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It's triggered on certain events, like a download or rendering a password field. First off it checks if you're on a domain thats "green" (safe/popular). for the top 100k domains (s…

This Chrome extension was born from one simple realization: phishing drives over 90% of breaches, yet our main defences are outdated. Security awareness training and periodic phish…

'twas definitely worth a shot; no worries

Ditto here, it comes and it goes, but I can see this switch doesn't help our overall fail rate.

War will not happen between the US and China (2 economies which are inexorably intertwined) for no other reason than it will be exceedingly bad for business.

On the main point of the article, I do agree that a lot of ideas fly higher in San Francisco than other parts of North America. I see "Highlight" as a good example of this where an…

Chrome 25, I got sent to Paypal.

For native iOS it's required. *edit - my bad, it looks like that's not the primary use.

I haven't used it personally, but Angellist jobs looks interesting: https://angel.co/jobs I like that they have to disclose ballpark salaries. Makes it easier to get a sense for ho…

So Disney Dollars are illegal?

You do have some options though. We use http://www.crittercism.com for bug reports in both Beta and live versions. Testflight also has introduced its SDK for live apps, which also …

Victoria "booming" is a pretty extraordinary claim. I'm in Vancouver, and there is at least some startup activity, but I can't think of much in Victoria. Maybe from a non-tech pers…

Renting in Vancouver is generally cheaper than SF. Buying a place may be a different story, but rent is reasonable in Vancouver.

I'm actually surprised that the article didn't touch on how the rules have been loosened so that American VCs can play in Canada a lot easier.

You're absolutely right. My business co-founder also does QA, can help with some front-end coding, gets feedback from every single one of our users, and is a lightning-rod for time…

I don't think this goes against the efforts to build a community in satellite locations. The reality is that there aren't many potential acquirers in Vancouver (virtually nil for c…

My first instinct was similar to yours, but Canada is one of those "foreign countries". Sorry, from the hearings, you need to lean into that word more; foreign countries. Thus, it …

Tuition was de-regulated in the 90's and went up 15% a year through most of the 2000's. I'd say it's doable but not a given.