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The Art Of Negotiation - How To Sell Your Business With Flair
NuWire - 29 Oct 2014 15:16
“Negotiation is like jazz. It is improvisation on a theme. You know where you want to go, but you don’t know how to get there. It’s not linear.” So says Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, former US ambassador to the U...
Google Wallet can now add money automatically and alert you when your balance is low
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2014 23:30
Google is rolling out an update to its wallet service that lets users set up recurring bank transfers to Google Wallet. The company made the initial announcement in a blog post. Google said that there would be no fees or...
Google Drive for Android gets Material Design update, improvements to search, sharing, and the PDF viewer
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2014 23:09
Google today updated Google Drive for Android with a new design and features related to search, sharing, and PDFs. You can download the new version now directly from Google Play. First up, the search tool has been revamp...
Bill Gates explains how he thinks about tech's biggest problem: inequality (in 4 quotes)
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2014 23:00
The billionaire disagrees with famous economist Thomas Piketty.
The 'Mindfulness' Craze: Headaches To Come
Forbes - 29 Oct 2014 22:54
Mindfulness is a powerful way to quiet one's mind, to calm one's emotions, and to experience psychological and medical benefits as a result. Yet it can jolt a typical workplace culture. The more sensitively it's introduc...
Grand Theft Auto Online is still Take-Two's biggest digital moneymaker
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2014 22:30
The game contributed more cash to the publisher's digital business than any other product.
Take-Two made $22M on its investment in gameplay livestreaming king Twitch
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2014 22:24
Amazon's $970M acquisition of livestreaming firm paid off for Grand Theft Auto publisher.
Hands-on with Google's Nexus 6, Nexus 9, and Nexus Player
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2014 22:20
The next wave of Nexus devices, the Nexus 6, Nexus 9, and Nexus Player, aren’t available to the public just yet — but today we sat down with Google’s Android team for a first look at the new devices and the Lollipo...
Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two speeds past Wall Street's earnings expectations
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2014 22:12
Digital game sales and the older Civilization game helped quarterly sales.
Could Unlimited Vacation Time Work For Your Company?
Forbes - 29 Oct 2014 21:45
Richard Branson does it. Netflix, Groupon, and Evernote do it. Should you?
YouTube adds 'creator credits' field to videos in channels with at least 10k subscribers
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2014 21:20
YouTube is attempting to clean up the description section of video pages by launching a new “creator credits” field today for popular YouTube channels. The service cited the large number of creators that currently us...
David Hasselhoff wants to keep up with Kim Kardashian -- by launching his own mobile game
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2014 21:00
Hoff Zombie Beach is the latest celebrity to dive into mobile games.
Cambrian Genomics CEO: We're going to design every human on a computer and make your poop smell like bananas
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2014 20:53
VIENNA, Austria -- Say this for Austen Heinz: His vision for the future will either thrill you or leave you fearing for the future of humanity. There’s not really any room in the middle. In a pair of interviews, on and...
Google Play Movies & TV now shows actor and soundtrack info while you watch via Chromecast or Nexus Player
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2014 20:23
Google today updated its Google Play Movies & TV app for Android, which lets you watch purchased or rented content from the company’s store, with a revamped design and new features. You can download the latest version ...
Watch Mike Tyson play himself in Punch-Out!! It's '80s glory in 3 minutes
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2014 20:19
And, of course, hilarity ensued.
Watch the first prototype of Google's Ara modular smartphone project in action
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2014 19:48
Until now, all we've seen so far are industrial design models. This one actually boots up.
$210B In Small Business Payroll Is Nothing To Shake A Stick At
Forbes - 29 Oct 2014 19:48
Veterans own roughly 2.4 million businesses in the United States, around 9% of all American firms. And, they employ almost six million people and manage a payroll of $210 billion—about the number of people who live in ...
10 startups show off their tech at HealthBeat's Innovation Showcase
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2014 19:12
Many of the companies in the showcase demonstrated new ways of using clinical data pulled from the electronic patient record.
One NFL Team Ups Its Video Content Marketing Big Time
Forbes - 29 Oct 2014 18:54
A few weeks ago I wrote of one NFL team, the Indianapolis Colts blitzing its fans, figuratively via a new app which allows fans to play against one another in the stadium during games for the chance to win prizes.
Are Scare-Tactics The Most Effective Way To Get Results? Maybe
Forbes - 29 Oct 2014 18:46
The message still breeds fear and anxiety. And, yet, the message itself has very little evidence to support it. In fact, by statistical standards, this particular message would, for the most part, be considered a myth. W...
Famigo brings family-focused entertainment (and parental sanity) to GM connected cars
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2014 18:45
Mobile devices are popular for keeping children engaged during long stretches of boring grownup activities. Of course, you need an adult around to make sure kids aren’t accessing anything inappropriate. But if that adu...
Two Simple, Scientific Approaches to Motivational Leadership
Forbes - 29 Oct 2014 18:27
Whether you’re directing a small team or an entire company, you already know that one of the most persistent challenges of leadership is motivating people. You’ve probably experienced a host of universal frustration...