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Just Announced For 2017: A Middle Class Tax Increase
Forbes - 29 Oct 2016 15:00
While the impact of this tax is perhaps the biggest issue, one question that also comes to mind is why a tax increase like this is not more widely discussed?
Facebook continues to face heat over its censorship practices
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2016 05:12
(Reuters) – After Facebook’s removal of an iconic Vietnam war photo stirred an international uproar last month, the social network’s executives quickly backtracked and cleared its publication. But the image – sho...
Why One Indian Entrepreneur Is Investing In Smart Villages, Not Smart Cities
Forbes - 29 Oct 2016 14:59
Varun Chandran, founder of Corporate 360. Photo Courtesy of Subject. Varun Chandran grew up in a village in rural India. Till his late teens, he didn't know what the Internet was. Now, he's running a startup, Corporate36...
EA keeps fans coming back to Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes mobile game
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2016 23:00
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes has consistently ranked in the top-grossing games on iOS and Android. The Electronics Arts mobile battle game launched 11 months ago, but fans keep coming back and spending money in the battle...
The more tech advances, the more vital your human team becomes
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2016 22:15
GUEST: I was honored to deliver a keynote address at this year's Velocity Conference in New York. My assignment was to talk about what “serverless” meant for teams. As I reflected on that question, and as I continue ...
Nigerian Billionaire Mike Adenuga Receives Highest National Honor In Ghana
Forbes - 29 Oct 2016 21:37
Nigerian billionaire Mike Adenuga has been conferred with the Ghanaian national award of 'Companion Of The Star of Ghana', the highest national honors in Ghana.
Rating Nintendo's names for its home gaming consoles
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2016 21:03
FEATURE: What’s in a name? If you’re trying to a sell home video game console, a lot. The name is the most important marketing tool a product can have. It needs to tell consumers something about the device, hopefully...
VR industry hasn't bothered to do safety research
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2016 20:05
GUEST: Episode two of this season's Black Mirror, 'Playtest', sparked the question by many including Tyler Wilde, Executive Editor at PC Gamer, to ask the question, "Is there a line where virtual reality becomes dangerou...
Credit Reports Of Debtors Off-Limits In Other Than Credit Transaction Judgments Says Rodriguez Court
Forbes - 29 Oct 2016 19:11
When collecting judgments, one of the most powerful tools for creditors is running a credit report on the debtor, since the credit report will show where the debtor has applied for credit or opened bank accounts, etc. Th...
Oculus VR is adding more than 100 jobs as it plots its augmented reality expansion
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2016 19:00
But the company is currently on one the likes of which we haven't seen before. The Oculus Rift maker has over 100 positions listed on its careers page across a range of fields right now. Thirty-one of these listings are ...
Why You Are The Greatest Security Threat Currently Out There...For Now
Forbes - 29 Oct 2016 18:56
Security is changing fast and disrupting a +$100 billion industry. Here are three startups to watch and three insights from the inaugural Wired Security event.
It's time to move to e-voting
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2016 18:15
GUEST: It just may be the most confounding dilemma of our era: Despite having long embraced (or at least accepted) the digital transition in virtually every aspect of our lives, from banking systems to utilities to perso...
SEO: Are You Making Progress Or Just Stuffing The Box Score?
Forbes - 29 Oct 2016 17:58
In sports, there's an important distinction between an effective player and one who just collects impressive statistics. Although they might look the same in the box score, the former actually helps his team win while th...
What Makes This Global Bubble Different
Forbes - 29 Oct 2016 17:49
Global bubbles usually have two things in common: a popular theme that hypes investor expectations -- like an exotic market with a large potential or an industry that defy gravity -- and a carry trade...a cheap source of...
Cloud Computing Is Moving Technology Executives Closer To The Boardroom, Survey Shows
Forbes - 29 Oct 2016 17:48
There's a raging perception that cloud computing is diminishing, or even eliminating, the roles of information technology departments in organizations. However, IT skills and expertise may be even more critical as cloud ...
Stop wasting your marketing spend: Getting cross-channel analytics right (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2016 17:30
VB LIVE: If you can't replay your customer's journey, you're in the dark when it comes to conversions. Incomplete data means attribution is essentially guesswork, and you could be pouring money into all the wrong channel...
How VR porn captivated the man behind Call of Duty's Roman Wars prototype
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2016 17:00
FEATURE: Daniel Dilallo has worked on high-end console games such as Guitar Hero and Call of Duty. But now he has shifted into a hot new gig: making porn apps for virtual reality. In some ways, this career transition is ...
Blockchain could help fix IoT security after DDoS attack
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2016 16:15
GUEST: Chinese electronics manufacturer Hangzhou Xiongmai is in deep trouble. Its products are being blamed for having enabled last Friday's historical DDoS attack, which shut down access to important websites across swa...
Artificial Intelligence That Can Learn Is A Step Closer To Reality
Forbes - 29 Oct 2016 15:15
This startup's new platform will help artificial intelligence systems make better decisions - on their own.
Day in the Life - How Entrepreneurs Multitask
Forbes - 29 Oct 2016 14:15
An insider's view of how an entrepreneur navigates her day
Comma.ai cancels self-driving car device after warning from U.S. regulators
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2016 12:03
(Reuters) – San Francisco entrepreneur George Hotz was so confident in his self-driving startup Comma.ai that he had T-shirts made that boldly proclaimed: “We are gonna be so rich.” But U.S. federal highway safety ...
These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week
Venture Beat - 29 Oct 2016 08:44
This week, Tech.eu tracked 12 technology M&A transactions and 104 funding deals (totalling €434 million, about $476 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel. Here's an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items f...