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3 Steps To Succeeding In Today's Digital Economy
Forbes - 24 Jun 2015 22:27
The entirety of what we touch, say, and do produces data – and our fingerprints are digitally over it all. On any particular day, over 1.3 billion people are connecting with each other on social media. About 9 billion ...
Microsoft's TwinsOrNot app can now use Bing to compare you with a celebrity
Venture Beat - 24 Jun 2015 08:07
Microsoft is at it again, having fun with face recognition technology. The company has updated its TwinsOrNot app so that you can now find a picture of someone famous with Microsoft’s Bing image search and then compare...
Site For Employee Giving Leverages Collective Impact
Forbes - 24 Jun 2015 23:47
Ty Walrod is the visionary behind Bright Funds, a platform designed to allow employers and other leaders to organize giving groups to giving funds.
I dropped my iPhone 6 and shattered the screen -- and it didn't have to happen
Venture Beat - 24 Jun 2015 23:00
OPINION: Apple could easily put some rougher sections of grippable metal on the phone. The looks of the device would barely suffer, and drops would go down significantly.
How To Successfully Build User Experiences Around Your Product Or Service
Forbes - 24 Jun 2015 22:55
Pretend, for a moment, that you are building a home. You have laid its foundation, raised its walls, and now it is time to install the kitchen. As a particularly handy individual, you have assembled your own stove, with ...
Why Civic Tech Is The Next Big Thing
Forbes - 24 Jun 2015 22:53
Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are finding new opportunities building software for governments.
Medium launches Android app out of beta
Venture Beat - 24 Jun 2015 22:51
While there are a few things you can't do on Android that you can on the Web, the company has a plan.
You watch: Apple Music's Pharrell exclusive will be the first of many
Venture Beat - 24 Jun 2015 22:33
ANALYSIS: If the platform isn't special, then the content will have to be.
Dropbox passes 400m users
Venture Beat - 24 Jun 2015 21:20
Dropbox has hit a big milestone.
Scribd buys social reading app Librify
Venture Beat - 24 Jun 2015 20:36
The news arrives at a heated time for the publishing industry, as everyone fights to be the Netflix for books.
Google enhances Chromebox for meetings with remote-control camera, better screensharing
Venture Beat - 24 Jun 2015 20:31
Google upgraded its Chrome OS-based videoconferencing system with a pan-tilt-zoom camera, better microphone and speaker, and better support for dual-screen displays.
Navut readies U.S. launch so movers to another city can know which neighborhood they want
Venture Beat - 24 Jun 2015 20:25
EXCLUSIVE: CEO Mauro Repacci launched his company after a move to Canada from Brazil several years before, into a neighborhood he didn't like -- overpriced, no amenities, and far from public transportation.
You can now play Jay Z through a light bulb -- but do you want to?
Venture Beat - 24 Jun 2015 20:12
The Twist bulb's AirPlay Tymphany speakers emit excellent sound, but the product seems to be a solution in search of a problem.
CareerFoundry snags $1M for ed tech programs
Venture Beat - 24 Jun 2015 19:56
Tengelmann Ventures led the seed round.
Microsoft's Azure SQL Data Warehouse launches in limited public preview with 21 partners
Venture Beat - 24 Jun 2015 19:50
The service helps Microsoft round out its cloud service portfolio as it competes with Amazon, Google, IBM, and others.
Passionate Leader of UNFPA Kenya Battles Violence Against Women, FGM and Child Marriage
Forbes - 24 Jun 2015 19:27
"UNFPA Kenya is working hard with all partners to support the Government of Kenya and the First Lady of Kenya's clarion call, 'no woman should die giving life,'" explains UNFPA Representative to Kenya, Siddharth (Sid) Ch...
You can now sign up and use Messenger without a Facebook account
Venture Beat - 24 Jun 2015 19:23
After breaking off Messenger into a stand alone app, Facebook is giving Messenger a new level of autonomy. Today, the company announced that it no longer requires Messenger users to have a Facebook account. Instead, new ...
Spotify acquires Seed Scientific, a data science consulting firm
Venture Beat - 24 Jun 2015 19:13
Music streaming company Spotify today announced that it has acquired Seed Scientific, a consulting confirm that specializes in data science and analytics. The acquisition is helping Spotify start a new advanced analytics...
Hulu opens Seinfeld apartment replica in NYC
Venture Beat - 24 Jun 2015 18:45
It feels weird to be alone in someone else’s apartment, and Jerry Seinfeld’s is no exception. To commemorate its mind-boggling $160 million acquisition of streaming rights for “Seinfeld,” Hulu has reconstructed J...
Marvel Future Fight rides 'Avengers' film success to global mobile domination
Venture Beat - 24 Jun 2015 18:30
Korean publisher Netmarble has released its first global hit with the help of some Marvel superheroes.
The Internet of Everything: How IOT and machine learning will revolutionize your business (webinar)
Venture Beat - 24 Jun 2015 18:29
SPONSORED: "The handshake between human intelligence and machine intelligence with the [right technology platform] is going to revolutionize the way people interact with IOT and the way people optimize their IOT environ...
News app Circa is shutting down
Venture Beat - 24 Jun 2015 18:17
Three-year-old news digest app Circa is shutting down, cofounder and chief executive Matt Galligan announced today in a Medium post.