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A wireless speaker showdown: Denon's HEOS vs. Sonos (review)
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2014 17:00
You might be surprised who ends up on top in this Wi-Fi audio shootout.
56M cards boosted in Home Depot hacker breach, the biggest retail hit ever in U.S.
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2014 22:00
Home Depot admitted Thursday that 56 million customer credit card and pin numbers had been stolen in the breach, which went undetected for five months.
Step By Step: How To Build A Competition-Proof Corporate Culture
Forbes - 20 Sep 2014 21:27
An intentionally created corporate culture is the only advantage in business that can't be imitated. Here's why this is true-and how to build a powerful company culture for yourself, in four or so steps.
Oculus VR announces new prototype: Crescent Bay
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2014 19:15
This is the third major revision of the Oculus Rift, and developers are showing it for the first time today.
The Backed Pack: Concussion protection, a universal remote, & a sensor pack
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2014 19:00
Each week, our friends at Backerjack bring us updates on some of the most successful gadget crowdfunding campaigns. Jolt Sensor The Jolt Sensor is a small device that lives on an athlete's helmet, headband, or goggles. I...
Beyond The IPO Buzz: Alibaba's Advantages
Forbes - 20 Sep 2014 18:50
Anyone following Alibaba’s (NYSE:BABA) debut on Wall Street this week cannot help but be impressed by the buzz it generated among institutional and individual investors, as the stock rocketed higher in the first day of...
Microsoft delays Xbox One launch just days before China debut
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2014 18:28
The delay reflects how tough it is to organize a console launch in China.
The fine line of recognizing talented women in tech
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2014 18:00
Thursday night roboticist Cynthia Breazeal was one one of three women to win L’Oreal’s Women in Digital award. During the ceremony it occurred to me, wait, Cynthia Breazeal is a woman? If you look at all the intervie...
Why Apple Pay might succeed where Google, PayPal, and Visa have failed
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2014 16:00
Apple may have waited longer to launch its own mobile payments party. But it may have given everyone it invited a better reason to attend.
A Culture Of Customer Service Excellence Starts With Consulting Your Employees
Forbes - 20 Sep 2014 10:10
Too many customer service excellence and customer-centricity culture initiatives end up feeling to employees like they've been arbitrarily imposed from on high, by the CEO and her hand-picked consultants.
FTC's Brill to health-privacy legal reformers: There oughta be a (new) law
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2014 01:46
The outspoken commissioner has softened her tone a little bit, but remains deeply concerned about the privacy of health data in app developers' clouds.
Funding Daily: Xiaomi the money
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2014 01:40
Get all the tech funding news of the day delivered straight to your mailbox! Sign up for Funding Daily and never miss a deal. Today’s funding deals: iHealth Lab raises $25M Connected health devices like glucose meters ...
Newly minted MacArthur 'genius' could make cloud computing more secure
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2014 01:08
Because Gentry intends to keep pursuing his encryption work, and because computing power will keep going up, his technique could become a standard in cloud computing, where the promise of security is important.