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Independent Ad-Tech Firm Captify Nabs Ex-Comcast Exec as CRO
AdWeek - 30 Oct 2020 18:02
Former Comcast executive Brendan Condon is joining Captify, the second largest independent holder of search data behind Google, to drive company growth worldwide. Condon's role will be primarily concerned with the TV, CT...
Eco-friendly diamonds made from the sky
BBC - 30 Oct 2020 08:47
Eco-friendly diamonds made from carbon sucked out of the air have been created in the UK.
The FEC says Jill Stein, who raised $7.3 million to recount the 2016 election, owes them more than $66,000 for campaign finance violations
Business Insider - 30 Oct 2020 01:10Facebook's Oculus Quest 2 was preordered five times more than predecessor
New York Post - 30 Oct 2020 18:59
Facebook’s virtual reality ambitions are finally catching on with consumers. The company’s latest VR headset, the Oculus Quest 2, has received five times as many preorders as its 2019 predecessor, Mark Zuckerberg con...
Apex Legends hands-on -- Season 7's Olympus map and Trident vehicle bring big changes
Venture Beat - 30 Oct 2020 17:00
Apex Legends is getting a makeover next week as Electronic Arts' Respawn Entertainment with a new map dubbed Olympus.
5 Productivity Trends That Are Taking The Lead Right Now
Forbes - 30 Oct 2020 23:00Hands-on: Amazon Fresh grocery stores tease brick-and-mortar retail's future
Venture Beat - 30 Oct 2020 22:20
Amazon's new brick-and-mortar stores use high-tech shopping carts to update the traditional grocery shopping experience, with mixed results.
Kendrick Lamar and Travis Scott Tip the Music Industry's Balance of Power
Wall Street Journal - 30 Oct 2020 16:05They Built A Seven-Figure Business Helping Women Ditch Their Money Hang-Ups
Forbes - 30 Oct 2020 21:48The RetroBeat: The Video Game History Foundation is on the hunt for source code
Venture Beat - 30 Oct 2020 21:07
Video Game History Foundation co-directors Frank Cifaldi and Kelsey Lewin talk about the importance of source code preservation.
DICK'S Sporting Goods Opens 3 CALIA by Carrie Underwood Pop-Ups
Retail Touch Points - 30 Oct 2020 18:12
DICK'S Sporting Goods has launched three temporary pop-up locations for CALIA by Carrie Underwood, one of the retailer's top-selling women's brands. Highlighting the fitness and lifestyle brand, the pop-ups are located i...
Seven Important Facebook News Feed Ranking Factors
Forbes - 30 Oct 2020 13:20AI Weekly: In a chaotic year, AI is quietly accelerating the pace of space exploration
Venture Beat - 30 Oct 2020 19:50
AI and machine learning technologies are accelerating space exploration during a chaotic year on planet Earth.
McAfee CTO offers 6 cybersecurity warnings ahead of election
Venture Beat - 30 Oct 2020 18:15
Steve Grobman, CTO of McAfee, doesn't want voters and news outlets to get fooled by a variety of cybersecurity schemes.
Quibi rival demands asset freeze in patent-infringement claim
New York Post - 30 Oct 2020 18:02
Eko -- a tech startup that has accused Jeffrey Katzenberg's ill-fated video-streaming app Quibi of infringing on its patented technology -- is asking the court to freeze Quibi's assets.
Executive order on diversity a predicament for banks
American Banker - 30 Oct 2020 17:29
Bankers can either fight the president's recent order banning diversity training in federal contracts or face reputational risk by complying with it.
The DeanBeat: Why politics and games go together
Venture Beat - 30 Oct 2020 17:00
I think that games and politics can elevate each other as they get into an inspiration cycle, where games can inspire political change.
5 Essential Planning Tips To Help Your Business Survive The Pandemic
Forbes - 30 Oct 2020 15:16Exxon Posts Third Consecutive Quarterly Loss for First Time
Wall Street Journal - 30 Oct 2020 15:11First Mover: Bitcoin Heads for 24% October Gain as US Election Countdown Begins
Coin Desk - 30 Oct 2020 15:05
Pantera's Dan Morehead looks at negative images of GDP charts and counts words in Satoshi Nakamoto's white paper to chronicle bitcoin's "movement."
Uniswap moves closer to a new five million UNI airdrop
Coin Telegraph - 30 Oct 2020 04:31
The Uniswap community is voting on its second-ever governance proposal to distribute 5 million governance tokens to users who interacted with the DEX via a third-party platform.