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Turn Your Favorite Pair Of Speakers Into Bluetooth Speakers [GEAR]
Nibletz - 25 Feb 2015 15:17
Are you a stickler for a good sounding set of speakers? Does it bother you that the Beats Pill sounds like crap but since it says Beats on it they sell millions of units? Does your old school set of analog speakers sound...
Autodesk CEO: 3D printing in the home 'way overhyped'
Venture Beat - 25 Feb 2015 23:55
The CEO of one of the most important digital design companies in the world thinks 3D printing is much more exciting for the industrial market.
How Great Leaders Motivate Their Teams
Forbes - 25 Feb 2015 23:54
Human beings all deeply want to believe in something. It's in our basic human nature. If you want to motivate your employees and attract customers and investors with ease, one of the most vital things you can do is give...
Lim Kuang Sia Has A Head For Science and Heart In Glovemaking
Forbes - 25 Feb 2015 23:45
To build Kossan Rubber into a glovemaking giant, Lim Kuang Sia drew on his chemistry and engineering skills. But first he had to escape from a remote island.
Funding Daily: Today's tech funding news, in one place
Venture Beat - 25 Feb 2015 23:38
Get all the tech funding news of the day delivered straight to your mailbox! Sign up for Funding Daily and never miss a deal. Here's a list of today's tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you ...
Following Google deal, Softcard is shutting down its Android and Windows Phone apps
Venture Beat - 25 Feb 2015 23:28
Android wins, iOS is unaffected, and Windows Phone loses.
Diane von Furstenberg: How Women Can Succeed At Work
Forbes - 25 Feb 2015 23:23
I caught up with Diane von Furstenberg at the first annual Lead On Watermark Silicon Valley Conference for Women on February 24th. She was the opening keynote and gave an empowering message to all women in attendance ...
HP is reportedly trying to buy Aruba Networks
Venture Beat - 25 Feb 2015 22:20
As HP prepares to split itself into two, the company is in the process of acquiring Aruba Networks, a publicly traded seller of Wi-fi hardware and software for major companies, according to a new report today. The deal i...
Twitter just launched an official WordPress plugin for publishers
Venture Beat - 25 Feb 2015 22:14
Today Twitter announced the launch of its first official plugin for WordPress. The plugin, available on WordPress.org and GitHub, bundles together a couple of features largely provided by third-party plugins, including: ...
Is The U.S. Ready For A Banking Revolution? A New Fee-Free Mobile Bank
Forbes - 25 Feb 2015 21:53
Earlier this month, MasterCard announced that it will be opening its largest tech hub outside of the U.S. in India. Why Because of the country's growing focus on mobile payments and innovations in the digital realm. Of c...
RallyPoint: How Two Veteran Entrepreneurs Are Changing Social Media
Forbes - 25 Feb 2015 21:53
The workforce is flooded with more veterans than ever before, many of which are trying their hand at entrepreneurship. Being one of these "vetrepreneurs" myself, I'm always on the lookout for the next big success story.
Announcing 2 new analysts for VB Insight: Andrew Jones and Jon Cifuentes
Venture Beat - 25 Feb 2015 21:49
VB Insight:The small research team we've built over the past year at VentureBeat is growing.
Supreme Court Conservatives Split Over Antitrust Scrutiny Of State Boards
Forbes - 25 Feb 2015 21:49
The Supreme Court's conservatives split over whether a state dental board should be blocked from keeping non-dentists out of the teeth-whitening business.
Google built a machine that's better at games than you are
Venture Beat - 25 Feb 2015 21:45
Google's DeepMind Technologies has a robot that can play Breakout and a number of other games better than any human.
Google's Elitist Problem And Why Apple Avoids Rocket Scientists
Forbes - 25 Feb 2015 21:36
Apple and Google have very different criteria they use to hire new people. Google likes to hire elites and that practice could end up killing the company.
Google launches Android for Work app and Google Play for Work app store
Venture Beat - 25 Feb 2015 20:57
Google is becoming increasingly serious about getting Android phones and tablets operating inside of big businesses.
Layer rolls out turnkey messaging platform and Atlas UI tools for app developers
Venture Beat - 25 Feb 2015 20:36
San Francisco-based Layer offers the messaging infrastructure as a hosted service, which also went into general availability today.
How Doing Work You Hate Can Make You Better At Work You Love
Forbes - 25 Feb 2015 20:21
Doing work she loathed had a surprising silver lining for this professional.
You can now store 50,000 songs on Google Play Music
Venture Beat - 25 Feb 2015 20:17
The bump in storage capacity seems designed to convert people from competing music services like Spotify and iTunes.
3 things to know ahead of tomorrow's net neutrality vote
Venture Beat - 25 Feb 2015 20:14
No doubt there is a lot of noise in the debate over net neutrality. Here's what matters.
Replacing F1's Ecclestone Is The 'Most Difficult Mission Of Any Corporation' Says Racing Boss
Forbes - 25 Feb 2015 20:02
Replacing Bernie Ecclestone, chief executive of Formula One auto racing, is “the most difficult mission of any corporation in the world” according to Alejandro Agag, boss of the Formula E electric championship.
Facebook infrastructure guru Amir Michael launches data center analytics startup Coolan
Venture Beat - 25 Feb 2015 20:00
First at Google, and then at Facebook, Amir Michael found out how hard it is to build and maintain the ultimate data center, where all infrastructure runs efficiently. Now Michael is launching Coolan — a startup with s...