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A Child Who Treats Their Parents With Respect Is An Employee Any Boss Would Be Thrilled To Hire
Forbes - 12 Oct 2015 08:21
As a child I was taught the importance of respect – we were taught showing respect for other people, showing respect for other’s cultures, showing respect for people’s position of authority, showing respect for a v...
After Dell's $67B EMC deal, here are the 5 biggest tech acquisitions of all time
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2015 19:45
Earlier today, Dell officially announced that it plans to acquire data storage giant EMC in a deal worth $67 billion. To say that the deal is big would be something of an understatement — it is the single largest tech-...
Face-To-Face Is Still Best For Networking And Dealmaking, So What's Your Conference Strategy For 2016?
Forbes - 12 Oct 2015 18:28
Last month I wrote about the DreamForce Conference in San Francisco and suggested it could be one of the conferences of the year. I recommended that attendees should bring their A-game and get ready for some serious netw...
MaxPlay launches 'disruptive' game engine that uses modern cloud technology
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2015 01:20
EXCLUSIVE: Today’s most popular game engines from Unity Technologies and Epic Games (Unreal Engine) were built a while ago. And that’s why Sinjin Bain, the chief executive of MaxPlay, believes his new game engine can...
Chicago Cubs In World Series Would Mean Big Business For Major League Baseball
Forbes - 13 Oct 2015 00:27
Major League Baseball sees Big Money in a Chicago Cubs' trip to the World Series
Breaking into tech: How coding bootcamps lead to today's most coveted jobs (webinar)
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2015 23:35
VB WEBINAR: Join us for this live webinar on Thursday, October 15 at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern. Register here for free. With consumers constantly searching to satisfy their technological hunger, the pace of the tec...
Get ready for Pepsi's first smartphone, launching soon in China
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2015 23:09
(Reuters) – PepsiCo said on Monday it is working with a licensing partner to market a line of mobile phones and accessories in China in the next few months. The food and beverage company however has no plans to get int...
A Man For All Seasons: Randy Weiner Entertains The World
Forbes - 12 Oct 2015 23:07
Life and business advice from successful raconteur, Randy Weiner, owner of The Box, Queen of the Night & Sleep No More
Flavor Innovation: Will Lean Proteins Take Over Restaurant Menus?
Forbes - 12 Oct 2015 22:39
With obesity levels still high in America, it makes sense that most American consumers are starting to think about eating healthier. While the bad news is that more than two-thirds of Americans were overweight or obese i...
New Ways To Avoid The Airport When You Fly
Forbes - 12 Oct 2015 22:30
Signature Flight Support, a network of private jet terminals, is expanding the VIP departures and arrivals services it offers to commercial airline travelers.
AngelList receives $400 million for start-ups
CNBC - 12 Oct 2015 22:30
Start-up investing platform AngelList said that its start-ups will be getting $400 million from a Chinese venture capital firm.
Convergence of 'Candy Crush Moms' and traditional players will double game industry profits
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2015 22:20
SAN FRANCISCO — That lady standing in line at the store playing Candy Crush Saga on her phone is going to be a bigger industry influence than you may think. And the consoles we play on today? They may not be needed in ...
Glu Mobile CEO explains why celebrities are better than film brands for mobile games
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2015 22:10
SAN FRANCISCO — Mobile games love to attach themselves to film brands, but celebrities may be the better bet. Glu Mobile CEO Niccolo De Masi spoke about the company’s celebrity-based strategy onstage at GamesBeat 201...
Gambling and fantasy are the 'biggest esports investment opportunities'
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2015 21:48
SAN FRANCISCO — Esports is a growing market that’s marching toward $1 billion in revenue, but some of the top investors in the space don’t think the opportunity is with funding game developers or video platforms. W...
Google Street View just got full Cardboard VR support on iOS and Android
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2015 21:42
Google Cardboard just became a lot more fun for the geographically inclined. Today Google announced that its Cardboard virtual reality headset now lets you look at any Street View images through the dedicated Street View...
Amazon exec used photo of Google hardware to promote AWS last week
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2015 21:02
Oh, Amazon. Last week at re:Invent, the annual conference for market-leading public cloud provider Amazon Web Services, vice president of infrastructure Jerry Hunter included a photo in his presentation of networking har...
Sean Parker's startup built interactive ballot guides to help you vote smarter
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2015 20:51
We’re less than a month away from the next opportunity for Americans to vote, and while this year’s election may not be as important as the one in 2016, there’s still quite a bit to be decided. When you’re trying...
Cognac Travel Guide: Louis XIII's Youngest Cellar Master on What to Do, Eat, and Drink
Forbes - 12 Oct 2015 20:41
At just 33 years old, Cognac native Baptise Loiseau is Rémy Martin Louis XIII?s youngest cellar master?and he knows the region like the back of his hand. Here are a number of his recommendations.
The Jack Dorsey Productivity Secret That Enables Him To Run Two Companies At Once
Forbes - 12 Oct 2015 20:32
Jack Dorsey was named CEO (again) of Twitter last week, and he’ll continue to hold the same title at pre-IPO Square.
It Pays To Disrupt, Especially In A Digital Way: But What Is Digital Disruption?
Forbes - 12 Oct 2015 20:29
"Digital disrupters" have two times higher revenue growth and two and a half times higher profit growth than "mainstream" organizations.
Russia Targeting More Auto Racing Series After Boost From F1
Forbes - 12 Oct 2015 20:17
Russia’s flagship auto racing track has revealed that it is looking to attract additional major international motorsport series after Formula One has put it on the map.
Decoding the Dorsey myth, a Jobsian fantasy
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2015 20:10
As you may have heard, microblogging service Twitter officially welcomed Jack Dorsey home as permanent CEO last week. The happy reunion has a major caveat: Dorsey is staying on as chief executive at payments company Squa...