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Startups are Personal: Be Careful with Cheap and Cheerful
Forbes - 21 Feb 2016 14:00
In the fourth part of our lessons learned series (which is co-authored by Traklight’s Mike Willee), we tackle a topic near and dear to my heart: cost-cutting measures. Sometimes, they’re necessary, but other times, t...
Japan's Sharp to vote on rival takeover bids on Thursday
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 07:03
(Reuters) – Sharp plans to choose between rival rescue offers as soon as Thursday, as a favored bid from Taiwan’s Foxconn continues to be challenged by a Japanese state-backed investment fund, people with direct know...
The Week's Best Reads: Unlikely Entrepreneurs In Cuba And Why Foodies Flock To A New Funding Site
Forbes - 21 Feb 2016 18:00
Meet the unlikely entrepreneurs behind Cuba's first U.S. factory since the revolution.
Seven Ways To Inspire Your Team To Collaborate
Forbes - 21 Feb 2016 23:18
The first step to inspiring collaboration is realize there are two basic human instincts that are automatically triggered under different circumstances: hoarding and sharing.
A quick-start intro to Canvas, Facebook's new ad unit
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 23:00
GUEST: Facebook's recent quarterly earnings showed just how important mobile has become to the company, with mobile advertising making up a significant chunk of the company’s 52 percent jump in revenue. Facebook is cle...
Galaxy S7 and S7 edge: What Samsung changed
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 22:06
At its Galaxy Unpacked event in Barcelona today, Samsung announced the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge, successors to the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, respectively. After weeks of leaks, Samsung’s seventh-generation ...
When the downturn starts killing off your company's SaaS providers
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 22:00
GUEST: Over the last 10 years, we’ve seen a major shift as enterprises embrace cloud-based SaaS. It’s now customary for large enterprises to rely daily on dozens of outside services to function. While some of these s...
Facebook's Zuckerberg appears at Samsung event to talk VR, confirms Minecraft is coming to Oculus
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 21:19
BARCELONA, Spain — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivered a much-needed shot of adrenaline to Samsung’s Unpacked press conference by making an unannounced appearance on stage to talk virtual reality and to praise his...
Facebook says people have watched 1 million hours of video with Samsung Gear VR, forms Social VR team
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 21:00
Facebook today announced a few updates for its virtual reality (VR) efforts. The company said it has established a formal Social VR team that will build on the achievements of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp...
Samsung unveils Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, preorders begin February 23
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 20:00
Samsung is back with two more additions to its Galaxy smartphone lineup. As expected, the phone manufacturer has introduced its Galaxy S7 and S7 edge at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The devices, while not exactly...
Samsung Gear 360 is a lightweight camera for capturing 360-degree photos and videos, ships in Q2 2016
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 20:00
Samsung says it's in the business of finding the next big thing by asking: "How do you affect the lives of people and make [them] better?" As part of its focus on the creative process, the company today introduced the Sa...
Lenovo announces new Windows 10 laptops, Android tablets and smartphones
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 20:00
At Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona today, Lenovo unveiled a slew of new products. The Chinese company announced two Windows 10 laptops, a Windows 10 tablet, three Android tablets, two Android smartphones, and a g...
Samsung arms every Unpacked attendee with Gear VR to watch its press conference
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 19:53
BARCELONA, Spain — In a few minutes, Samsung will be huffing and puffing about its new Galaxy smartphones at its annual Unpacked press conference on the eve of Mobile World Congress 2016. But upon entering this city’...
How Lululemon Made Their Brand Iconic: An Interview With SVP Of Brand Programs Eric Petersen
Forbes - 21 Feb 2016 19:08
If you love yoga, you have almost assuredly heard of lululemon, or own some of their active wear. A lifestyle brand for athletes and yogis, people across the country swear by lululemon’s clothing and products, becoming...
Should Bethesda's Todd Howard bet on mobile or console Fallout games?
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 19:01
Bethesda Game Studios shipped more than 12 million copies of the post-apocalypse video game Fallout 4 during the holiday season — a stellar achievement that . But Fallout Shelter, the mobile game released last June dur...
HP unveils its first Windows 10 smartphone, the Elite x3, starring Continuum
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 19:00
HP today unveiled the Elite x3, a Windows 10 Mobile phone launching sometime this summer with Continuum, a catalog of “virtualized apps," and two docks, one designed to replace your desktop and another made to feel lik...
How VR and AR will be training tomorrow's workforce
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 18:00
GUEST: Some scenarios are impossible to realistically recreate in training. A trainee surgeon can read all of the books he likes on medicine and observe other surgeons performing procedures, but neither will give him a t...
Why This South Carolina Business Owner Picked Trump
Forbes - 21 Feb 2016 16:00
Upstate contractor Tim Justice says only Trump has the strength to solve the country's most pressing problems.
Million-Dollar Women CEOs: On Leadership, Underselling And TMI
Forbes - 21 Feb 2016 14:00
In the second installment of my three-part series, a group of female business owners and I talk about leadership and communication styles.
LG G5 unveiled: Metal body, removable battery, and an expansion slot
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 13:00
During its Play Begins event at Mobile World Congress 2016 today, LG unveiled the LG G5. This is the phone LG hopes will take on Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and Apple’s iPhone 7. The G5 represents a massive shift in strategy...
In search of the next big thing: Mobile industry at MWC 2016 faces the end of its easy growth era
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 12:07
ANALYSIS: For almost nine years, the mobile industry has had a gale-force wind at its back. What had been a breeze for many years turned into a hurricane with the release of the first iPhone in the summer of 2007. Since ...
MWC 2016: LG places massive bet on G5 launch to revive flagging smartphone business
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 10:49
ANALYSIS: BARCELONA, Spain — While thousands of companies are about to descend on this seaside city for Mobile World Congress, arguably none has more at stake than LG Electronics. The South Korean electronics maker pla...