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The Future Of The Customer Experience Is The Experience
Forbes - 7 Sep 2015 04:50
The future of the customer experience is the experience. I'm not trying to sound like the department of redundancies department, so please let me explain what I mean. While it's important to streamline the customer exper...
11 Practical Things That Will Make You a Better Entrepreneur Almost Instantly
Forbes - 7 Sep 2015 18:00
Every entrepreneur I know wants to improve in some way. They want to create successful companies. They want to scale those companies. They want to enjoy life.
Chinese Economy Slowdown: The Really Worry is Debt
Forbes - 7 Sep 2015 18:00
Slow growth in the Chinese economy will put pressure on local governments? ability to repay their debts.
BlackBerry Acquires Good, Helps Stabilize Battered EMM Market
Forbes - 8 Sep 2015 01:45
On Friday, BlackBerry Limited announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Good Technology for $425 million in cash. Good’s technology will integrate with BlackBerry’s enterprise portfolio an...
Michael Dell expects PC makers to consolidate in the next few years
Venture Beat - 8 Sep 2015 01:35
BENGALURU, INDIA (Supantha Mukherjee and Abhirup Roy, Reuters) – The top three global PC makers would be able to raise market share in the next few years through consolidation amid shrinking sales of personal computers...
Columbia Students Raise $2.2 Million For Fantasy Sports Startup
Forbes - 8 Sep 2015 01:21
Daily fantasy sports startup founders are taking time off to pursue a passion project after raising $2.2 million to help with user acquisition and global expansion.
Amazon will reportedly launch a $50 tablet later this year
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2015 23:54
Amazon is reportedly looking to launch a $50 tablet. The device will feature a 6-inch screen and go on sale in time for the holiday shopping season, according to “people familiar with the matter” cited by The Wall St...
Google's OnHub is the router for people who are scared of routers
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2015 20:33
I never think about my router until there’s been a terrible mistake. And then it’s all I can think about. Once my internet goes down, I have to shove my television out of the way, sift through a tangle of identical-l...
On Labor Day, Let's Remember Elite College Athletes: Part Of America's "Silenced Workforce"
Forbes - 7 Sep 2015 20:21
Labor Day is a public holiday to recognize America's workers. To some, its also a day to recognize workers' rights.
WeChat really wants you to understand what it's all about
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2015 19:55
ANALYSIS: Connie Chan, a partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, took a deep-dive into China’s mobile messaging platform WeChat in early August. The longish blog posting attempts to peel back the layers, t...
Mile High Club: British Airways Offers Mentoring At 35,000 Feet
Forbes - 7 Sep 2015 19:51
A new competition from British Airways gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to get crucial business mentoring while on board a plane to Texas
Star Wars: Uprising's new canon is a sign of Lucasfilm's trust in Kabam
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2015 19:00
FEATURE: When EA introduced Star Wars: Uprising at this summer’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, some fans cringed when the name Kabam came up. Kabam’s new Star Wars canon The next breakout character: Deathstick A new...
O'Donnell case is a window into Activision-Bungie creative-freedom dispute
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2015 18:00
Tension between creative freedom and business is often the norm with publishers and developers. In the alliance between publishing giant Activision and famed development studio Bungie over the shooter game Destiny, that ...
Musk And Hawking Are Wrong - We Should Fear Facebook Building An Artificial Intelligence
Forbes - 7 Sep 2015 17:33
In 2014 Elon Musk spoke out about his fears in an interview about Artificial Intelligence, saying that "I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I had to guess at what our biggest existential t...
How $100 And Knowledge Of Wireless Protocols Could Bring Cities To A Standstill
Forbes - 7 Sep 2015 17:02
Cesar Cerrudo is Chief Technology Officer for IOActive Labs, a security consultancy with a global presence and deep expertise in hardware, software, and wetware assessments. He leads the team in producing ongoing, cutti...
Zomato raises $60M and launches a white-label service to help restaurants go online
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2015 16:33
Restaurant search service Zomato has raised a fresh $60 million in funding in a round led by new entrant Temasek Holdings and existing investor Vy Capital. Founded in 2008, Zomato offers an online and mobile search servi...
Katy Perry falling off a Segway and 14 other Instagrams that capture the wonder of Burning Man 2015
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2015 16:23
FEATURE: Yes, it’s very hip at the moment to dump on Burning Man and fret that tech companies are killing the art festival. Or make jokes about building a wall around the Bay Area to keep Burners out. Whatever. Hate al...
Uber China raises $1.2B as rival Didi Kuaidi reportedly about to close $3B round
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2015 15:35
The car-hailing landscape in China is on absolute fire today, with reports coming in that both Uber and its main rival in the country, Didi Kuaidi, have together raised (or are very close to raising, in the latter’s ca...
The Public Employee Pension Crisis Comes To Houston
Forbes - 7 Sep 2015 11:08
Will a growing public pension crisis turn Houston into just another debt-ridden U.S. city?
Netflix is reportedly planning to launch in South Korea in January 2016
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2015 09:41
Video-streaming service Netflix is reportedly planning to enter the South Korean market in January 2016, with an official announcement due in the coming weeks, according to a report by The Korea Times on Sunday. Netflix ...