Melissa Thompson

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Melissa Thompson writes about a wide range of topics, revealing interesting things we didn't know before. She is a freelance USA Today producer, and a Technorati contributor.

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Onavo VPN App for iPhone Logs More Data Than Reported

Facebook's drama continues with another privacy breach. The company's initial user breach included 50 million users' information and has resulted in Facebook being investigated...

What’s the outlook for Bitcoin in 2018?

After the meteoric rise of Bitcoin's value in December 2017, which saw a frenzy of market activity, the super crypto coin has been experiencing...

Ibogaine, Called a Cure for Opioid Addiction, is Still Illegal in the US

With the opioid addiction in the U.S. reaching troubling highs, officials and medical experts continue their search for a solution. One solution may lie...

Monaco Begins $2.3B Coastline Extension Project, Europe Commercial Investment Up 8%

Monaco, the world's second smallest country, is starting a $2.3 billion coastline extension project. The project aims to add 15 acres of coast into...

Valpak is Hiding $100 Checks in Some Coupon Envelopes

Direct-marketing business Valpak is known for its monthly envelope of coupons, but the company is using a new tactic to keep people from tossing...

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When the CFO Leaves: How Growing Companies Keep the Books on Track

Most owners assume a CFO exit is mainly an HR headache. Post the job, run the search, backfill the seat. The seat is the easy part. What breaks first is the reporting cadence: the month-end close nobody owns, the covenant calculation that u

Frontline Supervisors Are Sinking Your Safety Program. Here’s the Fix

A single recordable injury can cost an employer tens of thousands of dollars before the lost-productivity ripple even begins, and most of those incidents trace back to a decision a frontline supervisor made, missed, or waved through, rather than to anything the safety director or the C-suite did or failed to do. The shift lead, […]

What Should I Do if the Police Don’t Respond to My Car Accident?

Stay calm. While it can be unsettling, police don't respond to every car accident. In many parts of the country, officers may not be dispatched if the crash ...

Michael Gargiulo: Founders Are Protecting the Wrong Things

He spent four years chasing VPN.com and $976,000 buying it. What the deal taught him has less to do with names than with the assets founders forget to guard.
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