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Entrepreneurs And Startups Drive Future Work Trends
Forbes - 24 May 2014 01:58
The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see report...
Forget malware -- stolen credentials are the real enterprise threat
Venture Beat - 24 May 2014 23:00
Guest Post: Focusing on malware detection as a frontline cybersecurity strategy puts IT security teams in a never-ending game of cat and mouse.
Hands-on with the Muse brain sensing headband -- the most important wearable of 2014 (exclusive)
Venture Beat - 24 May 2014 21:39
I got my hands on an early version of Interaxon's brainwave reading head band, the Muse--and I think I've experienced what is the most important wearable of the year.
Valley heavyweight Vinod Khosla says replacing doctors with data crunchers is good medicine
Venture Beat - 24 May 2014 21:00
One day venture capitalist Vinod Khosla gets in a fight with surfers over access to a beach with sweet waves, and the next he’s over at Stanford saying that he thinks the healthcare system would be a lot better off .....
EdTech experts and startup founders discuss tech's profound impact on education (video)
Venture Beat - 24 May 2014 20:00
The intersection between technology and education today will likely have a profound impact on our future. At the Internet Week New York festival earlier this week, I had a chance to sit down with education experts workin...
Apple v. Samsung, round 2 continues: Apple requests a retrial and Samsung product ban
Venture Beat - 24 May 2014 18:37
What's next in mobile? Find out at MobileBeat, VentureBeat's 7th annual event on the future of mobile, on July 8-9 in San Francisco. Register now and save $400! Just like with its first California trial against Samsung, ...
From pixels to polygons: 2D characters get three-dimensional
Venture Beat - 24 May 2014 18:00
Watch side-by-side comparisons of classic, 2D video-game characters and their revamped, 3D makeovers.
Advisory Boards: Getting Your Business To The Next Level
Forbes - 24 May 2014 17:50
For a startup, an advisory board can be extremely helpful with boosting your operating team. “Advisors often have more scar tissue and can help avoid land mines,” said Ranjith Kumaran, who is the founder of PunchTab....
The Early Days Of Van Halen, David Lee Roth's Entrepreneurial Streak And Why Every Creative Team Needs An Entrepreneur
Forbes - 24 May 2014 17:14
Entrepreneurial skills are important for any creative team. A new biography argues that without the entrepreneurial skills of David Lee Roth, none of us would have heard of Van Halen. David Lee Roth?s initiative and busi...
The World Is Full Of Small Conspiracies
Forbes - 24 May 2014 16:43
Many people are fascinated by the belief – or at least the prospect – of world dominating conspiracies. The Illuminati seems to regularly have a pronounced position in such fantasies. We should also pay due homage to...
Viacom's online TV content blackout for Cable One grabs the FCC's attention
Venture Beat - 24 May 2014 05:05
Viacom’s recent moves to punish one of its service partners has caught the attention of federal regulators. Back in April Viacom decided to yank all its cable channels (Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, etc.) from TV s...
Bookmate takes $3M to bring social-reading love into Turkey, Scandinavia, and Latin America
Venture Beat - 24 May 2014 01:24
Reading e-books should be a very social experience — like many other things in life. People should be able to share their reading notes, their reading progress, and their bookmarks with their friends. It should be like...
Funding Daily: Cute li'l drones
Venture Beat - 24 May 2014 01:14
We ruffians at VentureBeat have a soft spot in our hearts for drones -- especially when they're little and cute. So do the folks in venture capital circles, apparently.
Mobile ad spending explodes in Denmark -- seriously
Venture Beat - 24 May 2014 00:20
Mobile ad spending doubled between 2012 and 2013 in Denmark. Now we're waiting for the numbers from Sweden.