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The best data on customer relationships is in your email, RelateIQ says
Venture Beat - 19 May 2014 22:55
Customer relationship intelligence should be about augmentation as much as it is about automation, says RelateIQ CTO Adam Evans.
How Airbnb used data to propel its growth to a $10B valuation
Venture Beat - 19 May 2014 01:15
Guest Post: In an interview with Riley Newman, head of data science at Airbnb, we learned a valuable framework in thinking about concrete ways that data science helped prioritize product decisions and power Airbnb's trem...
Business Is About People Intelligence
Forbes - 19 May 2014 23:42
f corporations are to grow and compete in the 21st century, one fact remains certain: they must become more knowledgeable and strategic about how to best serve the demographic shift - the new faces of their employees and...
The NSA can monitor calls from an entire country, & it's starting in the Bahamas
Venture Beat - 19 May 2014 23:18
The National Security Agency is reportedly capable of recording all the calls from an entire country, according to fresh new leaks from whistleblower, Edward Snowden.
Why you should hate the AT&T-DirecTV merger
Venture Beat - 19 May 2014 23:02
It’s hard to imagine that AT&T’s $48.5 billion merger with satellite TV service provider DirecTV will result in increased competition for consumers. That said, I’m sure AT&T will do its best to “prove” this wil...
Success And 'The Rule Of Three'
Forbes - 19 May 2014 22:58
Understanding the needs of your customers, coworkers, sponsors, investors, and other important people in your business life is important. Central to this understanding is the idea of Creating Value, the success of which ...
Is Social Media Working for You?
Nibletz - 19 May 2014 22:55
Anybody can sign up for a social media account and understand its general premise. Does that make you capable of using it for business?
Stocks to Watch: Home Depot, Staples, Salesforce.com are stocks to watch
Market Watch - 19 May 2014 22:48
Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Tuesday's session are Home Depot., Staples, and Salesforce.com.
Data startup Alpine says dog food is delicious. Here's how it uses its own tools
Venture Beat - 19 May 2014 22:43
By analyzing user data, Alpine Data Labs has boosted its web traffic and number of concurrent application users, marketing executive Bruno Aziza said.
Why Twitch is worth $1B to Google
Venture Beat - 19 May 2014 22:30
YouTube is potentially looking to acquire the gameplay-broadcasting site, and it makes a lot of sense.
Why Entrepreneurs Need To Think Outside The Box
Forbes - 19 May 2014 22:29
Becoming a successful entrepreneur is easier if you have a certain skillset which includes passion, drive, and innovativeness. Thinking outside the box is crucial, because there’s nothing new under the sun (unless you ...
Here's how LinkedIn knows your company's budget & who has the corporate card
Venture Beat - 19 May 2014 22:03
LinkedIn, the world's largest business-oriented network, sits on mountains of data. And it sure doesn't let that data go to waste.
Join mobile innovators at the M1 'Mobile-First' Summit, May 20
Venture Beat - 19 May 2014 22:00
Sponsored Post: Over the past five years, we have seen a dramatic shift in the world around us. Mobile technologies such as smartphones, tablets, and connected devices have begun to filter into our everyday lives, but we...
AT&T's DirecTV merger is about bloated dividends, not grand strategy
Venture Beat - 19 May 2014 21:37
The real motivation behind AT&T’s acquisition of DirectTV is far less glitzy than you’d think. Mainstream media today is abuzz with grand theories of what’s behind AT&T’s $48.5 billion (planned) acquisition of Di...
Verizon announces its upgraded LTE network, 'XLTE'
Venture Beat - 19 May 2014 21:10
What’s faster than LTE? XLTE! At least, that’s what Verizon wants you to take away from its latest marketing blitz. The company today officially announced XLTE as the name for its upgraded LTE network. Expect to see ...
What Congress Is Up To, And Why You Need To Know
Forbes - 19 May 2014 21:07
I made my annual pilgrimage to Capitol Hill last week. While there, I asked a staffer whether any of the business owner tax incentives had a chance of being renewed. These so-called, “tax extenders” have become part ...
Spansion's dual-core processors will become your car's brains
Venture Beat - 19 May 2014 21:06
Cars are getting smarter thanks to chips from companies like Spansion.
The latest Flappy Bird success story on mobile is Make It Rain -- and it's doing just that for its studio
Venture Beat - 19 May 2014 21:00
Make It Rain is the game that's all about making money and spending money ... and then making more.
Why Entrepreneurship is Like Love
Forbes - 19 May 2014 20:37
We built it. With our bare hands. A space where do-good dreams come true.
Twitter may acquire music service SoundCloud
Venture Beat - 19 May 2014 20:31
Twitter is in talks to acquire audio sharing service SoundCloud for an undisclosed sum, reports Re/code today. An oversimplified description of SoundCloud is that its essentially the YouTube for audio content. A slightly...
A Heist Forty Times Greater Than Madoff
Forbes - 19 May 2014 20:27
In a heist forty times greater than Madoff, nearly a quarter of all state and local public pension assets have disappeared. Six hundred and sixty billion dollars in state workers’ retirement savings have been taken off...
How Airbnb, Pinterest, IBM, & the NYSE are cashing in on their own data
Venture Beat - 19 May 2014 20:20
Capitalizing on your company's data is no longer optional -- it's expected.