<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="image-container float_right" style="width:400px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/51006e47eab8ea5165000011-640-480/darian-shirazi-2.jpg?maxX=400&amp;maxY=300" border="0" alt="Darian Shirazi, Radius" width="400" height="300" /></div><p class="source"><keyword id="1776776" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Darian-Shirazi">Darian Shirazi</keyword></p></div>Radius makes <a href="http://radiusintel.com/">software tools to help marketers reach small businesses</a>. It has Fortune 500 customers and </span><a href="http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/01/23/radius-raises-12-4m-to-further-develop-its-sales-intelligence-plaform-and-expand-its-smb-database/">just raised $12.4 million</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> from a group of investors including </span><keyword id="91294" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="American-Express">American Express</keyword><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">.</span></p>
<p>Founder Darian Shirazi, who started the company as <keyword id="1776777" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Fwix">Fwix</keyword> a few years ago, was Facebook's first intern and worked for the social network for a year and a half.</p>
<p>So you'd think American Express would give his company a corporate card, right?</p>
<p>Not so, Shirazi told us. He had to personally guarantee the account to get a card.</p>
<p>American Express doesn't comment on individual clients, but this is a pretty common story we hear from startup founders. Because startups generally lack a financial history and lose money in their early years, it's hard for them to establish the kind of credit history that lenders like to see.</p>
<p>Still, surely they must have changed their mind after deciding to invest in Radius, right?</p>
<p> “We are impressed by Radius’ dedication to understanding what makes small businesses successful," American Express executive Harshul Sanghi said in a statement announcing the investment. "As Radius continues to build its comprehensive index of information on small businesses, we believe they offer a fantastic opportunity to efficiently understand the needs of the small business owner.”</p>
<p>Unless they need a business card, that is. Shirazi says he's still personally on the hook for to AmEx.</p>
<p><strong>Update: </strong>We'd previously reported Radius as having 10 million customers; Shirazi tells us that number's not correct.</p>

Facebook's First Intern Has A Startup That American Express Invested Millions In

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If you thought only peer pressure or long working hours affect professionals’ productivity, think again. As per a latest report by <a href="http://www.jobbuzz.in">JobBuzz</a>, an employer-rating platform powered by TimesJobs.com, most of the India Inc employees dread long commuting hours to work every day. Industry experts directly link the biggest effects of long commutes to stress-related health issues, and its adverse impact on employee productivity and job satisfaction.<br />
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The report titled ‘Work Commuting Survey’ suggests that a whopping 60%  of the respondents felt spending more time to reach work directly affected their day-to-day performance and hampered their productivity.<br />
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"What employees feel instinctively has been substantiated by numerous health studies that show the adverse effects of long commutes ranging from increased cholesterol and blood pressure, to anxiety and even depression. On a macro scale, the effects of commuting are obvious from contributing to traffic congestion, noise and air pollution, to urban sprawl and global warming." explains <em>Vivek Madhukar, COO, TimesJobs.com.</em><br />
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<strong>Office is over an hour away for most people </strong><br />
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The survey results show that over 50% of India Inc employees spend more than an hour commuting to work every day while another 30% spend at least half an hour getting to office. JobBuzz further revealed some striking commuting patterns:<br />
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·         57% employees in metros spend more than an hour in commuting to office every day<br />
·         43% employees in small cities spend more than an hour in commuting to office every day<br />
·         53% male employees spend more than an hour in commuting to office; 35% spend over 30 minutes<br />
·         44% female employees spend more than an hour in commuting to office; 25% spend over 30 minutes<br />
So should proximity of the company to one’s home be an essential criterion while taking up a job?<br />
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For 52% of the respondents, an office near home was a very important criterion while taking up a job. But 48% felt the proximity of one’s office to one’s home did not matter if the job and salary were fitting.<br />
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In terms of gender, 65% male respondents felt proximity to home was a crucial factor in deciding their acceptance of an offer of employment. However, only 37% female employees felt the same way. A whopping 63% of female employees clearly stated that proximity was not a concern for them if career and financial benefits were good.<br />
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On being asked what kind of company they would choose to work for, 40% of the survey respondents said they would choose an organization that was located less than 30 minutes away from their homes.<br />
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Over 24% respondents said they would choose a company within a 5 km radius near home, while 21% said they would go for a company that offered higher conveyance allowance or fuel reimbursements. Nearly 15% of the respondents said they would work for a company that provided conveyance facility. <br />
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"What seems evident is that employees in India Inc. are willing to forego their personal well-being for the benefits of higher income or better housing being passed onto other members of their household. They are sacrificing themselves for their families' happiness." says Vivek Madhukar, COO, TimesJobs.com<br />
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	<strong>Public transport is still the main mode for commuting</strong></h1>
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For 45% of respondents, public transport remains the most economical and efficient mode of commuting to office while nearly 40% respondents used their own vehicles for this purpose. Nearly 9% respondents said they were provided with transport by the office while a meager 6% said they had organized and regularly used carpools.<br />
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<em>This JobBuzz survey was conducted among 536 working professionals across India</em><br />
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Guess what hits India Inc. employees’ productivity the most? Long commutes that is

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6354632" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="social-media">Social media</keyword> app <keyword id="2584005" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Yik-Yak">Yik Yak</keyword> made a comeback on Monday with an updated look and new rules for users.</li><li>The app lets users post anonymous messages locally.</li><li>The company recently updated its <keyword id="6354576" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="facebook">Facebook</keyword> profile picture, leading to speculation of its <keyword id="6376154" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Return">return</keyword>.</li></ul><p>The once popular social media app Yik Yak has officially returned to the app store, four years after shutting down.