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5 Marketing Hacks Small Businesses Tell Me Have Changed Their Lives
Forbes - 14 May 2016 14:00
These are just some of the marketing "hacks" small business owners have disclosed to me. Give them a try for yourself, and they might just turn your marketing strategy on its head.
Former KidoZen CEO gets 2 years in prison for wire fraud, owes $5.5 million
Venture Beat - 14 May 2016 01:26
Jesus Rodriguez, cofounder and former chief executive of mobile backend as a service (MBaaS) company KidoZen, has been sentenced for two years in federal prison on one count of wire fraud after admitting earlier this yea...
Nvidia's hardware keeps winning because of its software
Venture Beat - 14 May 2016 23:45
Last week, Nvidia introduced its next-generation line of graphics processors, but the company’s silicon is only half the reason I’m excited about the future of gaming on PC. Nvidia will launch its GeForce GTX 1080 fo...
A Serial Entrepreneur Talks About Her New HR Venture and Building Powerful Teams Through Diversity
Forbes - 14 May 2016 21:50
After selling her cybersecurity company, Laura Mather is bringing data to hiring in her new venture, Unitive.
Report says SoftBank considering sale of Supercell at $5B-plus valuation
Venture Beat - 14 May 2016 21:15
Supercell is as close to being the Pixar of mobile games as any other company. Japan’s SoftBank Group knows this, and so it may not be surprising to hear that it is considering selling its stake in Supercell for a very...
Tips for Slack bot onboarding
Venture Beat - 14 May 2016 20:02
GUEST: 2.5 million people use Slack on a daily basis. As usage grows, we are only going to see more bots arrive in the Slack app Store and greater admin control of Slack integrations. According to the Slack Platform Road...
2016 is not the year the masses pick up virtual reality
Venture Beat - 14 May 2016 19:00
GUEST: Mark Zuckerberg (along with many others) believes that virtual reality will change the way we live, work, and communicate in many ways. Zuck may be right about the long term, but the truth is, VR isn't quite ready...
This is not a bubble bursting ... it's a train slowing down
Venture Beat - 14 May 2016 16:45
GUEST: There has been an uproar in the tech world recently about what people perceive to be the "doom of the Silicon Valley economy." Several high-profile companies have taken extremely public hits in the stock market (t...
Former head of Google's Project Ara on leaving to start Airbus' new Silicon Valley lab
Venture Beat - 14 May 2016 12:18
FEATURE: At this point in Silicon Valley’s history, it’s nearly impossible to walk down the street without tripping over some incubator or accelerator created by a major corporation hoping to magically capture a litt...
The 10 biggest European tech stories this week
Venture Beat - 14 May 2016 05:53
This week, Tech.eu tracked 10 technology M&A transactions and 67 funding deals (totalling €512 million, about $579 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel. Here's an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items fo...
What Can Non-Profit Startup Vote.org Do With Y Combinator Seed Funding In 178 Days?
Forbes - 14 May 2016 05:20
When big data, millions of page views, female entrepreneurs, high tech sweethearts and change agents get together, Silicon Valley takes notice.
Liberty Reserve co-founder gets 10 years in prison for laundering digital currency
Venture Beat - 14 May 2016 04:35
(Reuters) – A co-founder of Liberty Reserve, which operated a widely-used digital currency, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday after agreeing to help authorities prosecute his ex-partner for helping cyber cr...
Rubber Tracks: Original Content, Emerging Acts And The Race To Disrupt Music Marketing
Forbes - 14 May 2016 02:01
The convergence of music, media and marketing has become more seamless than ever.
Star Bex Taylor-Klaus Talks 'Scream: The TV Series,' Now on DVD
Forbes - 14 May 2016 00:31
Bex Taylor-Klaus, the highlight of Scream's first season, hints about her return and season 2 and discusses the journey so far.