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Meet The 'Fishmonger' Behind America's Top Celebrity Chefs
Forbes - 29 Jul 2016 00:59
I can count the days each year that my wife eats fish on one hand. She doesn’t like scales, tails, or bones, and when it comes to the two-eyes up, bottom-dwelling filter feeders you can forget about it.
Just Sing is Ubisoft's newest music game, and it uses your phone as a mic
Venture Beat - 28 Jul 2016 23:30
Now you don’t have to just dance … you can sing as well. Publisher Ubisoft announced Just Sing today. This karaoke game launches September 6 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and it comes with more than 40 songs from a...
Why Mic is betting big on chatbots
Venture Beat - 28 Jul 2016 22:24
If you text “HILLARY” to 316-854-1629 today, the millennial news outlet Mic will send you updates from Democratic National Convention and Hillary Clinton's big nomination acceptance speech. Last week, Mic was doing s...
Two Entrepreneurs Turn Waste Into A Business
Forbes - 28 Jul 2016 21:54
Forty-five minutes outside of Coimbatore, India, a Finnish company is producing a new kind of factory which will turn trash into a fashion business. Jukka Pesola and Anders Bengs run Pure Waste Textiles. Their business...
Six Ways To Increase The Value Of Your Business
Forbes - 28 Jul 2016 02:00
Evaluate your company using these six value drivers.
Changing how financial-service apps perform: This time it's personal! (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2016 01:30
VB LIVE: As financial services have become more efficient and convenient, they've lost some of their personal touch. This webinar will demonstrate that financial institutions are utilizing big data to better personalize ...
Techmate launches to take on Geek Squad with its technology concierge service
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2016 01:15
Have you ever had a problem with any of your gadgets and electronic devices around your home? Need help setting up an Apple TV, figuring out how to pair your Amazon Echo with that August Smart Lock, or have a hard drive ...
This is what effective conversational commerce looks like
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2016 01:10
GUEST: When Amazon announced Echo last year it was clear we were about to take another quantum leap in retail technology — similar to the social and mobile waves in the last decade. Already the envy of any retailer, Am...
Louis Rozzo: The 'Fishmonger' Behind America's Top Celebrity Chefs
Forbes - 29 Jul 2016 00:59
I can count the days each year that my wife eats fish on one hand. She doesn’t like scales, tails, or bones, and when it comes to the two-eyes up, bottom-dwelling filter feeders you can forget about it.
Amazon beats expectations with $857 million in profit spurred by Prime and AWS
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2016 00:20
Amazon (AMZN) today released its earnings statement for the second quarter of 2016. The results: $857 million in net income, or $1.78 per diluted share, on $30.40 billion in revenue. Analysts were expecting $1.11 per dil...
Amazon Web Services posts $2.88 billion in revenue in Q2 2016, up 58% from last year
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2016 00:08
Ecommerce company Amazon today disclosed that its Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud division generated $2.88 billion in revenue in the second quarter of this year. That’s 58 percent more than AWS generated in the ...
Google parent Alphabet reports strong $21.5B in revenue and $8.42 EPS for Q2 2016
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2016 00:05
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, posted its second-quarter 2016 earnings today, revealing $21.5 billion in revenue and $8.42 earnings per share — above analysts’ expectations of $20.76 billion in revenue and $8.0...
5 Industries in the Technology Kill Zone
Forbes - 28 Jul 2016 23:48
If you’re in one of the 5 industries discussed here you already know you’re in the kill zone. You know that technology will eventually maim and kill your industry though you may be in public denial – like the book,...
How to Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking
Forbes - 28 Jul 2016 23:23
One of the main messages in my book Marketing With a Book is that speaking is the number one business development strategy for the owner of a service business.
Seven Ways To Bring Out Talent In Your Team
Forbes - 28 Jul 2016 23:22
Is your ego preventing you from bringing out the best in your team? It may not be that they lack talent, but rather that your need for glory is subduing their potential.
How the most connected hospitals will use chatbots
Venture Beat - 28 Jul 2016 23:10
GUEST: Sure, chatbots are useful for service industries like hospitality and food delivery, but in health care? Some groups are testing the use of chatbots to retrieve medical information from within a messaging app. At ...
Keeping An 'Authentic Network' Is Key To A Digital Nomad Lifestyle
Forbes - 28 Jul 2016 23:10
Earlier this week, I wrote about what it takes to build your network as a digital nomad. Landing in a new country and developing an online business requires perseverance, discipline, and a community of good people who wi...
Heroes of the Storm's newest character is the angel Auriel from Diablo
Venture Beat - 28 Jul 2016 23:06
Earth angel, earth angel, please heal meeeeee. Blizzard has revealed the newest character for its multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA), Heroes of the Storm. It’s the Archangel Auriel from the Diablo universe. She’s...
7 Ways To Quickly Improve Your Writing Skills For Your Blog
Forbes - 28 Jul 2016 23:05
Well-written content will help you to stand out among the thousands of low quality blogs, companies, and articles that people stumble upon online.
Hacking Brand Storytelling Through Naming
Forbes - 28 Jul 2016 23:02
If you are developing a new name for your company or product, think hard about the micro-storytelling power of your name--a power you can claim through a metaphorical name, a name with an interesting backstory, or a name...
Vainglory prepares its mobile MOBA esports season for Seattle and Cologne
Venture Beat - 28 Jul 2016 22:01
Super Evil Megacorp isn’t pulling back on its plans to dominate esports on mobile devices. The studio revealed today that Vainglroy, a multiplayer online arena battler for the Amazon Appstore, the iOS App Store and Goo...
BotBeat: This week's top bot stories
Venture Beat - 28 Jul 2016 21:48
VentureBeat's Bots Channel tracks all the important and interesting news related to the exploding field of bots and messaging. And each week we select the top stories and present them in in our free weekly newsletter, Bo...