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There is still a considerable disparity in what men and women earn across the developed world. Research by the OECD has shown just how pronounced the gender pay gap really is. Defined as the difference between male and...

The history of the advertising world is replete with re-branded disasters. From Pepsi to Tropicana to Gap, or is it GAP? — there is no shortage of examples of brands, very large, well-known with tons of brand-equity i...

Intel announced eight executive promotions today, but seven of those are white and Asian men. The lone person who would qualify as a diverse candidate within that group is Christina Min, who was promoted to corporate vic...

The news about a preliminary victory against the IRS in a suit by not-for-profits broke last week making it Day 986 of the TaxProf's IRS Scandal.  I didn't make it into my inbox till last weekend, because the ruling req...

The University of Southern California said today that it would publishing games created by its own students through a label dubbed USC Games Publishing. The label will published games produced by students and faculty on ...

Konami part ways with legendary game designer Hideo Kojima last fall, just as he finished work on Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. And last night, the Japanese company revealed that Metal Gear Solid V sold more than...

Cloud gaming lives on. Utomik said today that it struck a deal with game distributor Plug In Digital to add 200 more games to Utomik’s subscription cloud gaming service. The copmany is the latest of many to try to expl...

Rogue App Stores Threaten Mobile Banking Security

With the Iowa caucuses approaching on Monday, February 1, and the New Hampshire Primary following a little more than a week later on Tuesday, February 9, the U.S. Presidential hopefuls are elbowing each other to present ...

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we play 12 virtual reality games on the HTC Vive headset, one of the upcoming competitors to Oculus VR’s Rift tech, and we examine the up-and-downs of game indust...

Apple has reportedly acquired Flyby Media, a startup that developed technology for mapping spaces using smartphones. This technology could be useful for tracking head-mounted displays in virtual reality or augmented real...

VB WEBINAR: What keeps 1/3 of Playboy's registered mobile users coming back every day? Join the superstar CMOs from Playboy, Gamestop, and Tune for a lively roundtable on what it takes to win mobile audience loyalty. Reg...

A common mistake I see with my Red Rocket clients is with their organizational structure, often running their businesses with separated departmental silos.  As an example, which I will focus on this post, they think it ...

For a brief moment yesterday, it looked like Jeff Bezos could finally thumb his nose at those who’ve been doubting him all along. His expand-at-any cost, low-margin frugality and take no prisoners, thrifty-bootstrappin...

Lots of companies tout the fact that they permit their employees to volunteer a day or two at a nonprofit of their choosing during work time. Some go further and commit their resources to one initiative, such as a Habita...

Larger “trophy” properties in big cities have certainly benefited from the recent strong real estate market, but recently the bigger story has been about places like San Antonio, Charlotte, and Nashville and smaller ...

Oxford students are currently leading the “Rhodes Must Fall Movement”. They demand that the statue of Cecil Rhodes should be removed from its niche at Oriel College (to which he gave substantial endowments) above Oxf...

I can’t tell you how many times I, and every other travelling entrepreneur and businessperson out there, have endured and battled jet lag. There are countless cures on the market, but many of them have no or minimal ef...

SPONSORED: There is a big problem brewing in the Internet. You may have noticed that big attacks that disrupt networks or servers' ability to deliver traffic, called Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), are showing up i...

OPINION: The new year will bring us many games, but it would be a shame if you miss out on one of the earliest releases of 2016: That Dragon, Cancer. I know what you’re thinking. I had the same reaction. It’s such a ...

A common saying is “it’s not easy making money.” In today’s economy, it’s equally true that it’s not easy keeping money. The financial press is replete with stories of entrepreneurs, celebrities and tycoons w...

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