</p><p>The new owners of the company, now Yik Yak, Inc., purchased the rights to redevelop the app from digital payments company <keyword id="688028" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Square">Square</keyword> Inc. in February 2021, according to the app's website. </p><p>"We're bringing Yik Yak back because we believe the global community deserves a place to be authentic, a place to be equal, and a place to connect with people nearby," the new creators said on the webpage. </p><p>The app, which debuted in 2013, allowed anonymous users to send "yaks," or short, gossipy messages sent to other users within a 1.5-to-5-mile radius of their current location. The messages could be up or down-voted by other users. The app, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-inside-story-of-yik-yak-2015-3">once valued at over $400 million</a>, was popular among high school and college-aged students in its heyday. </p><p>Much of app's functionality remains the same as it did in the mid-2010s, such as its user anonymity and messaging radius, albeit with an updated, emoji-themed aesthetic.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Yik Yak  (@YikYakApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1427310464585900035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2021</a></blockquote><p>On its webpage, the company outlines new "community guardrails" that aim to address some ethical issues of the original app. It warns of sharing personal details about a user, like names, physical attributes, and social handles. There is also a one-strike "no bullying" policy, which can get users banned if they engage harassment, bigotry, violence, sexual solicitation, and criminal activity on the app. The site also provides links and information on mental health and mindfulness resources.</p><p>The app was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/yik-yak-shuts-down-2017-4">shut down</a> in April 2017 after a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/yik-yak-losing-popularity-in-colleges-2016-9">decrease in user engagement</a> and growing criticism around the use of its platform for rampant cyberbullying and threats of bombs and shootings, which in some cases led to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/27/style/yik-yak-bullying-mary-washington.html">school evacuations</a> and lockdowns. It has yet to be seen how effective the new guidelines will be given the rise of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-racism-misinformation-inevitable-zuckerberg-instagram-execs-say-2021-7">misinformation</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-internet-social-media-fuel-polarization-america-facebook-twitter-youtube-2020-12">divisive language</a> on social media since Yik Yak was last active.</p><p>Yik Yak <a href="https://www.facebook.com/yikyakapp/photos/a.575291832520635/4185372808179168/">updated its Facebook profile picture</a> last week with a new logo. Some users on Facebook, <keyword id="6354616" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword>, and TikTok started sharing excitement about its potential return, while others shared concerns about whether the app could once again lead to bullying.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-| KΛRINΛ |  (@_KokoDidIt) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1426767966587260930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2021</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-mariah  (@MariahNotCarey_) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1425955344363175941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2021</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Taylor Huckaby  (@iwriterealgood) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1426580674408968194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2021</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Amanda Atwell  (@AmandaMAtwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1426436650834571264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2021</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Jess   (@JessOsrs) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1426416224913608710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2021</a></blockquote><p>Yik Yak, Inc. and Square Inc. did not respond to requests for comment about the app's return.</p>

The controversial app Yik Yak is officially back, 4 years after shutting down

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5d07fce26fc92059156f1b8a-2400/gettyimages-1150373593.jpg" border="0" alt="Turkish TF-X fifth-generation fighter concept" data-mce-source="Marina Lystseva\TASS via Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Turkish TF-X fifth-generation fighter concept"><p class="source"><span>Marina Lystseva\TASS via Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Turkish TF-X fifth-generation fighter concept</p></img></div><p></p></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Turkey unveiled a full-scale mock-up of its new indigenous fifth-generation fighter at the Paris Air Show on Monday.</li><li>The fighter development program, a <span>Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) project, was started to replace the Turkish Air Force's aging F-16 fleet.</span></li><li><span>The program has perhaps taken on new urgency as the US prepares to kick Turkey out of the F-35 program over Ankara's decision to purchase Russian S-400 air <keyword id="6354810" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="defense">defense</keyword> systems.</span></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's home page for more stories.</a><span></span></li></ul><p>Turkey unveiled a full-scale mock-up of a new indigenous stealth fighter concept on Monday at the 2019 Paris Air Show.</p><p>The unveiling of the new TF-X, which is expected to be Turkey's first homegrown fifth-generation fighter, comes as the US prepares to kick its ally out of the F-35 program in response to the country's planned purchase of the Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile system.</p><p>"<span>Our machine is a mock-up, but in 2023 there will be a real machine, and first flight is in 2025, and [it will be in] service in 2028," Temel Kotil, the president and CEO of Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI), the company behind the model and new fighter concept, revealed at the event, Defense News <a href="https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/paris-air-show/2019/06/17/turkish-aerospace-industries-reveals-indigenous-tf-x-fighter-as-s-400-dispute-looms/?utm_campaign=Socialflow+DFN&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com">reported</a>.</span></p><p>The TF-X program was launched to replace the Turkish Air Force's aging fleet of F-16s. The fighter was intended to be interoperable with other TurAF assets, including the F-35, TAI <a href="https://www.tai.com.tr/en/product/milli-muharip-ucak">explains</a> on its company website.</p><p>The mock-up TAI showed off at the Air Show is the twin-engine version, one of three different variations the company has explored in recent years, The War Zone reported, noting that the aircraft shares design similarities with the Lockheed Martin F-22 and F-35.</p><p>A promotional video highlighted some of the potential capabilities of the new TF-X. For example, the aircraft is said to be capable of flying at Mach 2 and have a combat radius of roughly 600 nautical miles. Kotil told reporters that it would be able to carry the Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile in the internal weapons bay.</p><p>TAI is involved in the fuselage production for the F-35, which gives it the knowledge and skills necessary to develop a homegrown fifth-generation fighter, the company explained. "<span>Hopefully, this will be also a good fighter for NATO and the NATO allies," </span>Kotil said, <a href="https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/paris-air-show/2019/06/17/turkish-aerospace-industries-reveals-indigenous-tf-x-fighter-as-s-400-dispute-looms/?utm_campaign=Socialflow+DFN&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com">according</a> to Defense News.</p><p>This aerospace program may be taking on new urgency as the US takes steps to remove its NATO ally from the F-35 program, a direct response to Ankara's unwavering decision to purchase the S-400 despite US objections.</p><p>"<span>Turkey's procurement of the S-400 will hinder your nation's ability to enhance or maintain cooperation with the United States and within NATO," Patrick Shanahan, the acting Pentagon chief, recently wrote in a letter to Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/11/politics/us-air-force-turkish-f-35-pilots/index.html">reported</a>.</span></p><p>The US insists that the F-35 and S-400 are incompatible because the latter could be used to collect intelligence on the US fighter. The US has given Turkey until July 31 to reach an agreement.</p><p>If Turkey fails to do so, the US will block its ally from purchasing the F-35 and permanently halt the training of Turkish pilots on the advanced fighter. The training program has already been suspended.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Here is Turkish Aerospace Industries' TF-X mock-up.<br><br>TAI's president notes that it is one of the makers of the F-35's center fuselage, which gives it the industrial strength to build this fighter.<br><br>This music is amazing lol. <a href="https://t.co/0ZM7HMdF1U">pic.twitter.com/0ZM7HMdF1U</a></br></br></br></br></p>- Valerie Insinna  (@ValerieInsinna) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1140548090379874304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><iframe width="700" height="394" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/w4aNSOSzigo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/insulin-lifesaving-prescription-drug-so-expensive-pharma-industry-2019-1">Colorado became the first state to cap the monthly cost of insulin at $100. 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Turkey unveils new stealth fighter concept as the US prepares to kick its ally out of the F-35 program

