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One Stubborn Problem The Rising-Star Philippine Economy Can't Yet Fix
Forbes - 18 Mar 2015 04:00
Looking out from an office tower in Makati, Manila’s financial center and most ostentatious concentration of wealth, you easily believe that the Philippine economy is growing by at least 6% per year, interest rates ar...
Venture capitalists see big opportunities in a changing cybersecurity space
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2015 00:31
After this year's many cyberattacks on both companies and governments, there's a huge need for new thinking to fight cyberterror.
Highlights from the sex discrimination/harassment lawsuit just filed against Facebook (updated)
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2015 23:52
Chia Hong, a former Facebook employee terminated in 2013, has filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against her old employer in a San Mateo court.
Google expert explains why deep-learning neural nets are hot in everything from games to recognizing cats
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2015 22:30
It takes a lot of technology for Google to recognize all the cat videos on YouTube.
Meerkat now lets you follow users directly through its app
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2015 21:40
Earlier today, Meerkat said users could follow each other on the Web. Now, they've added an in-app following feature.
The Roadblocks To Unified Communications
Forbes - 18 Mar 2015 21:33
In early February in a piece entitled Why Unified Communications Are So Important Yet So Difficult, I wrote of the difficulties including the topic of legacy systems, many of which simply do not integrate with well, if ...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Start and virtual desktop tweaks, Cortana in 6 new countries
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2015 21:30
Windows 10 build 10041 is out.
Listen up Seattle, Vancouver, Toronto & Montreal -- VB's Roadshow is coming and sharing the winners and losers in mobile strategies
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2015 21:25
VB Event:Mission one in the mobile space: user acquisition. Mission two: monetizing those users. The strategies and research being shared in the VB Mobile Developer Roadshow shares the secret sauce in strategies for bot...
Nintendo's stock price jumps another 28% as investment firm raises rating
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2015 21:15
Nintendo's stock continues soaring thanks to its mobile plans and a new target price from investment bank Jefferies.
Nvidia highlights five startups that use cool graphics technology
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2015 20:55
New startups do everything from robot vision to face recognition.
The Shockingly Simple Change That Can Improve All Of Your Relationships
Forbes - 18 Mar 2015 20:53
A quick and impactful way to make your personal and professional connections stronger.
Vine for iOS now loads faster and can play videos when offline
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2015 20:47
Gaming execs: Join 180 select leaders from King, Glu, Rovio, Unity, Facebook, and more to plan your path to global domination in 2015. GamesBeat Summit is invite-only -- apply here. Ticket prices increase on April 3rd! T...
Apple Watch shoppers get 15-minute appointments, at 10 special try-on stations per store
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2015 20:42
Special experts will meet with customers interested in buying an Edition series Watch, which start at $10,000.
Xbox Music now lets you play music stored on OneDrive
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2015 20:14
Microsoft wants you to access all your songs from Xbox Music.
Affluent Millennials More Likely To Use WhatsApp, Amazon And Facebook
Forbes - 18 Mar 2015 20:14
Because the millennial generation has a larger expendable income than all other generations, brands are still trying to figure out how to engage the 80 million consumers between the age of 18 and 34 living in the U.S. to...
Slack launches desktop app for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2015 20:10
Until this point, people running Windows could use Slack in the browser.
T-Mobile promises to never increase your data plan's price
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2015 20:06
There is a catch for unlimited subscribers, though.
Latin America Is Home To Innovative Financial Tech Firms
Forbes - 18 Mar 2015 19:59
New tech firms are thriving in Latin America and some are even approaching financial services
Google details Chrome's latest speed boost thanks to script streaming and code caching
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2015 19:56
Google Chrome is about to get even faster.
T-Mobile taps Microsoft and GoDaddy to launch 'Uncarrier' small business plan
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2015 19:47
Aside from cheap wireless group plans, T-Mobile partnered with GoDaddy to offer a free .com domain and site, as well as a custom .com email via Microsoft.
Salesforce launches app for Outlook and Office 365 so you can access lead data in your inbox
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2015 19:42
Microsoft competes with Salesforce in CRM software for managing sales leads, so it's a bit surprising.
Watch T-Mobile's crazy CEO at its latest press event right here
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2015 18:50
The "Uncarrier" slogan represents T-Mobile's strategy to uproot the frustrating ways mobile carriers restrict and overcharge users in the U.S.