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Google's new Chromecast reportedly coming this month, Spotify support also likely
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 09:04
Google’s second-generation Chromecast has been a while in the making, but now there appears to be some fresh leaks on what we can expect to see from it — and when. The new Chromecast, which almost looks like a party ...
Adobe Marketing Cloud revenue jumps 27%, hits run rate of $1.5B annually
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 06:51
Adobe enhanced its current marketing cloud leadership position today, announcing record revenue just as key rival Salesforce made major announcements about expansions to its marketing cloud. The battle is heating up. Ado...
Apple pledges more aid to help with Europe's migrant crisis
Venture Beat - 19 Sep 2015 01:05
(Updated: Adds Apple spokesman affirming authenticity of message, paragraph 5) By Julia Love
LinkedIn's mobile strategy is a mess
Venture Beat - 19 Sep 2015 00:20
GUEST: Linkedin is one of the most successful Web 2.0 companies in history — but it's success stops short when it comes to mobile. LinkedIn's main mobile app has long attempted to do everything its web product does: th...
Facebook files patent for using a photo's camera signature to connect you with other users
Venture Beat - 19 Sep 2015 00:10
Facebook has filed a patent for a new way to ascertain the digital signatures of cameras from photographs and then associate it with users within a social network. The application notes that the association of camera wit...
Ex-AT&T employees secretly unlocked 'hundreds of thousands' of phones in 2013
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 23:35
AT&T’s customers aren’t the only ones who hated the carrier’s draconian phone unlocking policies. AT&T is now suing three ex-employees for taking part in a massive scheme to unlock thousands of AT&T phones from the...
Five Higher Quality Prospect Steps To Get More Sales
Forbes - 18 Sep 2015 22:56
It was once the norm for a salesperson to interrupt a decision-maker’s day with a reasonable expectation of success. Indeed, for 10,000 years before the telephone, what we now refer to as “cold calling” was how cus...
The Definitive Guide To Marketing Your Business On LinkedIn
Forbes - 18 Sep 2015 22:34The Current State Of Programmatic Advertising
Forbes - 18 Sep 2015 22:32
According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), revenue from programmatic advertising in the was over $10 billion in 2014 in the U.S. alone, and is expected to increase this year.
Microsoft begins rolling out its new Xbox One interface
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 22:10
The Xbox One is about to get a makeover. Microsoft announced this morning that it is rolling out what it is calling the “new Xbox One experience” for select gamers that are in the console’s preview program. Those p...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs with Start menu and tablet tweaks, ORTC support in Edge
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 21:59
Microsoft today launched a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with improvements to the Start menu and tablet mode, a slew of app updates, and ORTC support in Microsoft Edge. This build includes more than just the usual bug f...
Localization and translation: The biggest mistakes you're probably making (webinar)
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 21:40
VB WEBINAR: Join us for this live webinar on Tuesday, September 29 at 9 a.m. Pacific, 12 p.m. Eastern. Register here for free. International marketing fails are legendary — and show that even mega brands can blunder bi...
What happened to the growth in mobile gaming?
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 21:33
GUEST: For those who haven't noticed yet, the market for mobile games in the West has started to mature. Mobile game revenue of six public listed companies combined (DeNA*, EA, Glu, Gree*, King, and Zynga) grew a paltry ...
Google demands reform for 30-year-old U.S. data privacy act
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 21:05
Google and other tech industry players testified in Washington this week that the 30-year-old Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) needs and overhaul. The law, written in 1986, was meant to set warrant rules arou...
BlackBerry Venice hands-on video: Android slider has touch keyboard, universal search, and Google services
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 20:47
BlackBerry’s Android phone, codenamed Venice, continues to see leak after leak. Following the slew of images we’ve already seen, we now have a hands-on video. In June, rumors that BlackBerry was building an Android s...
Cheetah Mobile: 'Ghost Push' Android virus infects 600k+ users a day with unwanted apps
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 20:45
Android users should probably be extra careful about what applications they download these days, especially when using non-Google Play stores. According to Cheetah Mobile’s security research lab, there’s a new virus ...
GamesBeat 2015 features two mystery speakers
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 20:30
We’ll have somewhere around 80 speakers and moderators at GamesBeat 2015. They’re the best and the brightest of the game industry. We’ve publicized many of them below already. But you’ll have to find out about tw...
EyeEm debuts new web upload tool that suggests tags to help monetize your photos
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 20:30
Photography service EyeEm has unveiled a new web upload feature which it says will help make images more searchable. Called “EyeVision,” it analyzes any photo in order to craft a set of suggested tags and categories ...
The Candidates' Brands: What Are 'Consumers' Thinking So Far?
Forbes - 18 Sep 2015 20:10
This article is by Kellogg School of Management Clinical Professor Julie Hennessy.
Lionsgate's Peter Levin talks the intersection of movies and games at GamesBeat 2015
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 20:05
VB EVENT: Long-time entertainment industry kingmaker Peter Levin, now president of interactive ventures and games at Lionsgate, will join the ranks of dozens of games industry notables at GamesBeat 2015. Levin will be sp...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Nintendo's new president and game delays
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 20:00
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we celebrated the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., Amazon showed off a Fire TV made for gaming, and The Witness finally got a release date. Enjoy, and have a ...
Blizzard announces Twitch integration with Battle.net
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 19:49
Twitch and Battle.net accounts are about to hook up. Blizzard announced today that Twitch users can now log into their Battle.net accounts in the game-streaming service. To incentivize players to do so, Blizzard is givin...