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Samsung Galaxy Note7 review: This productivity phone is worth the price
Venture Beat - 16 Aug 2016 15:00
REVIEW: The world is continuing to do more with their smartphones, with salespeople, designers, businesspeople, and other professionals using it as their main device. Samsung has begun selling its latest smartphone, the ...
The WalabotDIY lets remodelers see through walls like Superman
Venture Beat - 16 Aug 2016 14:10
Vayyar is launching a new toy that, at the very least, will become the favorite tool of every home remodeler. The WalabotDIY device gives consumers Superman-like vision, allowing them to see what’s behind a wall. That�...
Intel shows off virtual music-playing demo at dev event
Venture Beat - 16 Aug 2016 18:18
Intel kicked off the annual Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco with a very cool music-playing demo. Three different groups of performers jammed together on stage in front of thousands of developers at the Moscone Wes...
Titanfall 2 gets two weekend multiplayer tests in August
Venture Beat - 16 Aug 2016 18:22
If you were a fan of the first Titanfall, don’t make any plans for the next two weekends. Electronic Arts announced today that it will run multiplayer tests for its upcoming shooter Titanfall 2 on PlayStation 4 and Xbo...
How brands are shaping the future of mobile advertising
Venture Beat - 16 Aug 2016 16:45
SPONSORED: This sponsored post is produced by Upsight. With mobile ad spend on track to exceed $100 billion in 2016, publishers and advertising professionals are seeing thousands of new campaigns every year. Though forma...
How To Use The Internet To Build Your Business
Forbes - 16 Aug 2016 15:30
Once upon a time, it was pretty hard for your average Jane to be an entrepreneur. In fact, if you were successful in entrepreneurship chances are you knew the right people, had a lot of money and were either a really suc...
Bots are better without conversation
Venture Beat - 16 Aug 2016 17:00
GUEST: It has been four months since we launched the Kik Bot Shop and Facebook opened its bot platform for Messenger. It's been about the same amount of time since the hype around bots was at its peak, with Microsoft CEO...
Lenovo launches two compact desktop virtual reality gaming systems
Venture Beat - 16 Aug 2016 14:00
Lenovo is launching two new computers today that it will market as gaming desktops that can handle demanding virtual reality applications. The new Lenovo IdeaCentre Y710 Cube and the Lenovo IdeaCentre AIO Y910 have the c...
Trump's Tax Plan: Version 2.0
Forbes - 16 Aug 2016 14:55
That Donald Trump revised his tax reform plan came as no surprise. His campaign had been hinting for several weeks that a partial rewrite was in the works. The presumed objectives of the revision were threefold, and it's...
Why China Consistently Takes Cocky U.S. Tech Companies To School
Forbes - 16 Aug 2016 16:43
The reality is, despite its great allure, U.S. companies are more likely to lose their shirts than make their fortune in China. Uber arguably did better in China than any company that preceded it, but it also reportedly ...
Paragon is now in open beta on PlayStation 4 and PC
Venture Beat - 16 Aug 2016 16:24
Gears of War meets League of Legends in Epic Games’ attempt to crack the esports market, and now everyone can try it. The developer announced today that its multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) Paragon is now availab...
U.S. game sales to hit $25.3 billion in 2016, thanks to rapid online growth
Venture Beat - 16 Aug 2016 18:00
U.S. sales of console and PC games are expected to hit $25.3 billion in 2016, up 7.6 percent from $23.5 billion a year earlier, according to a new report from Adobe. The game sector is growing in large part because of bo...
Facebook will waive fees for Account Kit SMS confirmation messages through August 2018
Venture Beat - 16 Aug 2016 16:00
Facebook is announcing today that it will delay charging broad-based fees for SMS messages that confirm people’s identities when they sign in with the Account Kit technology introduced earlier this year. For the past f...
IRS Weapons And Ammunition Spending Is Unremarkable
Forbes - 16 Aug 2016 03:09
Concern about IRS spending on weapons and ammunition has been a "thing" of late. I've been trying to take a closer look and my conclusion is that it really is not much of a thing. Tracing back behind headlines like "IR...
Google adds SQL Server support in Compute Engine, speeds up Cloud Storage Nearline performance
Venture Beat - 16 Aug 2016 18:00
Google today is pulling the beta label off of three of its cloud-based data storage services: the second-generation Cloud SQL, Cloud Bigtable, and Cloud Datastore. But Google is also announcing speed-ups for another clou...
Peter Dering, Kickstarter, and winning with radical transparency - VB Engage
Venture Beat - 16 Aug 2016 17:10
Star Date Episode 15. Today, Travis and Stewart get excited about the new app-sharing economy. What do we mean by that? Apps within apps, people, and we'll tell you why you should get seriously pumped about this trend to...
Manage Your Business's Budget In Four Simple Steps
Forbes - 16 Aug 2016 15:00
As your business grows, make sure you have the right mandates in place to keep your financial health in check.
Intel unveils Project Alloy all-in-one virtual reality headset
Venture Beat - 16 Aug 2016 18:25
Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich announced today that the world’s biggest chip maker is working on its own all-in-one virtual reality headset, Project Alloy, that allows you to explore virtual worlds untethered. Pr...
Oculus Rift VR launches in Canada and Europe on September 20
Venture Beat - 16 Aug 2016 17:30
Oculus’ virtual love is beginning to spread to new territories. The virtual reality company announced today that its Rift headset will become available in Canada and in Europe on September 20. Along with its competitor...
Bee7 takes the sting out of re-engaging daily mobile game users
Venture Beat - 16 Aug 2016 16:00
Mobile marketing automation (MMA) solutions do produce significant results for those that can afford them and can deal with their complexities, but that is a tiny few. In a VB Insight study, we registered a 1.5 percent m...
Wellington Financial Expands into Healthcare and Life Sciences Vertical; Hires Jeff Chapman as Partner
Venture Beat - 16 Aug 2016 19:07
PRESS RELEASE: Wellington Financial LP, a privately-held specialty finance firm, announced today that it is growing its expertise in a key sector of the innovation economy. To lead this endeavor, Jeff Chapman has joined ...
India's messaging app Hike raises $175M to battle Facebook's WhatsApp
Venture Beat - 16 Aug 2016 13:27
Add one more thing to the list of challenges Facebook must confront as it seeks to expand in India. Hike, a messaging app that competes against Facebook’s WhatsApp and Messenger in India, has raised $175 million in a r...