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10 Signs You've Stayed at Your Job Too Long
Forbes - 26 Mar 2016 15:50
According to Business Insider, the average person spends 90,000 hours at work in their lifetime. Since work comprises most of our lives, it is critical that you spend time at the right company, pursuing the right opportu...
The 10 biggest European tech stories this week
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2016 08:02
This week, Tech.eu tracked 47 funding deals and 13 M&A transactions in Europe and Israel. Like every week, we listed every single one of them in our free weekly newsletter, along with interesting news regarding fledgling...
9 Tax Things You Absolutely Must Chat With Your CPA About
Forbes - 26 Mar 2016 15:33
Many people only visit their accountant once a year. Business owners, however, generally speak with their tax professional much more. So, how does an individual investor weave through the maze of deductions and create a ...
Watch Oculus founder Palmer Luckey deliver the first Rift preorder himself
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2016 21:30
Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey can now add “courier” to his résumé alongside “virtual reality superstar.” The first wave of Oculus Rift VR headsets are shipping now, but Ross Martin — the first person to pre...
Apple will reportedly revamp its iPhone lineup in 2017
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2016 21:01
Apple is planning big changes to its iPhone lineup next year, according to a report today citing a new note from respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo expects Apple to release an iPhone with glass on the top and bott...
10 tips for acing your crowdfunding campaign
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2016 20:14
GUEST: After working for months to years on your great idea, it's time to bring it to market. But where is that money for manufacturing and sales support going to come from? With the advent of crowdfunding, entrepreneurs...
Microsoft's 'holoportation' with HoloLens is blowing my mind
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2016 19:01
You can do a lot of impressive things with HoloLens, Microsoft’s augmented reality (AR) headset. But there’s a new thing Microsoft Research’s Interactive 3D Technologies (I3D) team has developed with the HoloLens, ...
The Leadership Advantage Of Bezos, Musk, Ma And Zhang: An Explorer's Mindset
Forbes - 26 Mar 2016 18:33
Be ambitious!
Next wave of ransomware could demand $millions
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2016 18:04
GUEST: In February, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (HPMC) was the victim of a ransomware attack that disabled access to its network, email, and patient data. The hospital was crippled. The Radiation Oncology depar...
How Entrepreneurs Bootstrapped to #1 on the AppExchange & $10M
Forbes - 26 Mar 2016 15:50
Is it a foregone conclusion that if you're in the tech space, particularly in California, you need venture capital to launch your business?
This EdTech Startup Helps Kids In The U.S. And Around The World Learn STEAM Subjects Together
Forbes - 26 Mar 2016 17:02
A women-led startup brings pen pals into the digital age, giving kids a global perspective while they dissect frogs, build websites and explore social issues.
Ron Gilbert on Thimbleweed Park, what made adventure games great, and VR skepticism
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2016 17:00
Playing Thimbleweed Park is like discovering a lost LucasArts adventure game that’s been hidden in a closet for 25 years. Ron Gilbert, the man who created PC classics like Maniac Mansion and The Secret of Monkey Island...
Marijuana Venture Magazine Goes Beyond "Bongs and Thongs"
Forbes - 26 Mar 2016 16:07
Serious Cannabusiness publication steers clear of "stoner culture"
U.S. iPhone users spent an average of $35 on apps last year, most of it on games
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2016 16:00
U.S. iPhone users spent an average of $35 on apps during 2015, according to research by Sensor Tower. Of that amount, $25, or 71 percent, was spent on games. The research is based on 110 million iPhones that were in acti...
Five Marketing Lessons From MarTech 2016 (Where Marketing And Technology Collide)
Forbes - 26 Mar 2016 15:27
Marketing is evolving from what used to be the art of communications (what we say) and media (how we deliver the message) to now include "mechanisms" (the technology). It's the combination of the three that helps drive t...
Trying To Control The Vote In A New Venture Can Be Toxic
Forbes - 26 Mar 2016 14:38
Although it can seem less efficient, managing by consensus leads to better decisions and a stronger culture among a leadership team.
Rivals of Aether's creator details his Smash Bros. inspirations
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2016 14:00
How about: Super Smash Bros. is a popular fighting series, so it’s lack of clones when compared to other successful games stands out. Most fighting games stick to the formula established by Street Fighter, focusing on ...
Microsoft took action on 63% of 'revenge porn' requests
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2016 12:45
It happens a lot: two people break up, one of them is angry and post private, explicit photos and videos of the other person online. It’s called “revenge porn.” Both Microsoft andGoogle announced new policies last ...
Sharp and Foxconn ready to sign $4 billion takeover agreement
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2016 09:58
(Reuters) – Sharp and Taiwan’s Foxconn are set to sign a takeover deal next week after repeated delays, with the two sides set to agree on a smaller bailout than originally planned for the troubled Japanese electroni...
IRS Commissioner Admits Defeat - Due To Budget Squeeze IRS Now Poised To Lose $5 Billion Per Year
Forbes - 26 Mar 2016 09:19
Too many taxpayers and a handful of unscrupulous "tax practitioners" are taking advantage of the almost absolute absence of tax enforcement by the IRS. Will we look back on this time and reflect that Commissioner Koskine...
VR Sports, Ninja Trainer reveal VR's potential for destruction
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2016 02:45
I hit a man last week. Actually, I hit him three times. Now, these were not deliberate acts of violence. No — they were accidental moments of virtual reality havoc. If you remember the early days of Nintendo’s Wii mo...
Verizon says security breach leads to customer data leak
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2016 01:53
(Reuters) – Verizon said an attacker had exploited a security vulnerability on its enterprise client portal to steal contact information of a number of customers. The company said the attacker however did not gain acce...