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<title><![CDATA[Mercedes teases SLS AMG Roadster]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The upcoming Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster undergoing track testing in Stuttgart, Germany.(Credit:Mercedes)Mercedes-Benz released photos of its upcoming convertible SLS AMG Roadster undergoing testing in Stuttgart. Barely disguised with black adhesive foil at the front, rear and along the sides, the Roadster appears to have the same body proportions as its coupe sibling, which debuted at the 2009 Frankfurt International Automobile Show, but sans gullwings and a fixed roof.  The Roadster will be equipped with a 6.3-liter V-8 engine that produces 563 horsepower and 479 pound-feet of torque. Chopping the top off the SLS required a few structural changes. To create driving dynamics that are identical to the coupe model, Mercedes designed more robust side skirts, added supporting struts at the windshield frame and center tunnel, and stiffened the rear axle using a structure between the soft top and the tank. These changes should help dampen vibrations without adding a lot of weight. Even with electrohydraulic equipment that lets the driver close the soft top in 11 seconds while driving up to 31 mph, the Roadster's 536-pound body shell is only 5 pounds heavier than the coupe.The SLS AMG Roadster is expected to have its world premiere at the 2011 Frankfurt auto show in September. Before then, it will undergo extensive testing before it goes to market. For one of its practical trials, the Roadster will travel to Laredo, Texas to see how well the convertible's seals keep out the area's notoriously fine dust that permeates practically all barriers. Probably the most crucial of the standard tests will be the &quot;Sindelfingen rain test,&quot; which is actually a series of 16 tests that will validate the SLS AMG Roadster's watertightness. Among other trials, the SLS AMG Roadster will have its flap seals sprayed with a water hose, experience continuous overnight rain, withstand swirl and high-pressure tests, and for the final stage of the gantlet, run through an automaticcar wash. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the accountant: VentureBeat fields your tax questions]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This series is brought to you by TurboTax Home &amp;amp' Business Edition &amp;8211' Guides You to Your Biggest Tax Refund.  As always, VentureBeat is adamant about maintaining editorial objectivity. TurboTax had no involvement in the content of this post.As April draws near, our thoughts turn to taxes. More than a bit unwillingly, for most, because the workaday parts of running a business can distract from building the great products that drew us into this world.But getting the operations of your business right can be key to success &amp;8212' and getting them wrong can be a painful, if not fatal, distraction.So from now through April 15, VentureBeat will be taking your tax and accounting questions and getting you expert answers. You can send us a question by email, leave one in the comments below, or reach us by Twitter or on Facebook or Quora.Not that there&amp;'s just one answer to the questions of how you structure, run, and reap rewards from your business. Some tax subjects are cut-and-dry matters of law. Others vary by situation. So we&amp;'ll be hosting conversations here and elsewhere. It&amp;'s the least we can do to make paying your due a bit less taxing.Got a question Leave a comment or send it  by email.Next Story: Google Voice tests cellphone number porting for $20 Previous Story: Multitasking touch gestures headed to the iPhone (video)PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: accounting, ask the accountant, taxes          Tags: accounting, ask the accountant, taxesOwen Thomas is the executive editor of VentureBeat. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[With IntoNow, is social TV ready for the masses]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[There&amp;'s been a real explosion in TV check-in startups in the last year or so, but today, a company called IntoNow is launching what may be the most impressive social TV app yet.IntoNow spun out of online video ad company Auditude, and the most attention-grabbing part of the app involves technology that was developed at Auditude. Think of it as the TV equivalent of music app Shazam &amp;8212' you can turn on the app (which is available for Apple&amp;'s iOS devices) while you&amp;'re watching a TV show, then the app will recognize the audio and identify the show. That makes it easier to tell your friends about what you&amp;'re watching, since you don&amp;'t have to type anything in. It also means you can get very specific, sharing not just the show but also the episode.On the backend, IntoNow seems to be pulling an even more impressive technical feat than Shazam. It&amp;'s not just pulling its results from a library of songs, but actually processing more than 120 channels of television in real-time. So when the IntoNow team demonstrated the app for me last week, we watched a news show that was being broadcast for the very first time, yet the app still recognized it.And it