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The Job Stress Epidemic Is Making Us Sick
Forbes - 23 Oct 2014 06:23
It is safe to say that job stress is an epidemic, and that both employers and employees need to gain a better understanding of exactly where their stress is coming from and how it affects their health in order to identif...
How To Lose $20 Million: The Sudden Wealth Problems of Professional Athletes
Forbes - 23 Oct 2014 16:48
Think it would be hard to lose $20 million in a year? This article will show you just how easy it is and may challenge your assumptions about athletes and sudden wealth...
Etsy launches its own mobile card reader for sellers
Venture Beat - 23 Oct 2014 15:23
Etsy is jumping on the card reader bandwagon, the company is announcing today. “We've worked hard at Etsy to develop a leading online marketplace for buying and selling unique goods. However, 90% of all retail purchase...
Win free tickets to HealthBeat
Venture Beat - 23 Oct 2014 23:42
The second year of HealthBeat is just days away -- falling at time when health tech innovation is undergoing massive change. Here's your chance to win free tickets, just for answering one question
Amazon writes off $170M on weak Fire Phone sales. Surprise!
Venture Beat - 23 Oct 2014 23:33
Amazon extinguishes a very expensive Fire Phone sales failure worth $170 million.
Update Your Expectations: The One Thing In Business That Needs To Change
Forbes - 23 Oct 2014 23:27
“I hate to say it because it’s cliché,” he said. “But, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, but expecting a different result.”
Amazon's cloud revenue growth rate continues to slow down in Q3, now up 39%
Venture Beat - 23 Oct 2014 23:14
Market-leading public cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) had another rough quarter revenue-wise in the third quarter of 2014, Amazon.com disclosed in its earnings statement today. And while Amazon continues to be vague abou...
New Coca-Cola CMO Brings Global Experience To Top Marketing Post
Forbes - 23 Oct 2014 23:09
Marcos de Quinto has been at Coca-Cola Co. since 1982, working in several marketing roles, and in his current role as president of the Iberia Business Unit and VP, Europe Group, since 2000. The company veteran, whose ex...
Mark Zuckerberg: Myth, Man & Legend
Forbes - 23 Oct 2014 23:03
The youngest-ever billionaire in pictures.
Heyzap launches transparent mediation for mobile ad networks
Venture Beat - 23 Oct 2014 23:00
Heyzap believes developers need help identifying which ad networks generate the most money.
Meet The Woman Who's Using 3D Printing To Make Your Shoes Cool And Comfortable
Forbes - 23 Oct 2014 22:12
Technology is sexy. Orthotics, those inserts you put in your shoes to fix your hurting feet, aren’t even close to being sexy. But what happens when you bring in a wicked-smart woman, an iPad and a 3D printer to solve t...
Microsoft sees Surface revenue soar to $908M in Q1 2015, Xbox console sales grow 102%
Venture Beat - 23 Oct 2014 22:09
As part of the company’s latest quarterly earnings announcement, Microsoft today revealed Surface revenue soared to $908 million in Q1 2015, largely thanks to Surface Pro 3 momentum. At the same time, the company revea...
Microsoft beats Q1 estimates with $23.2B in revenue, $4.54B in income
Venture Beat - 23 Oct 2014 22:05
Things are looking up at Microsoft. Today the company reported $4.54 billion in net income, or 54 cents per share in earnings, and $23.2 billion in revenue for the first quarter of its new fiscal year, beating analysts�...
Shake-up at Socialcast: Key employees leave after VMware reorg
Venture Beat - 23 Oct 2014 21:49
Editor's Pick: VMware appears to be searching for a viable strategy for its Socialcast social-networking software, and key people on the team have left, VentureBeat has learned. Known primarily as a vendor of software fo...
Three reasons your website contact forms are not converting
Venture Beat - 23 Oct 2014 21:29
Guest Post: Contact forms have become such a common part of the website that it is easy to overlook them and their importance. People tend to choose the first solution they find and put it on their site, not realizing th...
Startup scores $500K so its Peach app can add new twists to designer-brand auctions
Venture Beat - 23 Oct 2014 21:15
The "fun" includes a final minute of blind bidding, when you don't know what place your bid is in.
CHE Trinity Health Partners with Sharecare To Accelerate Consumer and Patient Engagement
Venture Beat - 23 Oct 2014 21:01
Press Release: CHE Trinity Health, one of the nation's leading health care systems, and Sharecare, a comprehensive health and wellness engagement platform, today announced at the CHE Trinity Health Clinical Summit that t...
What Zuckerberg revealed in Chinese: Artificial intelligence is a key Facebook mission
Venture Beat - 23 Oct 2014 20:57
In broken Chinese, Zuckerberg says Facebook is working on AI.
Funding Daily: Today's tech funding news, in one place
Venture Beat - 23 Oct 2014 20:30
Here's a list of today's biggest funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. This list will be updated with breaking funding news all day. Check back for more. Zignal Labs scoops...
Google search finally adds information about video games
Venture Beat - 23 Oct 2014 20:17
And it tracks more than mobile games, too.
LG's round 'G Watch R' smartwatch includes heartbeat sensor and barometer
Venture Beat - 23 Oct 2014 19:59
LG announced today that it had begun the worldwide rollout of its new G Watch R, which it previously debuted at the IFA 2014 tech conference in Berlin.
Final speaker lineup announced for HealthBeat 2014 this Monday and Tuesday
Venture Beat - 23 Oct 2014 19:15
HealthBeat is coming up next week (Oct 27-28) featuring some of the brightest minds in health tech talking about today's hottest issues.