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5cafbe0c65fe2932a66ea252-911/gettyimages-962092362.jpg" border="0" alt="Uber CEO  Dara Kowsrowshahi" data-mce-source="Christophe Morin/IP3" /><p class="source"><span>Christophe Morin/IP3</span></p><p class="caption">Here's everything you need to know about Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi's impressive family.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Led by CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-ipo-documents-filed-what-could-be-biggest-stock-offering-years-2019-4">filed for an initial public offering</a> on Thursday. The IPO could be one of the biggest in years.</li><li>For Khosrowshahi, being a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-ceo-dara-khosrowshahi-salary-total-compensation-45-million-in-2018-2019-4">s</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-ceo-dara-khosrowshahi-salary-total-compensation-45-million-in-2018-2019-4">uperstar in the tech industry</a> is a family business. Khosrowshahi's cousins, uncle and brothers all made their marks within Silicon Valley and beyond.</li><li>Here's everything you need to know about Dara Khosrowshahi's impressive family.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit BusinessInsider.com for more stories.</a></li></ul><p>Led by CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, ride-sharing startup Uber <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-ipo-documents-filed-what-could-be-biggest-stock-offering-years-2019-4">filed for an initial public offering on Thursday</a>, which could turn out to be <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-ipo-here-is-who-is-getting-rich-2019-4">one of the biggest IPOs in years</a>.</p><p>Khosrowshahi, who took over Uber in 2017 from founder <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/travis-kalanick-net-worth-ex-uber-ceo-2018-11">Travis Kalanick</a>, wrote in a letter to the filing that Uber's success will come from "<span>stellar execution and the strength of the platform we have worked so hard to build."</span></p><p><em><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazing-life-of-uber-new-ceo-dara-khosrowshahi-2017-8">The amazing life of Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi - from refugee to tech superstar and a huge IPO</a></em></p><p>For Khosrowshahi, one of today's most powerful tech CEOs, success runs in his blood, <a href="http://fortune.com/2017/11/17/uber-ceo-dara-khosrowshahi/">Fortune reports</a>. The chief executive's brothers, cousins, and uncles have impressive resumes that include founding their own multimillion-dollar startups, running Fortune 500 companies, and earning diplomas from Harvard, Brown and Stanford. </p><p>Here are some of the impressive <keyword id="6354910" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="careers">careers</keyword> of Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi's family members:</p><h3>Dara Khosrowshahi took over at Uber's helm in 2017.</h3><p>Before Uber, he acted as CEO of travel site Expedia.</p><p>After earning his degree from Brown University, Khosrowshahi began his career at boutique investing firm Allen &amp; Company. From there, the young Khosrowshahi took an executive role at what was then known as USA Networks, where he <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazing-life-of-uber-new-ceo-dara-khosrowshahi-2017-8#khosrowshahi-spent-a-few-years-as-the-chief-financestrategy-guy-at-iac-until-it-spun-expedia-out-in-2005-with-him-as-ceo-and-diller-as-chairman-13">was considered a prot<span>é</span>g<span>é</span> of media industry icon Barry Diller</a>.</p><p>The company spun off Expedia Inc in 2005, and Khosrowshahi served as CEO for 12 years. During that time, he turned the site into the largest online US travel agency and saw revenues balloon from $2.1 billion in 2005 to $8.7 billion in 2016.</p><h3>Kaveh Khosrowshahi, Dara's brother, is currently managing director at investment firm <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=156406241&amp;privcapId=112302" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Allen &amp; Company</a>.</h3><p><span>Like Dara, Kaveh went to the prestigious Hackley School, the Ivy League prep school that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/most-expensive-top-private-high-schools-america-2018-12#20-convent-of-the-sacred-heart-31">charges around $44,000 in tuition</a>. He then got a bachelor's degree in history from Williams College, according to his <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaveh-khosrowshahi-b0ba133/">LinkedIn</a>, and has been at Allen &amp; Company since 1989.</span></p><h3><span>Mehrad Khosrowshahi, Dara's other brother, is managing partner of the boutique consulting firm <a href="http://www.confida.net/company/people/confida-leadership/mehrad-khosrowshahi.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Confida Inc.</a></span></h3><p><span>Mehrad runs the company's Strategy and Performance Reporting division.</span></p><p><span>Before joining Confida, Mehrad spent five years at <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkhosrowshahi/">Symmetrix</a>, a management consulting firm serving Fortune 500 companies, the <a href="http://www.confida.net/company/people/confida-leadership/mehrad-khosrowshahi.aspx">Confida website states</a>. He received an MBA from Columbia Business school with high distinction and graduated magna cum laude from Brown University.</span></p><h3><span>Hassan Khosrowshahi, Dara's uncle, founded the Canadian electronics chain Future Shop.</span></h3><p><span>Best Buy acquired Future Shop <a href="https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/canada-150-hassan-khosrowshahi-future-shop-founder-a-top-philanthropist">in 2001 for $580 million CAD</a>.</span></p><p><span>Hassan immigrated to Canada in 1981 and founded Inwest Investments, now part of holding company Persis. Hassan now serves as chairman of <a href="https://persisholdings.com/about-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Persis Holdings</a>, and is a member of the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honor, according to <a href="https://persisholdings.com/about-us/">Persis Holdings' website</a>.</span></p><h3><span>Hadi Partovi, Dara's cousin, is the CEO of education non-profit <a href="https://code.org/about/leadership/hadi_partovi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Code.org</a>.</span></h3><p><span>Hadi graduated from Harvard in 1994, and went on to have an illustrious career, working as a general manager at Microsoft and sitting on the board of directors at trucking company Convoy Inc., his <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hadip/">LinkedIn states</a>.</span></p><p><span>Hadi was also an angel investor in Facebook, DropBox, Uber, and more.</span></p><h3><span>Ali Partovi, Hadi's twin brother, helped his brother start Code.org.</span></h3><p><span>Ali now serves as <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/bizcarson/2019/01/18/an-early-facebook-investor-is-creating-a-scouting-network-for-brilliant-engineers/#3fa6889918e1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CEO of Neo</a>, an engineering mentorship company. L</span><span>ike his brother, Ali backed numerous successful startups like Facebook, Zappos, and DropBox, his <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/apartovi/">LinkedIn states</a>.</span></p><h3><span>Amir Khosrowshahi, Dara's cousin, co-founded IT company <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=263619409&amp;privcapId=262267980" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nervana</a>.