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Samsung Galaxy S7 appears to have pulled the company out of its smartphone slump
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2016 13:01
Though the numbers are preliminary, Samsung today offered second quarter guidance that seems to confirm that the South Korean giant’s Galaxy S7 is a winner. Released in late March, the S7 received strong reviews and ap...
'Shark Tank' Action Figures To Debut At Comic-Con
Forbes - 7 Jul 2016 18:30
For fans of the investing show who may have never before bought an action figure in their lives, Bif Bang Pow! brings you 'Shark Tank' toys.
IRS Waging New Audit Campaigns Against Business Taxpayers
Forbes - 7 Jul 2016 17:59
Budget strapped agency replaces continuous audits of big companies with coordinated strikes on issues where it sees abuse.
Katie Elmore Mota: Latinos Are Mainstream
Forbes - 8 Jul 2016 01:57
As founder and co-president of Wise Entertainment, Katie Elmore Mota is the woman behind Hulu’s five time Emmy-nominated East Los High, the first English-language show to have an all Latino cast, creators and writers, ...
How To Leverage And Embrace Your Story, From One Author Who Did It
Forbes - 8 Jul 2016 01:24
We often underestimate the power of our personal story - but one woman reminds us it can be the ticket to create the life you've always wanted.
Bots need a personality, not a brain like a vending machine
Venture Beat - 8 Jul 2016 01:10
GUEST: Facebook's recent chatbot announcement about delivering ecommerce to the service’s extensive user base has put artificial intelligence into the spotlight again. However, there's a major problem with these new bo...
John Romero isn't done with the first-person shooter genre he helped create
Venture Beat - 8 Jul 2016 01:00
John Romero made a name for himself in game development as one of the original creators of Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake. He helped establish the first-person shooter genre in the 1990s, and those games are now a multibil...
Here's How the Internet is Revamping the Gaming Industry
Forbes - 8 Jul 2016 00:53
Like many millennials, video games were my first foray into technology.
AMD launches driver update to fix Radeon RX 480 power-consumption problems
Venture Beat - 8 Jul 2016 00:30
Your new AMD graphics card is probably using a few too many watts, and you can put a stop to that. AMD released the Radeon Software Crimson Edition driver 16.7.1 update today that fixes the Radeon RX 480‘s power-consum...
Google acquires over-the-top video company Anvato, will run the service on Google's cloud
Venture Beat - 8 Jul 2016 00:17
Google today announced that it has acquired Anvato, a company with tools for streaming, editing, and delivering over-the-top (OTT) video. Anvato enables live video streaming and on-demand viewing of online programming fr...
Juno Therapeutics' Lead Drug Trial Halted As Patients Die From Neurotoxicity
Forbes - 8 Jul 2016 00:05
Bad news from the world of cancer immunotherapy. Seattle-based Juno Therapeutics is announcing today that its lead drug candidate has been put on clinical hold by the FDA after two patients died in a clinical trial from ...
Tera's Aces Wild update gives players quality-of-life improvements
Venture Beat - 8 Jul 2016 00:00Four Years After Shark Tank, 23-Year-Old, Her Best Friend And Her Dad Build A $7M Nut Butter Company
Forbes - 7 Jul 2016 23:45
Keeley Tillotson and Erika Welsh dropped out of college to focus on their nut butter business. Now they're on track to reach $7 million in revenues this year, with sales in Whole Foods, Costco and Kroger.
Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016) detailed ahead of next week's debut
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2016 23:03
EXCLUSIVE: The Galaxy J2, part of Samsung's most affordable series of Android handsets, is poised for a refresh. Someone who was briefed on the phone’s features and specifications ahead of next week’s launch, which c...
Pokémon Go servers down for many
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2016 22:54
Pokémon trainers have always had to deal with hardships like tough gym leaders, that meddling Team Rocket, and finding rare legendary creatures. But now you can add a new obstacle to the list: overloaded servers. Pokém...
Y Combinator will hold an investor day for meetings with startups after demo day
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2016 22:37
Y Combinator announced today that it has made a change in how investors can meet with startups participating in its program. In an email sent out to investors, chief operating officer Qasar Younis shared that there will ...
How I Surfed The Wave That Nearly Drowned My Startup
Forbes - 7 Jul 2016 21:47
In 2014, I faced a near-death startup experience.
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs and phones, starts to finalize Anniversary Update code
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2016 21:45
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs and phones. This is one of the last builds ahead of the free Windows 10 Anniversary Update, currently scheduled for release on August 2. Windows 10 is a service. ...
Pokémon Go made me late for work
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2016 21:31
It’s 9:15 a.m., and as I was sitting down to write this post, my iPhone buzzed. I looked, and a Pidgey sat on my keyboard. I just had to catch it — making me even later for work than I already was. After dropping my ...
Three Good Ideas From New Jersey -- If You Care About Good Tax Policy
Forbes - 7 Jul 2016 21:28
There are three tax ideas that may pass in the New Jersey Legislature. They are important because they are good ideas. They are important because, well, New Jersey is not exactly a paragon of sound tax policy.
Joe Leccese Of Proskauer Rose, On BigLaw Salaries, Sports Law Glamour, And Reputational Capital
Forbes - 7 Jul 2016 21:27
Proskauer Rose chairman, Joe Leccese, discusses the way that Proskauer has leveraged their heritage and the ways in which they are evolving to meet the shifting needs of the legal industry.
Google is testing Chrome encryption that's meant to withstand attacks from quantum computers
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2016 21:11
Google today announced that it has begun to deploy a new type of cryptography in its Chrome Canary browser that’s designed to prevent decryption attacks by quantum computers. Unlike classical computers that deal in bit...