, two years or even more after filing, before that coveted U.S. patent comes through: USPTO statistics show that applications in the semiconductor field, for instance, take the average 23.1 months from filing to issuance; and applications in the computer architecture field take the average 29.5 months.

Related: Before You Crowdfund an Invention, Consider Patent Protection

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Are your social-media marketing habits attracting visitors to your brand or scaring them off? In the event that you litter your Twitter feed, Facebook page and Pinterest boards with blatantly self-centered, hard sales posts — and even insensitive, potentially offensive posts — you will be guilty of sending your followers packing, right with their spending cash.

Here is a short set of notorious social-media mistakes companies should be sure you avoid and just why:

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In December 2015, Amazon discontinued its very popular Product Ads programs, despite the fact that the ads have been popular for both company and its own advertisers. Reason? Amazon made its decision predicated on rival Google’s entry in to the shopping sphere, using its launch of Google Shopping and Google Product Listing ads.

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Not everyone trying to improve funds for a fresh venture succeeds in scoring a check from Oprah.

But Judith Griffin is a determined woman with high expectations. She founded Pathways to College, which is situated in Teaneck, N.J., in 1994 to greatly help minority students in the united states receive extra preparation and encouragement via after-school programs so they may be ready for (and complete) college.

Of all burdens a startup founder bears, none is heavier than knowing family, friends and fools who believed them have their savings at risk.

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As being a first date, I recall every detail of my first start-up. It had been a busy amount of time in my life, but there are several things that stick out. Thankfully, seen now in life’s rearview mirror, those memories are lessons that allowed me to be a lot more effective in my own current enterprises.