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Buy Petrobras If You Think Oil Goes to $80
Barron's - 29 Aug 2016 12:29
The Brazilian oil giant's a relatively safe buying opportunity -- in the rosiest of scenarios.
Happy Tax CEO Issues Public Letter to H&R Block
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2016 22:32
PRESS RELEASE: The founder and CEO of Happy Tax, the innovative franchisor that is re-inventing the industry for tax filers and tax preparation professionals alike, believes that H&R Block, currently the largest retail t...
Why you should make your own chatbot
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2016 21:10
GUEST: Chatbots are starting to make their way into all aspects of our online lives. According to CB Insights, funding for startups in the chatbot and voice assistants space has seen a lot of major VC backing, primarily ...
How to make a Twitter bot in under an hour
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2016 23:10
Promising to do anything in under an hour is tough when it comes to technology. Yet, in a new post over the weekend, Daniel Peterschmidt (a former intern at NPR) turned digital producer says it is possible — and proves...
How chatbots can help your company hire the right person
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2016 07:01
GUEST: The dawn of the Internet at the end of the 20th century was one of the first significant shifts seen by the recruiting industry in decades. Online job boards, resume databases, and applicant tracking systems rapid...
The NPD Group buys EEDAR to make an even bigger game-market research juggernaut
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2016 23:00
Two different kinds of game market researchers are getting married. The NPD Group, which releases data on sales in the game industry on a monthly and quarterly basis, has agreed to buy video games research provider EEDAR...
Apple may be told to pay EU over $1 billion in back taxes
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2016 20:42
(Reuters) — The European Commission will rule against Ireland’s tax dealings with Apple on Tuesday, two source familiar with the decision told Reuters, one of whom said Dublin would be told to recoup over 1 billion e...
Genvid Technologies raises $1.5 million for more compelling esports broadcasts
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2016 16:30
EXCLUSIVE: Genvid Technologies has raised $1.5 million to enable a new kind of esports livestream broadcast. Investors in New York-based Genvid include Los Angeles-based March Capital Partners, with Chicago's OCA Venture...
Apple is reportedly launching new MacBook Air and iMac in October
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2016 23:56
Apple is planning a more expansive refresh of its Mac portfolio, with new MacBook Air and iMac models on the way, and they could arrive as soon as October, according to a new report. What’s more, Apple is also developi...
4 Simple Techniques to Increase Your Sales this Week
Forbes - 29 Aug 2016 22:33
How did your bank account look when you woke up this morning?
Could Organic Click Through Rates Disappear By 2020?
Forbes - 29 Aug 2016 22:21
Complicating factors have emerged to threaten the visibility of even top-ranking organic positions. If this trend continues, it could threaten the viability of organic search results overall. Will this happen? If so, whe...
6 Budget-Friendly (And Easy To Use) Marketing Resources Every Independent Musician Should Use
Forbes - 29 Aug 2016 22:20
Musicians who champion the idea of generating a buzz and sustainable income without the help of a major record company find it difficult giving up their rights and a portion of their income after they've built a viable m...
The Biggest Problem for Small Businesses
Forbes - 29 Aug 2016 22:05
My job is helping small businesses --most of them family-owned, most of them what I call "Main Street, America" type companies -- get unstuck. For the past 18 years, I've been CEO of American Management Services, a...
World of Warcraft: Legion's launch trailer shows Azeroth's peril
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2016 21:41
Blizzard is preparing us for Legion’s launch. World of Warcraft’s sixth expansion comes out tomorrow, and the developer has marked the occasion by releasing a new trailer. World of Warcraft was once a phenomenon with...
Why Venrock Partners gave free room and board to 12 startups without taking any equity
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2016 21:40
Institutional venture capital firms often have programs designed to support serial entrepreneurs, as it not only gives participants time to discover what their next startup will be, it also allows partners to explore new...
Ubisoft's Rainbow Six: Siege SWAT team shooter gets its third Pro League season
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2016 21:01
Ubisoft is still going after the esports scene. The French publisher launched the third season of the Rainbow Six: Siege Pro League today with preliminary rounds starting for Xbox One players today, Monday August 29, and...
10 Legitimate Ways To Make Money Online--Part 1
Forbes - 29 Aug 2016 21:00
You may be asking, how can I really make money online? Is it legitimate? Is it possible? Yes and yes. You can make money online and there are tons of legitimate opportunities for you to do so.
Google signs up for the E.U.-U.S. Privacy Shield framework
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2016 20:50
Google is the latest company to seek compliance with the Privacy Shield Framework developed jointly by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission. “We are committed to applying the protections of the P...
How mobile data drives omnichannel success (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2016 20:30
VB LIVE: In part 2 of our Masters of Mobile Data series, take a deep dive with our omnichannel experts into where your mobile marketing strategy is falling short — and what you need to do right now to fix it, plus how ...
Candy Crush Saga's $1,400 whales are popular: TV, film, and music want their cash, too
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2016 20:15
Digital distribution is affecting all forms of media, and gaming has figured out an answer that other industries are starting to look to. Candy Crush Saga publisher King brought in $2 billion in revenue in 2015 across al...
Facebook gives away 22 more GPU servers for A.I. research
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2016 19:58
Facebook today named the recipients of 22 servers that Facebook designed specifically for artificial intelligence (A.I.) research. This comes after Facebook’s introduction of the giveaway program for academic researche...
Google integrates Cast into Chrome, no extension required
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2016 19:32
Google today announced Google Cast is now built right into Chrome, allowing anyone using the company’s browser to cast content to supported devices without having to install or configure anything. The Google Cast exten...