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15 mobile growth hacks that improve user experience
Venture Beat - 22 Jun 2015 23:12
GUEST: App discovery is pretty broken. But if you do somehow manage to acquire users, then comes the bigger challenge: retaining them.
Make No Mistake, You're In A Relationship With The Company You Work For
Forbes - 22 Jun 2015 07:01
In the proverbial world of business it's rare to find someone who is single. If you were to think of a Facebook status for your company, most of us it would have it set to "in a relationship." Sure, every now and then yo...
Teladoc's IPO telegraphs telemedicine's prime-time debut
Venture Beat - 22 Jun 2015 22:18
There may be more reason for optimism than skepticism at this point, for both Teladoc and telemedicine itself.
OnePlus says its new phone, the OnePlus 2, will feature a USB-C port
Venture Beat - 22 Jun 2015 21:45
Only one other Android phone -- the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 -- is even rumored to be getting a USB-C port, but that phone won't be announced for months.
Clean Technology Is Good Business
Forbes - 22 Jun 2015 21:44
The need for carbon footprint reduction is in full swing inside large organizations.
Mobile Marketing Automation: Who's killing it and how (webinar)
Venture Beat - 22 Jun 2015 21:17
VB WEBINAR: "We're trying to work with best in class services because a lot of this would be very difficult for us to build ourselves," says Yummly CEO Brian Witlin, "so we try and become experts at technology that they ...
Everything announced at DockerCon 2015
Venture Beat - 22 Jun 2015 20:08
Docker, the startup responsible for accelerating the container technology revolution, is making several announcements at its DockerCon conference in San Francisco this week — and several other companies are taking the ...
How One Brand Flies High In The Hospitality Space
Forbes - 22 Jun 2015 20:07
"People want what no one else can have." That was part of an answer I received from Marybeth Jones – VP of Global Marketing Event, NetJets Inc. to a question I posed re: what the future holds for the hospitality in...
How marketers reach 80% of people for 3 hours per day
Venture Beat - 22 Jun 2015 20:01
GUEST: One could argue from the numbers that a similarly significant percentage of marketing spend should be in mobile, but there's more to the story.
Is Google Trying To Become A One-Stop Shop For Everything Online?
Forbes - 22 Jun 2015 19:30
Is Google quickly becoming a complete "one-stop shop" for everything a user needs online, potentially completely eliminating the need for users to visit individual websites?
IBM becomes the first reseller of the Docker Trusted Registry software
Venture Beat - 22 Jun 2015 19:00
IBM today announced that it is the first company to resell Docker Trusted Registry, a piece of software for on-premises data centers from hot enterprise startup Docker. Docker itself announced today the availability of D...
Docker gets native software-defined networking and third-party plug-in support
Venture Beat - 22 Jun 2015 18:45
Docker, the startup that has popularized open-source technology for packaging up applications into containers, is introducing new software-defined networking (SDN) capabilities as a result of its SocketPlane acquisition....
Popcorn Time for iOS passes 1 million downloads on non-jailbroken devices
Venture Beat - 22 Jun 2015 18:40
Popcorn Time is starting a revolution.
Xbox Live is down for many on Xbox One and 360
Venture Beat - 22 Jun 2015 18:32
Microsoft's online gaming service is preventing many people from signing in.
Docker and CoreOS unite to start the Open Container Project and standardize runtime, image format
Venture Beat - 22 Jun 2015 18:27
Docker and CoreOS today are jointly announcing that they’re working with several major tech companies on a new Linux Foundation initiative called the Open Container Project. The idea is for everyone — users and vendo...
Marketing meets IT: How creative and tech can work together (webinar)
Venture Beat - 22 Jun 2015 18:20
VB WEBINAR: Those that figure out how to break down the walls between CMO and CIO -- and develop the abilities to make cross-functional, cross-methodology teams work -- will rule.
How Bill Graham Transformed Himself From A Failed Actor Into The Ultimate Rock & Roll Entrepreneur
Forbes - 22 Jun 2015 18:15
How did a failed actor who couldn't hold a steady job become the entrepreneur who invented the rock concert as we know it?
New Report Confirms Startup Activity Increasing -- After Years Of Decline
Forbes - 22 Jun 2015 18:03
I read with interest the 2015 Kauffman Foundation Index on Startup Activity, the largest index tracking entrepreneurship across the United States. I love when these reports dispute common assumptions with actual data. Lo...
Google launches Container Engine in beta, makes Container Registry generally available
Venture Beat - 22 Jun 2015 18:00
Solid tools for storing images and deploying apps in containers can help Google become even more of a player in the public cloud market than it is now.
Soomla raises $5.5M to help game developers catch 'whales'
Venture Beat - 22 Jun 2015 18:00
Soomla gets game developers to share anonymized user data so that every game studio can benefit.
Never Underestimate The Power Of The Adorable Puppy Principle
Forbes - 22 Jun 2015 17:56
Last night, a member of my team posted a video to YouTube that shows his two adorable puppies, Colby and Bleu (collectively known as "The Cheeses"), rushing to their food bowls, week after week over the past year. Throug...
Watch DockerCon 2015 live right here
Venture Beat - 22 Jun 2015 17:55
Docker and other companies will be announcing news throughout the conference, so you'll want to pay attention.