</span></h3><p><span>Amir reportedly sold Nervana to Intel for $400 million, <a href="https://www.recode.net/2016/8/9/12413600/intel-buys-nervana--350-million">Recode reported in 2016</a>.</span></p><p><span>He graduated from Harvard and then completed a Ph.D. at the University of California-Berkeley. Amir also served as a vice president at Goldman Sachs for six years, his <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/khosra/">LinkedIn states</a>. Amir now serves as VP of Intel. </span></p><h3><span>Farzad "Fuzzy" Khosrowshahi, another one of Dara's cousins, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/technology/dara-khosrowshahi-uber-ceo.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">created Google Sheets</a>.</span></h3><p><span>Upon graduating from Columbia, Farzad opened a Subway shop with his wife in 1993 in Mamaroneck, New York. He then worked at Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan before arriving at Google, according to a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SBB0001424052702303665904577450310579865588">Wall Street Journal profile of him written in 2012</a>.</span></p><h3><span>Darian Shirazi, Dara's cousin, was one of Facebook's first 10 hires, he says on his <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/darian314/">LinkedIn</a>.</span></h3><p><span>He went on to create Radius, a marketing software company.</span></p><p><span>Darian served as CEO of Radius until 2018. Darian says he reported directly to Mark Zuckerberg while at Facebook, and then left the company to pursue his undergraduate degree at UC Berkeley, his <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/darian314/">LinkedIn states</a>. He dropped out within a year at college.</span></p><h3><span>Avid Larizadeh Duggan, Dara's cousin, was a <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/11/avid-larizadeh-duggan-gvs-sole-female-gp-leaves-to-join-music-tech-startup-kobalt/">general partner for Google's venture capital arm</a> and now serves as an executive at digital-music startup, Kobalt. </span></h3><p><span>Avid served as the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader for over 3 years, she <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/avidlarizadeh/">states on her LinkedIn</a>. 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<ul class="summary-list"><li>A Certified Financial Planner (<keyword id="12145754" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cfp" source="Orion">CFP</keyword>) is a trade-industry designation for advisors and other professionals in the financial field.</li><li>To gain the CFP designation, advisors must have a certain amount of experience, pass a rigorous exam, and commit to ongoing financial education.</li><li>CFPs advise their clients on a wide variety of topics, including retirement and education planning, investment and tax planning, and risk management.</li></ul><p>Working with a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) can often be a good idea if you're in the market for financial guidance. A CFP is one of the most experienced and knowledgeable <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-does-a-financial-advisor-do" target="_blank" rel="noopener">financial advisors</a> you'll find. They are held to a strict code of ethics and professional standards that have to be continually maintained. CFPs offer their clients a very specific level of expertise.</p><p>Here is a closer look at what CFPs do and what you need to know before working with one. </p><h2><strong>What is a Certified Financial Planner? </strong></h2><p>A CFP is a financial professional who has completed all requirements to earn certification by The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board). This encompasses years of education in 72 financial specialties, thousands of hours of practical experience, and ongoing adherence to high ethical standards and certification requirements. </p><p>CFPs are <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fiduciary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fiduciaries</a>, which means they're ethically bound to always deliver advice that is in the best interest of their clients. They also take a holistic approach to financial planning, looking at both long-term and short-term goals. </p><p>The cost of working with a CFP can vary greatly depending on what services they offer, how much experience they have, whether they work as part of a firm or as an independent advisor, etc. Because CFPs have a fiduciary responsibility to their clients, they often use a fee-only model for compensation. That means they don't accept commission for products they sell or recommend and charge the client directly for their services. This could be through a retainer, a percentage of earnings, or some other arrangement that is agreed upon by both parties.  </p><h2><strong>What does a Certified Financial Planner do? </strong></h2><p>CFPs work with individual clients in any number of areas related to <keyword id="11994578" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="personal-finance" source="Orion">personal finance</keyword> advising and planning. To earn their certification, CFPs have to:</p><ul><li>Complete extensive coursework in financial planning specialties</li><li>Pass a six-hour exam that tests them in eight core topics they are likely to come across in real-life planning situations</li><li>Complete at least three years of financial planning work with actual clients</li><li>Comply with the CFP Board's Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct    </li></ul><p><strong>Quick tip: </strong>CFPs have to complete 4,000 to 6,000 hours of experience related to the financial planning process as either a professional or apprentice. That's in addition to 12 to 18 months of coursework and holding a bachelor degree or higher from an accredited college or university.  </p><p>CFPs may be sole practitioners who solely provide financial planning services, wealth management advice, analysis, or investment and portfolio management. Some are credentialed professionals in a field related to financial planning who choose to earn CFP certification to add to their main practice. You'll often find CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, and other legal, financial, or business professionals with CFP certification. </p><p>A CFP may provide one or more services related to any of the specialty areas they've studied. Some of these include saving for retirement or college, creating a trust or fund for charitable giving, helping develop financial plans to attain a short-term goal, guiding your investment strategies, assessing risks to your wealth, and other specialties they choose to focus on. </p><p>Specifically, all CFPs have experience with each of the following:</p><ul><li><strong>Professional conduct and regulation: </strong>Consumer protection laws, fiduciary responsibilities, ethical obligations, how financial institutions work, and what regulations govern them</li><li><strong>General principles of financial planning:</strong> The process of financial planning, cash flow management, working with financial statements, debt management, financial counseling, financing strategies, money concepts and calculations, financial values, attitudes, biases, and behaviors</li><li><strong>Education planning: </strong>Analyzing needs, savings options, how financial aid works, strategies around gifts and income tax, and vehicles for financing education</li><li><strong>Risk management and insurance planning:</strong> Risk and insurance principles, analysis, and evaluation; health, disability, long-term, life, property, and casualty insurance; annuities; and business insurance needs</li><li><strong>Investment planning: </strong>Risk evaluation, investment concepts and measures of returns, asset allocation, portfolio development, diversification, and analysis, tax issues related to investments, valuation of stocks and bonds, and investment strategies (including alternative investments)</li><li><strong>Tax planning:</strong> Basics of tax law and calculations, how taxes apply to businesses, trusts, property transactions, and estates, how to reduce and manage liabilities, and how to manage charitable giving</li><li><strong>Retirement savings and income planning:</strong> Analyzing retirement needs and advising the best plans for clients, how entitlement programs impact retirement needs, regulatory and distribution considerations, selecting the right plan for a business, and planning to pass a business on</li><li><strong>Estate planning: </strong>Tax implications