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How to Find Hidden Cameras

Method 1 Use Your Eyes 1 Spot tell-tale signs.  While the camera may be hidden, the lens can only be camouflaged. Locate possible places that hidden cameras can be found in a personal residence or business. Start looking in logical places such as in the bedroom, in the living room, or especially near valuable items. Common items to have video cameras hidden in them include books, smoke detectors, desk plants, house plants, tissue boxes, stuffed teddy bears and electrical outlets. Check for cameras in less conspicuous items as well. These can include a gym bag, a purse, DVD cases, air filter equipment, eyeglasses, lava lamps, buttons or a Phillips screwdriver. Look for a little hole, no bigger than this "O," somewhere on the side facing the room. Look for  mirrors  that seem to have no reason to be where they are. It may be next to impossible to spot the camera, but you can be alert to the possibility. 2 Watch for and avoid hidde...

Pssst! While we were all distracted by Spotify, Dropbox just raised another $113 million

Spotify’s IPO  made for an exciting day on Wall Street. But the bigger financial windfall may have gone to a company that staged its own  high-profile IPO last month : Dropbox. In a press release , Dropbox announced that given the strong showing of its own IPO, the investment banks that underwrote the offering exercised an option to buy another 5.4 million shares of stock from the company at the $21 per share IPO price. That’s a good deal, as Dropbox stock closed yesterday at $31.59 per share. The company says it has now sold a total of 46,161,905 shares of stock with the IPO, which would bring the total proceeds to $969 million before underwriting expenses. The company says it has received $776.7 million of that in cash (before fees), with the other $192.7 million going to insiders selling stock into the IPO. As with the original IPO, the latest fundraising of $113 million was split between the company and insiders selling their personal stock. Still, $776....