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There should be a genre known as the “funny puzzle games using narrators with British accents.” We’ve got another one of those with Schell Games’ I Expect You To Die for Oculus Touch controllers and the Oculus Ri...

Didi has suffered a bolt from the blue, as Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen each rolled out specific regulations for the car hailing business on Saturday. The rules are harsh, to say the least, and have brought the ride h...

Mariam Naficy, founder & CEO of Minted.com, a design marketplace focused in the stationery, art, and home categories. Mariam shares some wisdom and discusses what drives her.

GUEST: Just a few short months after the category took off, bots are everywhere. Facebook Messenger has over 18,000 bots (at least) on their platform already, and many of them are very good at the tasks they're supposed ...

I really liked the Google Pixel phone when I tried it out the other day. I gave it some thought, and then, two days later, I logged on to the Google Store and pre-ordered one. At $649, it’s on the high end for a Google...

Google is known for including Easter eggs, or hidden features, in its services. The forthcoming $129 Google Home smart speaker is no different. But rather than let them surface on social media or online message boards, G...

GUEST: A.I. is being incorporated in so many things, and we have seen how A.I. and chatbots will change startups. For those who claim their products are “A.I.-powered,” though, I must ask: Are they actually using A.I...

GUEST: The operational and cultural differences between startups and enterprises are vast. Startups are nimble, making important decisions without having to navigate a lot of red tape. They offer a casual culture of hood...

PlayStation VR is here. GamesBeat is digging into how much we like it, its positives and negatives compared to the HTC Vive or the Oculus Rift, and are streaming some games. With 40 apps and games at launch, we’ve deci...

GUEST: Latin American startups are moving into the spotlight, and in the last six months, there have been big funding stories in the region, including Brazilian fintech startup Nubank, which raised $50 million, and on-de...

Spellcasting games will be a good genre for virtual reality, because you can wave your hands around to cast spells. The Unspoken from Insomniac Games is a good example of this, as the supernatural dueling game is a lot o...

GUEST: Two weeks ago some fellow tech investors and I took a trip to Amsterdam for a large conference on the future of computing, hosted by Nvidia. The company has emerged as one of the leaders in graphic processors, a t...

GUEST: Until recently, software companies have been taking the same antiquated go-to-market (GTM) approach that has traditionally worked well for mature markets, despite the variety of new GTM strategies that VCs and ind...