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EA appoints WB vet Samantha Ryan as head of EA Mobile
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2015 23:46
The Warner Bros. vet is now in charge of all EA Mobile studios.
This new Android malware looks like a classic Nintendo game
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2015 22:30
Nintendo fans with Android phones, beware. A new piece of Android malware is showing up in third-party app stores dressed up as a classic Nintendo game. Cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks says it has discovered a new ...
Leveraged Loans: GE Sale to CCPIB Leaves Fate Uncertain For $9.6B SSLP Partnership
Forbes - 7 Jul 2015 21:45
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board last month emerged with a winning $12 billion bid for GE’s sponsor business, but questions still swirl around the fate of the $9.6 billion SSLP fund, a joint-venture between GE Cap...
5 Pet Peeves Angel Investors Have About Being Pitched To
Forbes - 7 Jul 2015 21:21
What are a few pet peeves for angel investors when you're pitched by a startup? This question was originally answered on Quora by Tim Berry.
Look at all the psychedelic art people are creating with Google's DeepDream AI code
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2015 21:10
Just a few days after Google open-sourced its code for generating trippy images using artificial intelligence, you can now explore a subreddit page on social discussion board site Reddit that’s specifically devoted to ...
More Venture Capitalists Start To Fear Startup Bubble Will Soon Pop
Forbes - 7 Jul 2015 21:06
Venture capitalists are starting to get worried that the tech startup investment boom could be due for an ugly end before long.
Withings Activite smartwatches now auto-detect when you're swimming
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2015 21:04
Withings says the new features are just the start of its foray into swimming. The company says it plans to add lap tracking and distance in the near future.
How Successful People Stay Cool During Tough Conversations
Forbes - 7 Jul 2015 20:36
A colleague of mine is fond of saying, “Work is easy; people are hard.” And it’s so true. The work itself would be a cakewalk if it weren’t for the minefield of politics, sensitivity, expectation, and ego. And wh...
Top 10 Reasons Your Brand Needs To Be On Twitter
Forbes - 7 Jul 2015 19:39
Despite the microblogging social media network?s rapid rise to popularity, some business owners are still reluctant to commit to regularly engaging on Twitter. This article will outline the top 10 reasons why your brand ...
3 Reasons To Make Your Next Meeting Tech Free
Forbes - 7 Jul 2015 19:26
Visualize the last meeting you attended. Was one-quarter of the room attentive and listening, while the remaining 75 percent of attendees attempted to act engaged as they shifted focus back and forth from the presenter t...
EMC sells its Syncplicity file sync and share business to private investment firm Skyview Capital
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2015 19:15
Storage hardware vendor EMC today announced that it has sold Syncplicity, a file syncing and sharing service that works with both cloud and on-premises data center storage, to Skyview Capital, a private investment firm. ...
Mobile Advertising: How to kill it in the mobile ad ecosystem (webinar)
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2015 19:10
VB WEBINAR: Any advertiser still stuck in conventional ad buys -- including desktop -- risks becoming irrelevant and losing market share to those who get the mobile ad ecosystem.
PlayStation Network is down for the third time since Friday
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2015 19:08
PlayStation Network and the PlayStation Store are going through another outage.
Congress' Latest Online Tax Grab Will Decimate Small Businesses
Forbes - 7 Jul 2015 19:07
Congress' latest attempt to impose an "Internet sales tax" is just another misguided tax grab that will do more harm than good to American small businesses.
How We Exponentially Expanded Our Applicant Pool -- and Hired the Right People
Forbes - 7 Jul 2015 19:00
Putting the Right Team Together is Tough Putting the right team together is essential to running a business. You can’t completely avoid turnover, of course, but hiring the right people—and keeping them—undoubtedl...
Facebook to open its newest data center in Fort Worth to support its global infrastructure
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2015 18:47
Facebook announced that it has chosen Fort Worth, Texas as the home for its next data center. It will be the fifth data center in the world the social networking company has built and will support other facilities in Alt...
AVARI launches predictive email marketing solution marketers can actually use
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2015 18:27
EXCLUSIVE: The new product launch, called "Next Best Content," automatically recommends the most relevant content from a brand's content marketing arsenal to each individual customer or email recipient.
Mister Softee's Jingle: The Song We Love To Hate
Forbes - 7 Jul 2015 18:17
Mister Softee co-owner Jim Conway explains how the now famous jingle came to be.
The Supreme Court's Ruling On Same-Sex Marriage Opens Up The Surrogacy Market
Forbes - 7 Jul 2015 17:57
Family Source Consultants, located in Illinois, is one of North America's leading surrogacy agencies. Staci Swiderski and Zara Griswold founded the agency in 2007, inspired by their intimate knowledge of the process. Sta...
Eight Surprising Facts About The Chinese Luxury Consumer
Forbes - 7 Jul 2015 17:41
This article is by Brian Buchwald, CEO of Bomoda, a consumer-research firm.
Funding Daily: Today's tech funding news, in one place
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2015 17:06
Here's a list of today's tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. India's music-streaming leader Saavn raises $100M, adding 1M users each month In the latest sign that th...
In 2015, to win in mobile is to win, period
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2015 17:01
VB EVENT: Business is about winning. Of course, most startups lose, but the goal of each is to win — to build something new and innovative and worthwhile that will grow, acquire users, find customers, and increase in v...