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Pandora's rebirth continues with a new logo, and it's a little like PayPal's
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2016 16:07
Pandora has revealed the latest step in its mission to reinvent itself — a new logo. The new ‘P’ icon logo was unveiled today alongside a lively new rebrand video (see above), and will soon represent the company ac...
L Squared Commits $40 Million to Edlio
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2016 23:51
PRESS RELEASE: L Squared Capital Partners is pleased to announce a growth investment in Edlio. Founded in 2011 and based in Los Angeles, CA, Edlio is a leading provider of cloud-based software to the K-12 market. Built o...
Watch Rez Infinite's Area X -- how VR finally got me into the classic trip
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2016 23:45
I never got Rez. I’ve always heard people talk about it in reverent tones, and I gave it a sincere shot when Rez HD launched on Xbox 360 last generation. But it took PlayStation VR for it to click with me. Rez Infinite...
Are Saudi Arabia and OPEC Trying To Fool The Oil Market, Again?
Forbes - 12 Oct 2016 23:41
Saudi Arabia and OPEC appear to be on a new mission lately:to fool oil markets. On the one side they are talking the market up by promising output cuts that would boost oil prices. An optimistic Saudi oil minister sees o...
How Europe is missing out on a great opportunity with chatbots
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2016 23:10
GUEST: Even though the market for chatbots is still young, Europe seems to be already lagging behind. Ethical questions, data privacy, the fear of failure, and market uncertainty are only a few issues Europeans have. Whi...
PierianDx Acquires Tute Genomics
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2016 22:49
PRESS RELEASE: PierianDx, the forerunner in clinical genomic analysis, interpretation and reporting, announced today the acquisition of Tute Genomics, a genomics software company based in Provo, UT. The acquisition furth...
JPMorgan Chase Partners With LifFund To Fill Small Business Lending Gap
Forbes - 12 Oct 2016 22:48
Though many major banks have abandoned the small business lending space, some are making a comeback to challenge alternative lenders.
Chrome 54 arrives with new developer features and YouTube Flash embed rewriting to HTML5
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2016 22:45
Google today launched Chrome 54 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This release is mainly focused on developers, but the improvements to how the browser handles YouTube embeds is also noteworthy. You can update to the latest v...
The Tax Deduction That Donald Trump Loves And Warren Buffett Probably Likes
Forbes - 12 Oct 2016 22:40
First there is Donald Trump's net operating loss carryover in the $900 million range, which for debate purposes was rounded up to a billion. Then there is Hillary Clinton's (actually Bill's) capital loss carryover in the...
Intel commercials make fun of Michael Phelps' world's slowest computer
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2016 22:30
Intel will begin airing several commercials soon with Michael Phelps, where comedian Jim Parsons makes fun of Phelps for having the world’s slowest computer. The series of short segments shows the Olympics swimming sta...
Facebook adds new ways to monetize Instant Articles, including video and carousel ads
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2016 22:29
Facebook has released new options around Instant Articles that lets publishers monetize their content. For those that utilize a direct sold advertising business, they can now utilize larger and more flexible ad units wit...
Getting Humans To Mars Requires Cold Hard Cash
Forbes - 12 Oct 2016 22:09
The U.S. is newly committed to sending humans to Mars and back by the 2030s, but until someone figures out how to easily make a buck in space, without drawing water from a stone or having to sell secondary services to in...
Now Is The Best Time For A Music Startup Accelerator: A Chat With Bob Moczydlowsky
Forbes - 12 Oct 2016 22:02
While it might seem like an odd time to build up companies for a relatively unprofitable industry, one of the biggest figures in the space argues that there's never been a better time.
PlayStation VR will let you play 360-degree videos (and yes, that means porn) soon
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2016 21:01
Sony knows that virtual reality isn’t only about games, and that’s why the company is preparing to update its own video player to support new kinds of formats for its head-mounted display. PlayStation 4’s Media Pla...
Customers Received Most Valuable Player Awards at Coupa Inspire in London
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2016 20:23
PRESS RELEASE: Coupa Software (NASDAQ:COUP), a leader in cloud-based spend management, today announced that three customers received its Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards at Coupa Inspire '16. One of Europe's premier spe...
How To Find Your Target Consumer
Forbes - 12 Oct 2016 20:15
Understanding your consumer is perhaps one of the most important tasks facing any entrepreneur. Forbes contributor Kara Goldin explains how your audience can and should evolve as you gain experience with your product.
Tentacles: Enter the Mind extends to iOS after developer reclaims rights from Microsoft
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2016 20:15
A developer has reclaimed the publishing rights to the games it created for Microsoft. Mobile developer Flashbulb Games has launched Tentacles: Enter the Mind for iOS in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Ireland and New Zealand. ...
Tribe raises $3 million to bring conversational commerce to video chat
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2016 20:00
Video messaging and chat company Tribe has announced the closure of a $3 million seed round and a new version of its chat app today. The app has had more than 500,000 users since its August 2015 launch. Tribe also announ...
Coupa Release 16 Innovates Cloud Platform for Business Spend
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2016 19:51
PRESS RELEASE: Coupa Software (NASDAQ:COUP), a leader in cloud-based spend management solutions, today announced Coupa Release 16 (R16), its third major cloud platform update of the year. R16 delivers better visibility i...
Hillary Clinton's chatbot leaves a lot of questions unanswered
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2016 19:42
On Monday, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign started to promote its new bots. There’s Trump Text, a Donald Trump imitator that sends you quotes of controversial things he has said, and there’s also I Will Vot...
How awareness marketing blasted Best Fiends up the charts (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 12 Oct 2016 19:35
VB LIVE: If your marketing is limited to just performance campaigns designed to drive installs, you’re missing the boat. Join this exclusive VB Live event to learn how gaming powerhouses combine awareness and performan...
Suzuki's Dalliance With Toyota, A Prelude For LTR
Forbes - 12 Oct 2016 19:35
“If we don’t share, we won’t survive,” said Osamu Suzuki, chairman of Suzuki Motors, today. The auto industry’s grand seigneur gave a whole new meaning to "share society" at the Tokyo headquarters of Toyota, wh...