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What To Do When A Co-Worker Steals Credit For Your Work
Forbes - 7 Nov 2016 15:00
Whether intentional or an honest mistake, colleagues may routinely take credit where it is most certainly not due. Here are seven tips to respond like a professional.
Gaming the system: Why you need to get your mobile users competing
Venture Beat - 7 Nov 2016 13:55
GUEST: When a new app publishes, it has to overcome the challenge of discoverability. In the iOS ecosystem alone, there are around two million different apps available in the App Store on any given day. And there's a rea...
Forget Trump And Clinton: The Polling Industry Has A Lot Riding On The Election
Forbes - 7 Nov 2016 23:53
The people watching polls most closely have always been the pollsters themselves, and they see the industry moving closer to the internet, revealing its science, and showcasing its art in a shifting landscape.
BioConsortia Raises $12 million to Accelerate Development of Multi-Microbe Products for Agriculture
Venture Beat - 7 Nov 2016 23:05
PRESS RELEASE: BioConsortia, Inc., innovator of microbial solutions for natural plant trait enhancement and crop yield improvement, announced that it has raised this year a total of $12 million for future growth. Last we...
South African Billionaire Patrice Motsepe Acquires Stake In Stockbroker
Forbes - 7 Nov 2016 22:51
African Rainbow Capital (ARC), the investment vehicle founded by South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe, has reportedly acquired a 49% stake in Sinayo Securities, a leading black-owned stock-brokering firm, for an und...
Three Customer Service Secrets Of The Hospitality Industry That You Should Borrow Today
Forbes - 7 Nov 2016 22:16
To bring your company's customer service up to a five-star level, look to the hospitality industry for advice. As a customer service consultant I advise my clients in every industry to study the great hotels and restaura...
Why 'fun' and 'easy to use' are not the best chatbot features
Venture Beat - 7 Nov 2016 22:10
GUEST: As someone whose obsession with all things bot and AI related borders on unhealthy, I struggle to keep up with the ever-growing universe of bot platforms, bot building services, and NLP services. I fancy myself so...
Digital Transformation and the Upside-Down Organization
Forbes - 7 Nov 2016 22:02
Gone are the days when a company's C-suite monopolizes decision-making. The traditional organization of a business--the C-suite at the top, employees executing their commands, and consumers accepting what decision-makers...
Hero's Song takes it retro open-world to Steam Early Access
Venture Beat - 7 Nov 2016 21:45
You can now play one of the more interesting-sounding role-playing games in some time. Developer Pixelmage Games has released its open-world action RPG Hero’s Song on Steam Early Access. That means that even though it�...
6 Tools For Keyword Research You Need In SEO
Forbes - 7 Nov 2016 21:23
Here are six of my favorite tools to use for keyword research.
As Web Summit arrives in Lisbon, Portugal tries to seize its startup moment with $220 million fund
Venture Beat - 7 Nov 2016 21:15
As the massive Web Summit tech conference gears up in Lisbon this week, Portugal’s government is hoping to use this moment to ignite its own startup scene. In remarks at the Venture Summit today, an investor-focused ev...
Minimum Wage Could Get A Boost In 5 States
Forbes - 7 Nov 2016 21:15
Raising the minimum wage is a contentious issue. Many economists argue that rising income allows for more purchasing power of consumers, stimulating economic growth, but not all are buying it.
Android Nougat hits 0.3% adoption after 2 months
Venture Beat - 7 Nov 2016 20:55
A new Android version has arrived, and that means we can start watching paint dry. Per Google’s Platform Versions page, the latest and greatest version of the company’s mobile operating system took more than two mont...
#FlipMyFunnel Announces Game-Changing Partnership With Sales Hacker for Revenue Summit
Venture Beat - 7 Nov 2016 20:05
PRESS RELEASE: #FlipMyFunnel, a vendor-agnostic community dedicated to challenging the status quo of B2B marketing, sales, and customer success, today announced it will partner with Sales Hacker, an organization focused ...
6 Signs You're Behind On New Workplace Norms
Forbes - 7 Nov 2016 20:02
Corporate culture is just like any other type of culture. It changes over time, and everyone adjusts to the new trend. As a business owner, do you follow the trends of the modern workplace?
Vevo adds GIF-making tool to create 5-second clips of any music video
Venture Beat - 7 Nov 2016 20:00
Music video service Vevo announced today a new feature that lets users turn any 5-second clip of a music video into an animated GIF. The GIF-making tool is available only on desktop for the moment, but will be soon avail...
Square Enix taps Mobile Strike maker MZ to create Final Fantasy XV mobile MMO
Venture Beat - 7 Nov 2016 20:00
MZ (formerly Machine Zone) has partnered with Square Enix to make a massively multiplayer online mobile game based on Final Fantasy XV. The alliance is a combination of powerhouses that says a lot about how mobile gaming...
Myst studio Cyan announces Obduction for PS4, PSVR, and HTC Vive
Venture Beat - 7 Nov 2016 20:00
Cyan, the legendary studio that released Myst and Riven in the 1990s, launched its Obduction game on the PC in August, and it debuted on the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset last week. Now, Cyan is announcing that Obd...
How To Make Productive Use Of Your Breaks At Work
Forbes - 7 Nov 2016 20:00
Stop mindlessly wasting time at work. Try these tips and hacks to boost your work-life balance by taking effective breaks during the workday.
6 Smart Email Tactics To Boost Your Subscriber List
Forbes - 7 Nov 2016 19:13
Even in an age where social media and content marketingseems to be all the rave in generating new customers and sales, the truth is, there's a time-tested strategy that still rakes in more revenue than any other social m...
Wellington Financial Named to Preqin's 2016 List of Most Consistent Top Performing Private Debt Fund Managers
Venture Beat - 7 Nov 2016 19:05
PRESS RELEASE: Wellington Financial LP, a privately-held specialty finance firm, today announced the firm was named to U.K.-based Preqin's Most Consistent Top Performing Private Debt Fund Managers list for 2016. This is ...
YouTube adds HDR video support
Venture Beat - 7 Nov 2016 19:01
YouTube today added support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) videos. This means you can now watch YouTube videos in HDR on supported devices, including HDR TVs with the Chromecast Ultra and soon on all 2016 Samsung SUHD and ...