doesn&amp;'t just recognize new content. Founder and chief executive Adam Cahan said that thanks to Auditude, IntoNow has a record of pretty much anything that was broadcast on TV in the last five years. And that includes plenty of reruns, since the Auditude app recognized one of Cahan&amp;'s favorite shows, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.Cahan said IntoNow will also make this technology, which it calls the SoundPrint platform, available to device manufacturers and application developers.And the app does more than make it easy to share what you&amp;'re watching. Cahan argued that badges and other rewards for TV check-ins aren&amp;'t what motivate people to share &amp;8212' instead, the real reward is having fun, meaningful interactions. So you can share the shows you&amp;'re watching in the app, or on Facebook or Twitter, and you can see who else is watching the show at the same time, hopefully prompting some conversation.If you&amp;'re interested in a show that someone else has shared, IntoNow makes it easy for you to watch that show too by immediately adding it to your Netflix queue or buying it on iTunes (assuming that it&amp;'s available). And you can learn more about the show by looking up its Internet Movie Database listing within the app.Another cool feature tells you what&amp;'s on now that your friends have watched. So if your friend said they were watching a specific episode a few weeks ago, the IntoNow app will remember that, and will tell you if the episode is being repeated right now. It&amp;'s a fun, serendipitous way to find recommendations for what you could be watching at this moment.As for how IntoNow plans to make money, Cahan noted that there are lots of advertising opportunities, especially since IntoNow can recognize the sound of commercials. So you could turn the app on while watching a commercial that you find particularly interesting, and it could provide additional information or offers around that product.IntoNow hasn&amp;'t raised any of its own funding since spinning out of Auditude. Competitors include Miso and GetGlue.Next Story: Android topples Nokia as world&amp;'s leading smartphone platform in Q4 2010 Previous Story: Demystifying the language of VC term sheetsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: social TV, SoundPrint, TV check-insCompanies: Audtitude, IntoNowPeople: Adam Cahan          Tags: social TV, SoundPrint, TV check-insCompanies: Audtitude, IntoNowPeople: Adam CahanAnthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hearsay helps companies embrace a local approach to social media]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hearsay, a startup backed by Sequoia Capital, is emerging from stealth mode today and launching its first product. That&amp;'s Hearsay Social, a service that helps large corporations manage the social media presence of their local branches and franchises.Chief executive and co-founder Clara Shih said she first saw the need for Hearsay Social after the publication of her book The Facebook Era, which outlines how companies can take advantage of social networks. While she was on-tour, Shih said she kept hearing the similar complaint from businesses &amp;8212' that their local offices were building their own social media presences, and that there was no easy way to manage them.In other words, companies think it&amp;'s great each branch has its own Facebook Page or Twitter account, but they need to make sure that those accounts match the broader company message, and in some cases theya4a4re legally required to archive that content too.So Hearsay Social creates an online dashboard for managing everything. Companies can now suggest messages that their local offices can post on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn, then those someone at each branch can log in, custom the message to their local needs, and then post directly from Hearsay. Hearsay Social customers can also create workflows to flag any comments that might be inappropriate &amp;8212' for example, Hearsay could flag any local messages with swearing, and then a manager could look at each message and approve or disapprove them on a case-by-case basis. The dashboard also archives all the messages for compliance purposes and it includes analytics, so companies can see which branches have an active social media presence and which ones might need a little help.The product has been in development for about 18 months, Shih said, and last year a few customers started to use it &amp;8212' including two big insurance companies, State Farm and Farmers Insurance, as well as 24 Hour Fitness.Hearsay is based in San Francisco and has raised a round of about $3 million led by Sequoia.Next Story: Verizon to combat (iPhone) data hogs by throttling mobile data Previous Story: Confirmed: Hipmunk raises $4.2M to &amp;''de-agonize&amp;'' flight searchPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: corporate social media, Hearsay SocialCompanies: Hearsay, Sequoia CapitalPeople: Clara Shih          Tags: corporate social media, Hearsay SocialCompanies: Hearsay, Sequoia CapitalPeople: Clara ShihAnthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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