and strategies for transferring property, estate liquidity and taxation, business transfers, how laws and regulations apply to marriages and non-traditional relationships, and trusts</li></ul><p><strong>Quick tip:</strong> You can search for CFPs at <a href="https://www.letsmakeaplan.org/choose-a-cfp-professional/find-a-cfp-professional?gclid=CjwKEAiA9om3BRDpzvihsdGnhTwSJAAkSewLIgB1GH95lrTy3VJcGVIZSW8HPzAjHhIrZIMoPLldXRoCt3Pw_wcB&amp;gclid=CjwKEAiA9om3BRDpzvihsdGnhTwSJAAkSewLIgB1GH95lrTy3VJcGVIZSW8HPzAjHhIrZIMoPLldXRoCt3Pw_wcB" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">LetsMakeAPlan.org</a> and the <a href="https://www.napfa.org/find-an-advisor" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">National Association of Personal Financial Advisers website</a>. If you want to verify a CFP's credentials, you can look them up on the <a href="https://www.cfp.net/verify-a-cfp-professional" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">CFP Board website</a>. </p><h2>CFP vs. CFA</h2><p>In your search for a financial advisor or planner, you will certainly come across many CFPs. You may also find financial pros who are Chartered Financial Analysts (CFAs). This is a certification similar to what CFPs earn. However, the CFA program focuses only on investment analysis, where CFPs have a much broader scope of experience.</p><table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;" border="1"><tbody><tr><td style="width: 50%;">Certified Financial Planner</td><td style="width: 50%;">Chartered Financial Analyst</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 50%;"><ul><li>Focuses on helping individuals with personal investments</li><li>Exam tests eight areas of knowledge that include 72 topic categories, the mastery of which is considered to demonstrate a comprehensive framework for financial planning</li><li>Education, testing, real-world experience, and commitment to strict ethical standards are all required to earn certification</li><li>Expertise goes beyond investing and into insurance, tax planning, and other areas that can impact an individual's financial life</li></ul></td><td style="width: 50%;"><ul><li>Focuses on institutional investment</li><li>Exam tests fundamentals of investment tools, valuing assets, portfolio management, and wealth planning</li><li>Usually completed by people with finance, accounting, economics, or business backgrounds</li><li>Education, testing, real-world experience, and commitment to strict ethical standards are all required to earn certification</li><li>Qualified to work in senior and executive positions in risk, investment, and asset management, among other areas of specialty</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h2><strong>How to find a CFP</strong></h2><p>One of the easiest ways to find a CFP in your area is to <a href="https://www.letsmakeaplan.org/find-a-cfp-professional" target="_blank" rel="noopener">search on LetsMakeAPlan.org</a>, which is the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards' consumer site. There, you can input your location, radius you'd like to search, and planning services you're looking for. If you already know the name of a CFP and would like to find more information about them, you can search their last name, as well. </p><p>Search results will show an address, map, year of certification and their current certificate (if applicable), planning services offered, languages spoken, and any disclosures, disciplinary actions, or bankruptcies involving an individual CFP. If you want to <a href="https://www.cfp.net/verify-a-cfp-professional" target="_blank" rel="noopener">verify the credentials of someone who says they are a CFP</a>, you can do so at CFP.net. </p><p>Once you find a CFP you might want to work with, plan on interviewing them to see if they are a good fit for your needs. Consider asking about:</p><ul><li>Education and credentials</li><li>Specific services offered and their experience in these areas</li><li>Their approach/philosophy when it comes to financial planning</li><li>What types of clients they usually work with</li><li>Fee structure and fiduciary responsibilities; does commission play any role in their business?</li><li>Who will be working on your account and personally with you</li><li>Any disciplinary or legal actions associated with the CFP or their firm</li></ul><p>Remember, a CFP works for you and you need to feel comfortable with them. Don't feel like you have to hire any one person over another. Go with whomever has the best qualifications to help achieve your goals and the right chemistry to build a long-term professional relationship with.</p><h2><strong>The financial takeaway</strong></h2><p>If you're in the market for someone to help you with just about anything related to your financial health or future, looking into CFPs in your area might be a good place to start. These professionals are held to a very high standard of education, ethics, and experience that is ongoing to maintain certification. This may give you some reassurance that your finances are in good hands. </p><p>That doesn't mean financial planners who are not CFPs are any less qualified to meet your needs. It all comes down to what you want to get out of your relationship with your financial guide and what kind of experience you feel they should have. This is a very personal decision that only you can make. Remember that CFP certification is only one tool to use in researching financial professionals — not the only one.</p>

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<strong><br /></strong><ul><li><strong>ISRO plans to reach the south side of the moon where no nation has gone before.<br /></strong></li><li><strong>They have plans to study potential mining of <keyword id="6656023" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="helium-3">helium-3</keyword>, a a source of waste-free <keyword id="53710" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nuclear-energy">nuclear energy</keyword> which is worth trillions of dollars. <br /></strong></li><li><strong>If successful, the mission could add significantly to the scientific, military and commercial gains of the country and the world.</strong><br /></li></ul>ISRO plans to reach the south side of the moon where no nation has gone before and a rover is expected to be launched for this in October. Once they get there, they plan to study if mining the surface of the moon for water and helium-3 is possible. <br /><br />Helium-3 is a source of waste-free nuclear energy which, when harnessed, is worth trillions of dollars. The Helium-3 isotope can provide safer nuclear energy as it is not radioactive and doesn't produce dangerous waste products.<br /><br />The Helium-3 isotopes are limited on Earth but found in abundance on the moon due to the heavy solarwinds it is in contact with. If the isotopes on the moon are harnessed, they could theoretically meet the global energy demands for 250 years. However, that could require overcoming a lot of difficulties like mining the lunar surface and building of power plants for starters. <br /><br />The exploration on the moon is open to all countries and therefore, <keyword id="3658" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> is facing tough competition from other governments, start-ups and billionaires. However, the chairman of ISRO, K Sivan, has declared that he wants to dictate this mission of harnessing Helium-3 and not just be a part of it like the other countries. If successful, the mission could lead to the scientific, military and commercial gains of the country and world, in general.<br /><br />China had put a rover on the moon in 2013 with its Chang'e 3 mission and has plans to return later this year to explore the far side. Furthermore, US is calling for astronauts to return to the moon too, and NASA has proposed a $19 billion budget to launch a lunar orbiter by the early 2020s. <br /><br />ISRO’s estimated budget, about $1.7 billion, is less than a 10th of NASA’s, but having said that, ISRO’s hallmarks include getting the job done cheaply yet effectively. The upcoming mission will cost about $125 million which is less than a quarter of Snap Inc co-founder’s compensation last year, according to the Bloomberg Pay Index.<br /><br />India’s confidence in the success of this mission has increased because it has already had one successful moon mission. The Chandrayaan-1 craft, launched by India in October 2008, had discovered molecules of water in the lunar surface for the first time.<br /><br />The upcoming launch called <keyword id="53289" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chandrayaan-2">Chandrayaan-2</keyword> will include an orbiter, lander and a rectangular rover and cover an area with a 400-meter radius. It will collect information for at least 14 days and send images to the lander, to be transmitted back to ISRO for analysis.<br /><br />Rakesh Sharma, a famous Indian space traveller, said that even if India reaches the moon first, one can not draw boundaries there. He wants India to show that its capable of utilising <keyword id="6422364" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="space-technology">space technology</keyword> for the good of people.<br />

