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Wing Zone franchise preps for the big game
CNBC - 4 Feb 2016 22:08
One small business is trying to break its own record for chicken wing sales on Super Bowl weekend.
This is the Star Wars: Battle Pod you were looking for -- where to play it in the U.S.
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2016 23:50
Don’t worry, no Bothans died to bring us this information. Game publisher Bandai Namco has a list that reveals every location in the country, by state, where you can play Star Wars: Battle Pod. It’s an arcade shootin...
LinkedIn now has 414 million members, with 57% of traffic coming from mobile
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2016 23:18
LinkedIn (LNKD) revealed today during its Q4 2015 earnings report that it now has 414 million members, a 3.43 percent increase from last quarter’s results. “In the quarter, cumulative members grew 19% to 414 million,...
WhatsApp group chat limit extended to 256 people
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2016 22:38
WhatsApp has released an update that increases the number of people you can have in a group chat. Before today, the messaging service limited you to 100 people, but now that has more than doubled to 256. First noticed by...
Games accounted for 32% of Windows Store downloads in Q4 2015, over 85% of in-app purchases
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2016 22:03
Every few months, Microsoft shares Windows Store numbers to help developers figure out what is worth investing their time and energy into. Today, the company unveiled the latest numbers, and for the first time disclosed ...
HTC Vive's user manual details elaborate setup process, including moving your couch
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2016 21:45
You’re going to need a large area to enjoy the full capabilities of the HTC Vive virtual reality headset. VR watchers have always known this. But now, they’re finally getting the specifics. HTC has uploaded the user ...
Unreal Engine's latest innovation is about building games while inside virtual reality
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2016 21:30
Epic Games is unveiling a new virtual reality edition of its Unreal Engine game-development tool today that enables you to create a video game from within VR. The move shows that VR, which is expected to be a $30 billion...
5 Things Startups Need To Do Better In 2016
Forbes - 4 Feb 2016 20:58
Five priorities you should consider implementing this year in order to improve the overall performance of your company.
Funding Daily: Notarize launches with $2.4 million to shake up the notary system
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2016 20:24
Virginia-based startup Notarize, an electronic notarization system, launched today after a $2.4 million seed investment led by Polaris Partners, the startup announced. Notarize said that it takes advantage of a law passe...
Super Salvo Sports football strategy mobile game debuts for Super Bowl
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2016 20:00
EXCLUSIVE: Super Salvo Sports is a new football-prediction strategy game that debuts on the app stores today in advance of the Super Bowl. The title is an attempt to get the huge numbers of fans who are watching the Supe...
Path of War is the first true 'mobile' strategy game
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2016 20:00
EXCLUSIVE: It’s kinda silly that strategy games on smartphones and tablets are, well, so static. Your forces swarm on enemy bases, but they really don’t go anywhere. They don’t really showcase “mobile.” Path or...
YouTube Gaming's trending list proves how different it is from Twitch
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2016 19:30
We’ve known for a long time that gaming videos do well on YouTube, but now the video site is sharing some data on what exactly will get people watching. YouTube Gaming revealed its top 10 trending games for January. Un...
7 Traits That Instantly Build Trust With Your Brand
Forbes - 4 Feb 2016 19:03
You can't instantly make your brand trustworthy to a wide audience of people, but there are a handful of simple strategies you can use to instantly increase the trustworthiness of your brand (and the messages it gives).
Pelican Products, Batting Six-For-Six, Offers 10 Rules For Successful Middle Market M&A
Forbes - 4 Feb 2016 18:35
The unwavering verdict of the middle market M&A world is that relative bigness brings a higher multiple when a company is sold. So Pelican Products, a specialty container-and-packaging manufacturer, while quadrupling its...
comScore: Apple ends 2015 with 42.9% of U.S. smartphone share, Samsung at 28.4%; BlackBerry OS falls under 1%
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2016 18:32
Apple’s dominance as the top smartphone maker in the U.S. continued throughout last year (it’s still second worldwide), growing slightly from 41.6 percent in December 2014 to 42.9 percent of the pie at the end of 201...
Customer experience takes the lead at American Express
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2016 18:29
VB EVENT: The idea that an organization should be focused on its customer seems like common sense, but it is not always easy to act on. The good news is that there has been a convergence of technology, data, and organiza...
Funding Daily: Fit Pay raises $3.1M to bring payments features to more wearables like the Pebble
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2016 18:26
Mobile payment service Fit Pay snagged a $3.1 million seed round led by security company Giesecke & Devrient, the startup announced today. Fit Pay said its technology “allows wearable device manufacturers to seamlessly...
Zendrive raises $13.5M to make roads safer by tracking your driving behaviors
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2016 18:00
Zendrive today announced that it has raised $13.5 million in funding for its technology to make transportation safer. The investment was led by Sherpa Capital and will be used to improve the company's technology and add ...
Super Bowl 50 Has Turned San Francisco Into A Startup War Zone
Forbes - 4 Feb 2016 18:00
San Francisco has always been a hotbed of startup competition. But Super Bowl 50 turned up the heat.
Why Millennials And Governments Must Prepare For The Industries Of The Future Today
Forbes - 4 Feb 2016 17:59
I had the opportunity to read Alec Ross's new book and interview him about what the future holds for my generation of millennials and the generations to come.
Data deluge: Indentifying the most important data for customer results (webinar)
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2016 17:55
VB WEBINAR: It's not the size of your data stockpile, it's how you use it. Join the digital marketing gurus who can make data do headstands, as they break down the latest VB Insight Marketing Analytics Report and share i...
Heterarchy: An Idea Finally Ripe for Its Time
Forbes - 4 Feb 2016 17:37
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