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Venture investors will show the way forward with game investments at GamesBeat 2016
Venture Beat - 20 Jul 2016 17:00
I’m delighted to announce our venture investor panel for GamesBeat 2016. Our seasoned panel will evaluate whether the game investment market is tepid, hot, or just right. You can register for the event here. Check out ...
Two Picks in Tankers Ready to Shape Up
Barron's - 20 Jul 2016 17:24
Ardmore and Scorpio have been two of the biggest underperformers this year but look set for EPS growth in 2017.
MEET THE TRUMPS: A guide to the GOP nominee's powerful, far-reaching family
Business Insider - 20 Jul 2016 20:17
After a long, mostly successful career as a real-estate mogul and TV personality, Donald Trump conquered the Republican presidential primary process and now stands as the party's nominee. It's perhaps no surprise he garn...
Why Do We Care About College?
Forbes - 20 Jul 2016 07:13
Recently I was speaking at an Education Conference in Malaysia. After my keynote, I joined in on a panel conversation. The moderator asked everyone, “Why do we think people go to school?” When it was my turn to hold ...
Volkswagen Warns of Further Hit to Profit From Emissions Scandal
The New York Times - 20 Jul 2016 15:38
The carmaker said it would subtract about $2.4 billion from profit in the second quarter of 2016, an admission that money already set aside would not be enough.
The 11 best 'Pokémon GO' cheats only expert players know -- REVEALED
Business Insider - 20 Jul 2016 15:22
Even the most addicted "Pokémon GO" players crave tips and tricks to help them cheat and level up. And no, we don't mean the creative kind of cheating, like strapping your phone to your dog or a drone until the eggs you...
Spotify could be planning its IPO for 2017
Venture Beat - 20 Jul 2016 13:43
Evidence that Spotify is gunning for an IPO is growing, with a new report pegging the second half of 2017 as the target date. A story from Bloomberg today cites “five people familiar with the plan” who confirmed the ...
Google Cloud Platform launches Oregon region, Cloud Natural Language API
Venture Beat - 20 Jul 2016 18:00
Google today is announcing the launch of a new Oregon region for its Google Cloud Platform cloud infrastructure, along with a new Cloud Natural Language application programming interface (API) that will let developers in...
Hearthstone's next adventure sure looks like Karazhan
Venture Beat - 20 Jul 2016 16:23
Blizzard is getting ready to send Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft players on a magical, new quest. Earlier leaks suggested that Karazhan could be the next adventure for Blizzard’s market-leading digital card game. Now ...
Enbridge reaches US$177M settlement for US pipeline spills
Miami Herald - 20 Jul 2016 19:51
Canadian gas company Enbridge Inc. says it has reached a US$62 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice for two pipeline spills in 2010. …
IBM's Watson and Macy's team up to make in-store shopping assistant
Venture Beat - 20 Jul 2016 13:00
Macy’s shoppers across the United States will soon have a chance to shop with IBM’s Watson. Today, the two companies announced a pilot program for an in-store shopping assistant powered by Watson. The Macy’s On Cal...
Alphabet, Facebook, Twitter Face Q2 Concerns
Barron's - 20 Jul 2016 21:04
Issues include difficult comps, an evolving competitive landscape, and some tepid market commentary.
Former Xbox manager joins HTC to run Vive content marketing
Venture Beat - 20 Jul 2016 17:45
EXCLUSIVE: Rahul Sandil, a former Xbox manager who led community relations for the canceled Project Spark, has taken a job as the vice president of global marketing for the HTC Vive content store. Based on his new Linked...
A Very Broad Transaction Tax Might Have Merit
Forbes - 20 Jul 2016 04:14
A transaction tax is one of those ideas that keeps popping up. Earlier this month, Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR) introduced a bill - Finishing Irresponsible Reckless Speculatnetive Trading - that would apply a ta...
LogDNA raises $1.3 million to help engineers better manage their servers
Venture Beat - 20 Jul 2016 18:00
Entrepreneurs Chris Nguyen and Lee Liu recently had a "Slack moment" when they realized a tool they had built for their ecommerce company was more valuable than their original product. That formed the basis of their new ...
Microsoft Bookings is a new Office 365 service for managing appointments
Venture Beat - 20 Jul 2016 18:00
Microsoft today is announcing the launch of Microsoft Bookings, a new web-based Office 365 application that businesses can use to handle appointments that their customers make. The app will become available initially in ...
Games built on Unity reveal massive growth for BRIC, Samsung Android dominance, and more
Venture Beat - 20 Jul 2016 17:30
Studios have used Unity technologies’ game-making tools to build more than 238,000 mobile apps. Those games are on 1.7 billion devices, and that provides Unity with a lot of data about the mobile market. And it’s sha...
Travel search giant Skyscanner merges its flights, hotels, and car hire services into a single app
Venture Beat - 20 Jul 2016 17:11
Skyscanner, one of the internet’s oldest and largest travel search engines, has announced that it’s pulling together its various search smarts under one roof, meaning that you’ll now be able to dig out the best pri...
Facebook Messenger hits 1 billion monthly active users, now powers 10% of all VoIP calls
Venture Beat - 20 Jul 2016 17:00
The rise in usage of Facebook Messenger continues unabated, and today the app marks a major milestone: 1 billion monthly active users. Facebook hasn’t been shy about touting the benefits of its messaging service, espec...
Beyond Excel: What analysts -- not data scientists -- need
Venture Beat - 20 Jul 2016 17:00
SPONSORED: The next wave of the analytics revolution will require more than just platform technology. The real challenge requires completing the stack and helping business users replicate what they did in Excel sheets. W...
Imperson launches its 'WordPress for bots' so you can create your own
Venture Beat - 20 Jul 2016 17:00
Imperson has announced today its new bot creation and delivery platform, which allows anyone to create a chatbot and launch it on every messaging platform. Think of it as “WordPress for bots,” if you will. The compan...
Cemeteries top the 'weird places I found Pokémon' charts
Venture Beat - 20 Jul 2016 16:45
EXCLUSIVE: I love Pokémon Go. You love Pokémon Go. But apparently, in your efforts to “catch ’em all,” you do find yourself playing in some interesting places. We scoured a new survey conducted by Pollfish, which...