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Insider, Inc. receives a commission from our affiliate partners when you buy through our links, but our reporting and recommendations are always independent and objective.</em></p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HPGZX33/ref=as_li_tl?imprToken=MPaEgbbHoJk35PFFlWGtXQ&amp;slotNum=3&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;tag=biip_021419_relay-screenless-smartphone-product-review-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=w61&amp;creativeASIN=B07JHYC89S&amp;linkId=cf21c83ecef96b27523f96069a73d65f&amp;th=1&amp;subid2=1553793570822abprz2mm8" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5c9d00eeffcb273072467e0a-1908/girlonbike-01.jpg" border="0" alt="Relay" data-mce-source="Relay" data-mce-caption="The Relay &amp;quotsmartphone&quot; is also a walkie-talkie and GPS locator connects parents and kids." /></a><p class="source"><span>Relay</span></p><p class="caption">The Relay "smartphone" is also a walkie-talkie and GPS locator connects parents and kids.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><figure id="img-741362" contenteditable="false" data-type="img" data-e2e-name="image-figure-image" data-media-container="image"><a href="https://amzn.to/2Odoep5" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a></figure><p> </p><ul class="summary-list"><li><strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JHYC89S/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=biip_021419_relay-screenless-smartphone-product-review-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B07JHYC89S&amp;linkId=cf21c83ecef96b27523f96069a73d65f">Relay push-to-talk "phones" ($49.99 on Amazon)</a> are like extremely simplified cell phones that work wherever there is signal so parents and kids are connected even when they're miles apart.</strong></li><li><strong>The corresponding app is available on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/relay-by-republic/id1377589580?mt=8">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.relaygo.spectre.companion&amp;hl=en_US">Android</a>, and allows parents to control chat channels kids can access, set up music playlists, track the child's Relay via GPS, and more.</strong></li><li><strong>Unlimited communication costs only $9.99 per month per unit. </strong></li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When I was a kid, my friends and I used to disappear for hours. We'd run off into the woods which grew thick behind several of our houses, bike to a shopping center a few miles away where too much sugar was consumed, or just head to one of our houses without pre-established plans or relaying our non-plans to our parents. And that freedom to roam and explore was wonderful.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now that I have my own kids, my first instinct is to keep them within a 10-foot radius of me or my wife at all times and to put a helmet and pads on them if they want to stray to 20 feet. But because I know how much the roaming meant to me, I'm not actually going to keep them <em>that</em> close. (Well, maybe our daughter for now but she's not even one yet.)</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you want to give your kids the freedom to wander beyond the front yard but also want the peace of mind that comes with immediate contact and knowing their location, get a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JHYC89S/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=biip_021419_relay-screenless-smartphone-product-review-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B07JHYC89S&amp;linkId=cf21c83ecef96b27523f96069a73d65f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pair of Relays</a>. It's part phone and part walkie-talkie with a </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">nationwide 4GLTE cellular network that transmits audio messages at the push of a button.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> It's also a GPS tracker when used with the Relay app available on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/relay-by-republic/id1377589580?mt=8">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.relaygo.spectre.companion&amp;hl=en_US">Android</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"></span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Read more</strong>: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tile-mate-location-tracker-review-2017-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This startup's tiny location tracker gives me peace of mind whenever I travel</a></span></em></p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HPGZX33/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=biip_021419_relay-screenless-smartphone-product-review-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B07JHYC89S&amp;linkId=cf21c83ecef96b27523f96069a73d65f&amp;th=1"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5c9d0034569b552dbb421265-960/relay app.jpg" border="0" alt="Relay App" data-mce-source="Relay" data-mce-caption="The app is available on iOS and Android, and lets parents track their kids with a GPS locater." /></a><p class="source"><span>Relay</span></p><p class="caption">The app is available on iOS and Android, and lets parents track their kids with a GPS locater.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Relay is also water- and shock-resistant, compact enough for a kid's pocket because there's no screen, and very easy to set up and use. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Setting up just means downloading the app on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/relay-by-republic/id1377589580?mt=8">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.relaygo.spectre.companion&amp;hl=en_US">Android</a> and following the prompts to pair your phone and the Relay, and using it just requires you to</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> hold the large button in the center of the device and say your message. The message is then sent to other paired devices; you can also connect a Relay to up to five channels to directly communicate with a child or set up family or group chats. Switching channels takes a quick tap on a side button which also acts as the power button if you hold for five seconds; the only other button on the devices is for volume. Nice and simple, right?</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What required a bit more time was getting my family's Relays to work, but it was an exception. The setup process was simple enough, but one of the units I received had some glitches that wouldn't allow me to connect my device. The good news is that Relay's customer service is one of the finest I've ever experienced so they immediately got on the phone with me (actually, that's not true - I scheduled a call, then pushed it back twice because a meeting ran long, and they were totally cool about it), and a gentleman named Paul spent a half hour working through the issues with me. When we couldn't resolve the connection issue, Paul said he'd just have new units sent. They arrived the next day.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Once I had a pair of working Relays, I could finally appreciate the elegant simplicity of a push-to-talk phone that works anywhere and tracks my kid. And knowing my son will have a Relay in his pocket when we dive into the human jungle that is Disney World later this month? 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<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5ad9842619ee8641008b456f-2000/gettyimages-944413220.jpg" border="0" alt="facebook ceo mark zuckerberg" data-mce-source="Alex Wong/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg returns to the witness table after taking a brief break while testifying before a combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill April 10, 2018 in Washington, DC." /><p class="source"><span>Alex Wong/Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg returns to the witness table after taking a brief break while testifying before a combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill April 10, 2018 in Washington, DC.