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The promise of Moore's Law 2.0
Venture Beat - 1 Oct 2016 18:15
GUEST: Over the past several years there has been continuous speculation that Moore's Law is about to come to an end. The doomsayers believe we are about to reach an impenetrable wall. But this isn’t the end of the lin...
BlackLine files to raise $100 million in IPO
Venture Beat - 1 Oct 2016 05:48
(Reuters) – Accounting software maker BlackLine filed for an initial public offering with U.S. securities regulators on Friday, looking to ride on the recent success of technology offerings in a relatively quiet year f...
11 VR game developers to watch
Venture Beat - 1 Oct 2016 23:00
We often talk about when the “big” game developers will get into virtual reality. When will DICE bring Battlefield to Rift, or Naughty Dog do Uncharted on PlayStation VR? But did it occur to you that maybe VR's bigge...
Lawyer Subject To Injunction Defends Timeshare Charitable Deduction Appraisals
Forbes - 1 Oct 2016 21:44
Looking at the big picture, you could view the whole enterprise as having taken over $1,500,000 in federal income tax benefit of charitable contributions and transformed it into $387,659 in actual money going to charity....
Rise of the Tomb Raider shows how Lara has changed over 20 years
Venture Beat - 1 Oct 2016 21:10
Noah Hughes, franchise creative director at Crystal Dynamics, believes that Lara Croft’s story is just getting started. The Tomb Raider franchise is turning 20 years old, but the reboot of the famous adventure characte...
What you need to know about the imminent threat of IoT botnets
Venture Beat - 1 Oct 2016 20:05
GUEST: What do security analyst Brian Krebs, French hosting giant OVH and famous gaming company Blizzard have in common? They've all been the recent victims of massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, assaul...
How customer service chatbots are giving businesses an edge
Venture Beat - 1 Oct 2016 19:00
GUEST: With the rise of the mobile, always-on consumer, it is easier than ever for customers to demand immediate responsiveness from brands. Companies are expected to deliver fast, reliable customer service across channe...
Beyond Hello, Firstname: How Staples is using personalization to connect the dots between online and off (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 1 Oct 2016 17:30
VB LIVE: Your customers don't care what channel they're on — they want to be able to shop, price check, and buy with no obstacles, or they're going to bounce hard. Learn how the chief digital officer at retail giant St...
Westworld raises uncomfortable questions about A.I., VR, and video games
Venture Beat - 1 Oct 2016 17:02
Techies and gamers should pay attention to HBO’s Westworld, which debuts on Sunday as a major TV show that delves into human artificial intelligence. The sci-fi series explores the morality of creating human-like artif...
Jack Nicklaus Won 18 Major Championships And It Didn't Start With Hard Work
Forbes - 1 Oct 2016 16:34
Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus at Augusta National Golf Club in 1973
How to recruit engineers in 2016
Venture Beat - 1 Oct 2016 16:15
GUEST: Earlier this summer I had the opportunity to sit down with two amazing product and engineering leaders - Yoav Shapira, Engineering Manager at Facebook, and Craig Daniel, VP Product at join.me. Combined, the two ha...
NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers Show How To Engage And Fulfill Employees
Forbes - 1 Oct 2016 15:25
In the recent basketball season, the Cleveland Cavaliers came back from a 3-1 deficit in the best of seven games to beat the Golden State Warriors and become the NBA champions. It had been 52 years since the city of Clev...
Pokémon Go 201: What business can learn from its success
Venture Beat - 1 Oct 2016 14:25
GUEST: Our first article for businesses eager to celebrate the initial Pokémon Go craze discussed in-game attractions such as PokéStops, gyms, and incense. Now, a little more than two months after the game's record-sha...
Russia's top 10 websites include Facebook, Google, Instagram, and YouTube
Venture Beat - 1 Oct 2016 12:03
As we all know, a new craze can have an impact on users' online activity but for the most part our modern day Internet users spend a good portion of their time accessing their email, using search engines, and browsing so...
These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week
Venture Beat - 1 Oct 2016 08:44
This week, Tech.eu tracked 12 technology M&A transactions, one IPO and 86 funding deals (totalling €199 million, about $224 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel. Here's an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news...
Greece Reloaded: How Tripsta Is Travelling Hopefully On The Road To Entrepreneurial Success
Forbes - 1 Oct 2016 05:59
Greece is a well-known for being a tourist hotspot and for being one of the most difficult places in Europe to set up a business.
Can Africa 'Go The Distance' Leapfrogging The Innovation Gap ?
Forbes - 1 Oct 2016 05:53
A surprise to most of the population in advanced countries, emerging markets, especially a number of countries in subSaharan Africa, are increasingly at the cutting edge of innovation. While African entrepreneurs seem po...
Is Community Based Marketing Trending?
Forbes - 1 Oct 2016 04:28
A startups' main goal is to make sure they get a good customer base. Through constant promotion and high costs, they get a decent consumer-base. However, after the initial startup, a company's goal changes and finances n...
Dogeared Jewelry's Founder Talks 25 Years of Success And A New Maya Angelou Collection
Forbes - 1 Oct 2016 03:21
Marcia Maizel-Clarke discusses her 25 years of success in building Dogeared jewelry.
The Lone Winery Of California's Elite Laguna Beach
Forbes - 1 Oct 2016 02:00
The oceanfront community of Laguna Beach has a winery - using grapes grown in Napa and Sonoma.
The Digital Tip Jar Gains Traction and Momentum, Thank You New Orleans!
Forbes - 1 Oct 2016 01:59
This column has been steadily beating the drum about how musicians can survive in the age of free. One of the concepts I have broached with a range of musicians is the concept of a digital tip jar.
Twitter shares jump 5% on report that Google is working with Lazard on a possible bid
Venture Beat - 1 Oct 2016 01:17
Twitter stock increased more than 4 percent after a report today claiming that Google has tapped financial advisory firm Lazard to help it consider bidding on Twitter. Google worked with Lazard earlier to do its acquisit...