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Hillary Clinton Has A Plan For Small Businesses And The Big Businesses That Cheat Them
Forbes - 23 Aug 2016 19:00
Clinton's plan would allow regulators to punish companies that routine slow-walk -- or never send -- the check.
Nvidia takes wraps off Parker chip for self-driving cars
Venture Beat - 23 Aug 2016 02:35
If you want to play video games while driving your car, Nvidia has a chip for you. Just kidding. The graphics chip maker announced today its newest mobile processor, code-named Parker, which serves as the brains of a pla...
A look inside Microsoft's HoloLens holographic headset
Venture Beat - 23 Aug 2016 19:05
Nick Baker doesn’t get out much. The distinguished engineer at Microsoft helped create the hardware and silicon brains behind Web TV, Ultimate TV, the Xbox 360, and the Xbox One. But he got out Monday to describe the i...
Boomerang for Gmail creators launch Respondable to help you write better emails using A.I.
Venture Beat - 23 Aug 2016 09:01
The battle over how to make our lives more productive continues to wage on, especially on the email front. For Baydin, it has spent the past 6 years helping people bring some normalcy to their inbox through its Boomerang...
5 bots to try this week: BFF Trump, FutureStates, Bits, Sensay, and The Fixer
Venture Beat - 23 Aug 2016 07:31
Each week we bring you a few bots that we think you might want to try. This week’s selection includes bots that let you chat with the presidential candidates to help you pick a presidential candidate,a detective myster...
14 Noteworthy Social Ventures Looking To Scale
Forbes - 23 Aug 2016 05:20
The Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University conducts an annual accelerator program for social entrepreneurs from around the world. The 14 participants this year pitched at the annual demo day ...
Samsung Scoop looks like an Amazon Echo competitor
Venture Beat - 23 Aug 2016 04:56
Samsung has come up with a Bluetooth-connected speaker with a microphone that certainly looks like it would compete with Amazon’s voice-activated Echo and the forthcoming Google Home. Samsung today submitted documents ...
Sacred Heart University Dodges Fraudulent Transfer Claim For Tuition Paid In Palladino
Forbes - 23 Aug 2016 04:43
On July 21, 2014, Steven and Lori Palladino both entered guilty pleas for investment fraud, after having run a Ponzi scheme using their company Viking Financial Group, Inc. You can
Xotic's Drone Z170 PC gaming rig screams with silent speed
Venture Beat - 23 Aug 2016 03:30
REVIEW: It’s probably time to upgrade your PC, and Xotic wants the honor of building it for you. The company has its Drone desktops with the Asus Z170 motherboard that start at $1,100, and I’ve tested it out with a c...
Amazon to reportedly offer Echo-only streaming music for $5 a month
Venture Beat - 23 Aug 2016 02:06
Amazon is working on two new music streaming services that could be available as soon as next month, a source told Recode. One service would be an economical, all you can eat offering: $10 per month to stream from Apple ...
Car giants look to Israel for self-driving technology
Venture Beat - 23 Aug 2016 01:05
GUEST: Uber's recent $680 million acquisition of Israel-based self-driving-truck company Otto adds to the flurry of moves by major car and transportation companies looking to claim a piece of Israel's burgeoning autonomo...
Gamers spent less on Nintendo's Amiibo and more on Lego Dimensions in July
Venture Beat - 23 Aug 2016 01:01
The interactive gaming toy market is contracting, and Nintendo and Activision are feeling it more than the competition. Spending on gaming-related accessories, which includes interactive toys (those plastic action figure...
July 2016 NPD: Summer game drought continues to hold back revenues
Venture Beat - 23 Aug 2016 00:30
It’s a hot summer, and that has plenty of people indoors playing favorites like Overwatch and Grand Theft Auto V. But a lack of new video game releases is preventing people from plunking down any serious cash on new ha...
From Startup To Global Expansion: One Leg At A Time
Forbes - 23 Aug 2016 23:44
Kyle Hoff and Alex O'Dell started a furniture business with just one product: the Floyd Leg, a clip-on furniture leg that turns any flat surface into a table. Find out how the company is tackling global expansion.
Instrumentl helps match scientists with the best research grants
Venture Beat - 23 Aug 2016 23:40
Being a scientist means that you’re investigating why something happens and how any corrective actions can be taken to fix any problems. But any project requires funding and it’s here where researchers spend a great ...
How humans and machines can collaborate to solve problems and communicate compassionately
Venture Beat - 23 Aug 2016 23:10
GUEST: Since I was a young girl studying computer science and engineering in India, I’ve always been interested in exploring how science and technology can help solve real-world problems. In my IBM Research career that...
WWE Network Makes A Mick-ery Of Reality TV With 'Holy Foley!' (Review)
Forbes - 23 Aug 2016 22:39
WWE is trying to get their value for money with Mick Foley's new reality show. Does it even matter if it's any good?
NLRB Welcomes Grad Students Into The Industrial Economy
Forbes - 23 Aug 2016 22:11
The NLRB reverses precedent, rules that Columbia grad students are `employees' eligible to join a union.
Tesla unveils new Model S sedan with larger battery and faster acceleration
Venture Beat - 23 Aug 2016 21:46
Tesla on Tuesday unveiled new versions of its Model S electric vehicle with a larger battery that makes it one of the fastest-accelerating production cars in the market today. Equipped with a 100 kWh battery, it’s said...
Microsoft updates Word Flow keyboard for iOS with built-in search
Venture Beat - 23 Aug 2016 21:31
Microsoft today released version 2.0 of its swipe-friendly Word Flow third-party keyboard for iOS. Now the app is a much better match for the Gboard iOS keyboard that Google released in recent months. The new version of ...
Super Nintendo turns 25: Why it's the best game console ever
Venture Beat - 23 Aug 2016 21:30
FEATURE: Super Nintendo. Just reading that phrase fills you with happiness and warmth. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System came out in its first territory, Japan (where it was known as the Super Famicom), on November...
5 Types Of Content You Shouldn't Be Publishing Anymore
Forbes - 23 Aug 2016 21:30
These five types of content should be firmly out of circulation in your content marketing campaign.