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul><li><strong>Facebook's drones unit is conducting tests of experimental wireless equipment in New Mexico.</strong></li><li><strong>The tests were revealed in FCC filings seen by Business Insider.</strong></li><li><strong>FCL Tech, which develops internet-enabled drones for the developing world, said it is working on a "connectivity project."</strong></li></ul><hr /><p><br />Facebook's drones unit is quietly conducting tests of experimental wireless communications equipment in the New Mexico desert, according to company filings.</p><p><a href="https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/STA_Print.cfm?mode=current&amp;application_seq=82901&amp;RequestTimeout=1000">Documents filed with the FCC show that</a> FCL Tech Inc. - a Facebook subsidiary that develops drones aimed at providing internet access in the developing world - was approved to conduct tests for three months from March to June 2018.</p><p><span>The tests are for an "LTE-based connectivity project requires a hardware prototype testing facility." And in</span>terestingly, the location of the tests is the town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico - also home to Spaceport America.</p><p>Details of the effort are being kept secret, though the filing notes that the tests will involve the 3650 - 3700 Mhz radio frequency - t<span>hat's the spectrum for the so-called <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/google-is-running-an-experiment-on-racecars-at-nascar-events-2017-4">Citizens Radio Broadband Service, </a>an unlicensed radio band that many companies believe could be useful for 4G LTE wireless networks. FCL will also conduct tests in the 2500 Mhz range, the filings say.</span></p><p><span>It's unclear from the filings whether the tests are taking place at Spaceport America, or simply in the nearby desert. A representative for Spaceport America declined to comment. </span></p><h2><span>A hub for space tourism that's also attracted Google</span></h2><p><span>The Spaceport facility, funded by the state of New Mexico, hopes to be the center of the nascent space tourism industry and includes tenants like Virgin Galactic. </span><span>Google has also previously conducted tests at Spaceport America, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/google-testing-airborne-technology-at-spaceport-america-2015-11">for radio technology involving aircraft hovering 25,000 feet in the air</a>.</span></p><p><span>Facebook is <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-cto-describes-how-aquila-works-2015-11">building solar-powered "Aquila" drones</a> to deliver internet access to various parts of the world. The drones are very large, with the wingspan of a Boeing 737, and are designed to fly at an altitude of 60,000 feet for up to three months at a time. Facebook is <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-facebooks-solar-powered-internet-drone-takes-flight-2016-7">testing those drones</a> in Arizona.</span></p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5ad9863619ee864c008b456c-1067/screenshot2018-04-19at231334.jpg" border="0" alt="facebook fcl tech test new mexico" data-mce-source="BI" /><p class="source"><span>BI</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>In one the filings, FCL Tech refers obliquely to its tests as a "connectivity project," writing: "This LTE-based connectivity project requires a hardware prototype testing facility to assess key risks associated with communication system architecture, channel modeling and link budget verification at a coverage area spanning 50 km radius." (LTE stands for Long-Term Evolution, and is a standard for 4G wireless communications.)</p><p>The filings also disclose that distance from the ground to the tip of the antenna is 30 meters, and there are two testing stations. </p><p>One expert Business Insider spoke to speculated that the project could be related to testing wireless signal strength, an essential component of drone technology, and that New Mexico could offer ideal conditions to do so.</p><p>"From the phrase 'channel modeling and link budget verification' my best guess, and that's all that it is, is that this is en experiment of signal propagation," consulting wireless engineer Steven Crowley wrote in an email.</p><h2>A system to control and monitor drone flights?</h2><p>"Monitoring the signal strength between the two points and seeing how it varies with weather and terrain. Then change the two points and test again.  The channel model and link budget would be used to predict the signal strength and, depending on the results, they might go back and adjust the channel model and link budget to make it more accurate. "</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5ada38ff19ee8645008b468f-631/skybender.png" border="0" alt="Google Drones" data-mce-source="New Mexico Spaceport Authority" /><p class="source"><span>New Mexico Spaceport Authority</span></p><p class="caption">An internal photo of Google's flight control deck at Spaceport America</p></div><p></p></div></div>He added: "They could test in Menlo Park, but it is a different, more congested environment. The area around Truth or Consequences is relatively flat and much less urban. They might have a reason for wanting to know the propagation conditions there as precisely as possible - by actually testing there and not trying to extrapolate from elsewhere. </p><p>"Just speculating, I can imagine fixed communications equipment spaced at intervals to control and monitor drone flights. You'd want those links to be highly reliable. Painstaking testing can help ensure that.  </p><p>"Then again, I'd think you could just boost the power some on the ground and on the drone. Power can make up for lack of knowledge of, and help overcome variations in, the channel. I expect there is not much there they can interfere with. So it's still somewhat of a mystery."</p><p>While Facebook's primary drone effort revolves around Aquila, the company also appears to be testing wireless tech on smaller drones. 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<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/5763268/youtube-close-to-launching-subscription-music-service"><strong>YouTube will launch a subscription music service.</strong></a> Billboard reports: "<keyword id="10879" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="YouTube">YouTube</keyword> is preparing a premium on-demand music service -- akin to a Spotify, but with video -- to launch later this year, according to several sources familiar with the plans. The service, designed with mobile listening in mind, will have a free component and a premium tier that offers unlimited access to a full catalog of tracks similar to what's already available via YouTube's parent company, Google Inc., via its All Access subscription music service. Premium features would include the ability to cache music for offline listening and removing ads."</li>
<li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/pinterest-raises-225-million-2013-10"><strong>Pinterest received a massive new round of funding, $225 million.</strong></a> It's now been backed by half a billion dollars in total. It is now valued at $3.8 billion.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-office-tour-2013-10"><strong>See inside Netflix CEO Reed Hastings' "towering inferno" office</strong></a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/fusion-io-reports-loss-cfo-leaves-2013-10"><strong>Steve Wozniak's Fusion-IO had a terrible quarter.</strong></a> The company reported a loss and said its CFO, Dennis Wolf, was leaving.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/twitters-five-outside-board-members-will-get-16-million-worth-of-stock-each-2013-10"><strong>Twitter's board members will get up to $16 million in stock each.</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-mavericks-is-free-2013-10"><strong>Apple's free versions of the Mavericks OS X operating system is going to hurt Microsoft and its Windows 8, which costs up to $200. </strong></a><br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303672404579151440488919138"><strong></strong></a></li>
