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Apple, McDonald's, Ikea, And Google In The Spotlight, As Tax Controversies Heat Up In 2016
Forbes - 21 Mar 2016 15:41
At face value, BEPS is all being done in the name of progress, transparency and global tax law harmonization. All good things. In practice, however, it's giving tax authorities around the world a license to wield corpora...
Should Your Startup Seek Funding? 8 Questions to Ask
Forbes - 21 Mar 2016 16:00
Startup funding is a tough issue. Some people swear by the bootstrap method, borrowing no money and launching their business on the efforts of their own revenue and hard work.
Tesla to unveil Model 3 in 2 weeks, increases plant capacity
Venture Beat - 21 Mar 2016 04:35
In less than two weeks, the Tesla Model 3 electric car will be shown to the public for the first time. With an anticipated 200-mile range and base price of $35,000 before incentives, the Model 3 is a key part of Tesla’...
Entrepreneurs Need To Jump Into The Exploding Fitness Industry
Forbes - 21 Mar 2016 15:58
If you’re like most people, after work today you will spend a couple hours binging on House of Cards. On the way home, you’ll check your phone four or five times. Afterwards, maybe you’ll pull out your iPad and rea...
Apple's Windows-bashing is mean-spirited and pointless
Venture Beat - 21 Mar 2016 23:48
ANALYSIS: At today’s product event, Apple stumbled backwards in time by trashing the computing devices used by hundreds of millions of would-be customers — 600 million, in fact. “The majority of people who come to ...
Annual Effies Survey: Agencies And Clients Seek New Collaboration, Snapchat Emerges From The Shadows
Forbes - 21 Mar 2016 23:31
As CMOs and agencies alike seek to retain relevance in a swiftly changing marketing and advertising landscape--CMOs within their organizations and agencies with their clients--owning data and resources and having the con...
Apple releases Xcode 7.3 with iOS 9.3 and watchOS 2.2 SDKs
Venture Beat - 21 Mar 2016 21:46
Apple today announced the release of its Xcode integrated development environment (IDE) for building apps that work on Apple devices. The new 7.3 release features software development kits for the new operating systems t...
iPhone SE specs: What Apple changed
Venture Beat - 21 Mar 2016 21:32
At its “Let us loop you in” event in Cupertino today, Apple announced the iPhone SE, meant to complement the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. In short, Apple’s 10th-generation phone is designed to bring back the 4-inc...
AICPA Versus Block Advisors In Spat I Hope They Both Lose
Forbes - 21 Mar 2016 21:26
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Apple's iPhone SE killed the iPhone 5s
Venture Beat - 21 Mar 2016 21:09
Apple today unveiled the new 4-inch iPhone SE, with many of the innards of the 6s that came out back in September. But in doing so, the company has also stopped advertising the iPhone 5s. That device is no longer feature...
Apple's 'Liam' robot deconstructs your iPhone to 'recover' materials and reuse them
Venture Beat - 21 Mar 2016 20:52
Apple gave a nod to the environment today at its iPhone SE product introduction event, noting that 93 percent of its facilities now run on renewable energy. At today’s event, the company introduced a video of “Liam,�...
Gaming analyst: Oculus Rift will sell half of what other experts predict
Venture Beat - 21 Mar 2016 20:45
Virtual reality dominated the Game Developers Conference last week, but it’s nearly time for that hype to start translating into sales. And one analyst thinks the rest of the industry is setting its expectations too hi...
What Almost Making A Major Career Change Taught Me About Risk
Forbes - 21 Mar 2016 20:43
Creative ideas make entrepreneurship the interesting journey that it is. Bad ideas are not always good ideas, but bad ideas help entrepreneurs learn lessons for their future successes.
The 4 Psychological Pillars Of A Consumer Transaction
Forbes - 21 Mar 2016 20:21
Why are people buying your products or filling out your forms? What's motivating them? Here are 4 psychological factors that play into customer decision-making.
Games Developer Conference 2016 breaks attendance record
Venture Beat - 21 Mar 2016 20:20
Tens of thousands of game industry workers descended upon San Francisco last week. The 2016 Games Developer Conference broke attendance records for the event with over 27,000 industry professionals attending the show in ...
Apple introduces a smaller iPad Pro starting at $599
Venture Beat - 21 Mar 2016 19:57
Apple today unveiled its second iPad Pro tablet at an event at the Town Hall facility at company headquarters in Cupertino, California. The new device isn’t the biggest or best iPad yet, but it’s certainly not the wo...
5 Social Media Marketing Tips For 'Empty Wallet Entrepreneurs'
Forbes - 21 Mar 2016 19:56
Maria Dykstra is a Microsoft veteran turned author, speaker, and technology entrepreneur. Here are her top 5 tips for 'empty wallet entrepreneurs.'
Apple iOS 9.3 launching today with Night Shift, password-protected Notes, and new app for classrooms
Venture Beat - 21 Mar 2016 19:53
Apple is releasing a new version of its iOS operating system for its iPhone and iPads starting today. The company said today during an event at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California that it’ll include N...
Apple TV has 5,000 apps, tvOS gets dictation and Siri for App Store
Venture Beat - 21 Mar 2016 19:38
The Apple TV set-top box has more than 5,000 apps available since its relaunch last fall. Tim Cook, chief executive of Apple, said in a press event today that the new Apple TV’s most popular apps include HBO Now, which...
Apple unveils 4-inch iPhone SE
Venture Beat - 21 Mar 2016 19:37
Apple today unveiled its latest smartphone, the 4-inch iPhone SE, at an event at company headquarters in Cupertino, California. With its straight edges, the device bears a resemblance to the iPhone 5s, which came out in ...
Apple Watch now starts at $299, gets 'nylon' bands
Venture Beat - 21 Mar 2016 19:32
The Apple Watch just got cheaper. Today Apple announced that the Apple Watch now starts at $299 — down from $349. The price cut may help make the iPhone accessory easier to swallow for budget-conscious Apple fans. In a...
Apple unveils CareKit, an open-source framework for health apps, launching in April
Venture Beat - 21 Mar 2016 19:27
Today Apple’s Jeff Williams announced CareKit, an open source “framework to build apps that empower people to take an active role in their care.” Apple says it’s launching the framework and app in April as a pati...