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Samsung Gear 360 review: A VR camera you won't love -- or hate
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 19:02
REVIEW: We’re in peak 360-degree media territory with a marketplace teeming with enabling devices. From the Ricoh Theta to the 360fly, I-mmersive’s Veye, Kodak’s SP360, and others, there’s no shortage of options....
Middle Market M&A: Making Money After Your Sale -- Part 2
Forbes - 13 Aug 2016 04:18
The sale of the family firm might structured in a way that varies sale proceeds based on the post-deal success of the business. In such situations, sellers are keenly motivated to see that buyers are successful. In this ...
Pokémon Go is a small business's dream
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 16:25
GUEST: If you've ever been to Nashua, New Hampshire, you have surely been down Main Street. Main Street is like any other main strip in most small towns in New England. It is full of small shops, boutiques, restaurants, ...
By The Time Wal-Mart Catches Up With Amazon, There Will Be No Neighborhood Stores
Forbes - 13 Aug 2016 19:16
Wal-Mart is getting serious about catching up with Amazon. Very serious, forging the right partnerships and amassing the right talent and resources to compete effectively against the e-commerce leader. That would mean th...
Black Lives Matter Targets The Tax Code
Forbes - 13 Aug 2016 17:43
Black Lives Matter is calling for radical tax reform, adding its voice to the election season calls for changes to our tax system.
Will NYC or the Bay Area be capital of emerging insurance tech industry?
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 18:15
GUEST: Hollywood is the capital of movies, the Bay Area the capital of technology, Boston the capital of education and biotech, and New York the capital of the world. So, where is the capital of #insurtech? Over the last...
How Some Bosses Can Sabotage Progress
Forbes - 13 Aug 2016 18:10
“How was your day?” he says. “The usual, nothing extraordinary” she answers.
Serial entrepreneur Bill Moore on why he left retirement to join secretive audio startup Human
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 17:00
FEATURE: Even after two decades of entrepreneurship, taking the plunge with a new startup still feels a little crazy for Bill Moore. Back in the 1990s, Moore turned friends’ and colleagues’ heads when he abruptly end...
What Business Leaders Can Learn From "The Final Five"
Forbes - 13 Aug 2016 17:00
When the Olympic fire is extinguished and we go back to our day jobs, take these lessons. Your teams will thrive as a result.
Hands-On Approach Put This Entrepreneur in the Luxury Market
Forbes - 13 Aug 2016 17:59
Deborah Lippmann shares how she turned her passion for healthy nail care into a successful luxury nail polish company.
Lyft reportedly rejected acquisition interest from GM
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 06:54
(Reuters) – Ride hailing company Lyft rebuffed acquisition interest from General Motors Co and will raise a new funding round instead, technology website The Information reported on Friday, citing two people familiar w...
Steam Link update enables Xbox One S controller Bluetooth compatibility
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 05:15
Microsoft’s revised Xbox controller now works with the Steam Link. Valve has updated its Steam Link in-home game-streaming device, and it has added compatibility with the Xbox One S controller. You can now use this exc...
Customer Service Lessons To Learn From The Banking Industry
Forbes - 13 Aug 2016 17:27
You don’t have to be in banking to appreciate customer service insights from the industry. A recent survey from Clarabridge on the banking industry is a customer service wakeup call for any and all types of business, i...
7 Steps To Create A Workflow For Your Content Strategy
Forbes - 13 Aug 2016 16:00
Even with a content marketing strategy in place, the actual work of execution can interfere with your bottom-line productivity. The solution to this is to create a workflow for your content strategy, but how can you go a...
The 10 biggest European tech stories this week
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 10:44
This week, Tech.eu tracked 14 technology M&A transactions and 46 funding deals (totalling €258 million, about $288 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel. Here's an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items fo...
Former Gravity4 CEO Gurbaksh Chahal sentenced to a year in jail
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 04:44
A judge has sentenced Gravity4 founder Gurbaksh Chahal to 12 months in a county jail. The judge granted a stay to the sentence, pending an appeal from his attorney, according to Bloomberg’s Ellen Huet. Judge Tracie Bro...
Twilio CEO: Trump represents 'a fascist style of leadership'
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 02:58
Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson said a Donald Trump presidency would do more than hurt his company, the tech industry, and the U.S. economy. Donald Trump in the White House would cause “massive worldwide instability,” Lawson ...
No Man's Sky procedural universe can't match your imagination
Venture Beat - 14 Aug 2016 01:00
REVIEW: It was late the other night when I found myself staring at a pillar of iron jutting out from a hill on a barren world in No Man’s Sky. The vastness of the galaxy I was exploring hit me as a stood 100 meters awa...
What Is Agile?
Forbes - 14 Aug 2016 00:15
The Learning Consortium comes to the Drucker Forum
Why the year of VR glasses will morph into the decade of AR
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 23:35
GUEST: Innovative new applications using virtual reality headsets are seemingly popping up everywhere these days, especially in the gaming, education, and entertainment arenas. While we will likely look back at 2016 as t...
How to make sure your bot gets traction
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 23:10
GUEST: The bot hype is real. Even President Obama has jumped on the bandwagon. Whether you’re on the bot train or not, you can’t deny that the idea of conversational experiences are shaking up tech. Chatbots and conv...
The privacy industry has managed to stay gender-equal -- will it last?
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 22:05
GUEST: The relatively new privacy industry has so far been immune to the gender bias that permeates many other fields, according to data from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). While sexism co...