<li><a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303672404579151440488919138"><strong>Employers are now using GPS to track workers' every move.</strong></a> At Plants Inc., the boss "has the capability of viewing any photo, text message, or email sent over company phones, along with call logs and website visits, she said she uses only the geolocation tracking feature-and turns to it only when customers raise questions."</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/10/22/tracking-companies-agree-to-notify-shoppers-but-retailers-demur/"><strong>Shopper tracking firms have agreed to ask retailers to be more transparent about when they track consumers' mobile phones inside their stores.</strong></a> The firms who signed the agreement are Euclid, Mexia Interactive, Radius Networks, Brickstream, Turnstyle Solutions, and SoloMo.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/merkel-calls-obama-over-suspicions-us-tapped-her-mobile-phone-a-929642.html"><strong>Embarrassing:</strong></a> "German Chancellor Angela Merkel phoned United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday to discuss suspicions that she may have been targeted by US intelligence agencies for years, SPIEGEL has learned."</li>
<li><a href="http://searchengineland.com/google-testing-top-banner-ads-174927"><strong>Google is testing incredibly large banner ads on search pages.</strong></a><br /><a href="http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/10/elon-musk-hydrogen/?cid=co13468454"><strong></strong></a></li>
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10 Things You Need To Know This Morning -&#160;Tech Edition

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<p><span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em>This is the fifth of an eight-part <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/best-new-small-business">"Best New Small Businesses"</a> series highlighting <keyword id="85701" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Atlanta">Atlanta</keyword>'s growing entrepreneurial scene. This series is sponsored by PNC Bank.</em></span></p>
</div><p><div class="image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/51b8a64b6bb3f74069000010-1200-900/1-1551.jpg" border="0" alt="Atlanta Beltline" /><p class="source"><keyword id="1737804" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Atlanta-Beltline">Atlanta Beltline</keyword></p></div></div></div></p>
<p>The <a href="http://beltline.org/" target="_blank">Atlanta BeltLine</a> is an project that takes abandoned early-19th century railroad tracks and transforms them into an ambitious system of<span> trails, transit, parks and development project</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Costing an estimated $3 billion project, the</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> <keyword id="73163" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="redevelopment">redevelopment</keyword> plan will form a loop </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">around midtown and downtown Atlanta including 22 miles of rails, trails, greenspace and transit. It will pass through 45</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> different </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">neighborhoods and provide transportation to some of the biggest employers in the area.</span></p>
<p><div class="image-container float_right" style="width:480px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/51bb5749eab8ea4f6a000000-1200-1554/map-102.jpg" border="0" alt="Atlanta Beltline Map" width="480" /><p class="source">Atlanta BeltLine</p></div></div>The project will include new transit stations, 1,300 acres of new and improved greenspace, 40% more parks, 5,600 units of affordable housing, and 14-foot-wide paths connecting wealthy and lower-income areas within a two-to-four mile radius around the city.</p>
<p><span>This is a massive project — yet it almost never happened. </span></p>
<p><span>The project would have never become a reality </span><span>if Ryan Gravel's coworkers hadn't told him that his </span><span>master's thesis from Georgia Tech was too "cool" to merely be an idea. </span></p>
<p><span></span><span>In 1999, Gravel was a graduate student studying </span><span>architecture and city planning. </span><span>He had been inspired by the roads in Paris a few years before during a study abroad program that he says </span><span>"changed the way [he] saw the world."</span></p>
<p>"I really fell in love with the city. I took transit everywhere. I ate fresh food from the local markets and dropped about 15 pounds. The way the city is built impacts our health and the way we live."</p>
<p>When he returned to the States, he came up with a plan to <span>build a transit network for Atlanta — typically a car-centric city —  but didn't pursue the project after graduation </span><span>until his coworkers encouraged him to do so. </span></p>
<p><span>For </span><span>three years, Gravel and his team of supporters pushed for the project in "grassroots movements," attending town meetings and sending letters to city officials. It was </span><span>Cathy Woolard, a city councilwoman at the time, and later </span><span>the Council’s president, who </span><span>made the big moves after hearing about the proposal.</span></p>
<p><div class="image-container float_left" style="width:480px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/51b77e9c69beddc908000008-620-465/atlanta-19.jpg" border="0" alt="Atlanta Beltline" width="480" height="360" /><p class="source"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/beltline/8654602037/">Atlanta Beltline via flickr</a></p></div></div></p>
<p><span>Gravel's employer Perkins+Will, <span>global architecture and design firm with an <keyword id="6521786" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Urban-planning">urban planning</keyword> and design practice</span>, was brought on board, as well as </span><span>James Corner Field Operations</span><span> (</span><span>JCFO</span><span>), the </span><span>same company that designed the </span><span>High Line Park redevelopment in New York's Chelsea neighborhood. </span></p>
<p><span>The idea is to take the old historic railroad lines that "belts" around the city and provide routes that have never been connected and "incentivize </span><span>growth in that area," Gravel explains. "I</span><span>t becomes a magnet not only for office and residential development, but also for theater and cultural life."</span><span> </span></p>
<p>"The economic impact will not only be significant for Atlanta, but it'll help rebalance growth for some parts of the city that haven't seen investment for a number of years."</p>
<p><span>He hopes that the completed project will also put an end to Atlanta being so reliant on cars: </span><span>"When you look at demographic changes and preferences of Millennials, the world is changing and Atlanta needs to reposition itself so that it's not known as a car city. T</span><span>he car culture in every city — but especially in Atlanta — it has to change."</span></p>
<p><div class="image-container float_right" style="width:480px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/51b767c669bedd6f59000000-1200-854/c-11.jpg" border="0" alt="Atlanta Beltline" width="480" height="342" /><p class="source">Atlanta Beltline</p></div></div></p>
<p><span>"The BeltLine will not only be the physical form of the city, it changes the way we think about the city, it changes our culture expectation. </span><span>This takes sustainability to a new level."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Lisa Gordon, COO and interim leader of Atlanta BeltLine, Inc., tells Business Insider, </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">"The Atlanta BeltLine is already transforming not only the physical character of the city, but the way people are interacting with each other and their environment, with new amenities, and opportunities for individuals, families and businesses."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"></span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">"The impact of [this project] will continue to be felt for generations to come,” says Gordon.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">In October 2012, two miles of the Eastside Trail opened and </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">$775 million in new developments sprung up as a result along those two</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> miles.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"></span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">The Atlanta BeltLine has been under construction for the past six years and is projected to be completed in 2031. </span></p>
<p>Below is a video about the development:</p>
<p><iframe width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/X-tMOQTn4Y0"></iframe></p>

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