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A few months ago, PandoDaily broke a story that a driver for Uber, the popular ride-sharing service, assaulted a passenger, called him a “dirty Mexican faggot,” and then struck him. PandoDaily later reported that the driver had an extensive criminal history, including felony and misdemeanor charges and at least one felony conviction that resulted in prison time. […]

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The virtual currency Bitcoin has been getting quite a bit of publicity lately, not just from the skyrocketing value but from the multimillion investment by the notorious Winklevoss twins, famed for their role in the founding of Facebook, and the guy who accidentally threw away $9 million in bitcoins. But much of the news has […]

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The Wall Street Journal published an article the other day about why red flags were missed in background checks on a number of high-profile cases in which an employee’s “prior transgression or act of concealment embarrasses a well-known company or university.” The article highlights a number of recent episodes in which executives at Yahoo, Veritas Software, […]

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Below is a roundup of our most popular posts in 2013. As Seth Godin says, “‘best’ is rarely the same as ‘popular’”; that’s a list for another day. Nevertheless, here are the posts that spurred up the most traffic. Which one is your favorite? ———— 1 Find Someone on Facebook Without Even Knowing Their Name […]

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A few years ago, I was working on a case with a large investigative firm in New York. It was a big case with big implications. While the investigative team had some big breakthroughs during the course of the investigation, one of the key elements of the case was the surveillance video. And we’re not […]

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