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How the tech industry is reacting to Donald Trump's improbable election victory
Venture Beat - 9 Nov 2016 13:30
In case you missed the memo, Donald Trump has claimed victory in the U.S. presidential election today. Technology industry figureheads have been weighing in with their thoughts as financial markets have begun to react to...
StackAdapt: Google's New Native Ad Partner Shifting The Way Brands Monetize Content
Forbes - 9 Nov 2016 05:07
A man rides a bike passed a Google sign and logo at the Googleplex in Menlo Park, California on November 4, 2016. / AFP / JOSH EDELSON (Photo credit should read JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images) Native advertising is projec...
LinkedIn makes it easier for businesses to send sponsored direct messages
Venture Beat - 9 Nov 2016 23:58
LinkedIn users can now create Sponsored InMail messages using its campaign manager, the company announced today. The LinkedIn Campaign Manager can be used to track metrics and the performance of Sponsored InMail as well ...
Google is rolling out the new Google Sites for G Suite customers, will kill old version later
Venture Beat - 9 Nov 2016 22:41
Google today announced that the new version of the Google Sites service for easily creating websites is now becoming available for all G Suite (formerly known as Google Apps for Work) customers to use. Google unveiled th...
Trump's Supreme Court Nominees Will Follow In Scalia's Footsteps
Forbes - 9 Nov 2016 22:40
Meet the potential nominees Trump will try to place on the U.S. Supreme Court.
What Will Donald Trump Mean For Immigration?
Forbes - 9 Nov 2016 22:37
Donald Trump's victory hands the presidency to the first anti-immigration individual to hold the office in contemporary history. One can debate whether Donald Trump is only against illegal immigration but it is likely hi...
As The Trump Era Dawns, Progressive Change Could Come From These Global Beacons Of Hope
Forbes - 9 Nov 2016 22:32
Idealistic young innovators from around the world demonstrate that entrepreneurship provides world-changing potential even in the most hostile political climates. America needs their examples now more than ever.
Both Samsung Galaxy S8 models will reportedly have an edge display
Venture Beat - 9 Nov 2016 22:18
A report in Korean investment publication The Bell (via Droid-Life) claims that next year’s first-half Android flagship from Samsung, presumably marketed as the Galaxy S8, will follow a trend begun with 2015’s Galaxy...
AI is helping job candidates bypass resume bias and black holes
Venture Beat - 9 Nov 2016 22:10
GUEST: Despite the desire for equitable hiring practices, humans have biases in every decision they make, and most of the time they don’t realize it. Often, hiring managers recommend a candidate because of a personal c...
PlayStation 4 Pro: Every PlayStation 4 Pro-compatible game so far
Venture Beat - 9 Nov 2016 21:45
4K console gaming is here with Sony’s PlayStation 4 Pro, but it’s not here with every game. Only a portion of current PS4 games support the features of the new device — although all new games going forward should t...
Programmatic CRM delivers the promise of right message, right time (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 9 Nov 2016 21:45
VB LIVE: It used to be a holy grail everyone was after: the right message to the right customer at exactly the right time — every time. But with real-time, actionable data wedded to programmatic CRM, that formidable ch...
An Entrepreneur's Guide To Dealing With Disappointment
Forbes - 9 Nov 2016 21:06
Entrepreneurs can learn from Sec. Clinton's graceful concession speech when dealing with disappointment in their business.
Google launches Slides API after teasing it in May
Venture Beat - 9 Nov 2016 20:54
Google today announced the availability of its Google Slides application programming interface (API), which enables third-party tools to integrate with and and do things inside of the cloud-based Google Slides presentati...
Line CEO denies potential Vine acquisition: 'It's just a rumor'
Venture Beat - 9 Nov 2016 20:08
Line, Vine. Beloved messaging app, adored video sharing tool. Your chats, your videos. Line, Vine. Vine, Line. “It’s just a rumor,” said Line CEO Takeshi Idezawa in an interview with VentureBeat at Web Summit 2016....
A pro snowboarder and a gold medal skier react to Ubisoft's Steep
Venture Beat - 9 Nov 2016 20:01
Ubisoft says its Steep extreme winter sports video game is highly realistic. And to back that up, the French video game company made a couple of snow sports stars available to talk about it at a recent preview event at G...
Persona 5's latest trailer shows off its talking cat
Venture Beat - 9 Nov 2016 19:27
When the world is threatened by demons and monsters, even your cat has to join fight. Atlus has released a new trailer for its anticipated role-playing game Persona 5, which comes out in the U.S. on February 14 for PlayS...
How Ubisoft built a virtual mountain and then created a video game around it
Venture Beat - 9 Nov 2016 19:15
Steep was born as a labor of love by a team that wanted to give you the feeling that you’re in the Alps flying down a mountain in a wingsuit. Ubisoft’s Annecy studio is in the French Alps, and the team has been bidin...
Ubisoft's Steep is a kinetic dive into extreme winter sports
Venture Beat - 9 Nov 2016 19:00
PREVIEW: The team at Ubisoft Annecy has lived in the shadows of the big mountains in Steep for a long time, and they’ve finally got a chance to depict the winter sports of those mountains in a lifelike experience that ...
Textiles: Back To The Future Through Vietnam
Forbes - 9 Nov 2016 18:35
This story appears in the November Special 2016 issue of Forbes Asia. Subscribe TAL's new air-conditioned plant in Vietnam can produce 16 million shirts annually. credit: Ehrin Macksey For Forbes Row after row of young u...
How To Survive The Valley Of Death Between Seed And Series A
Forbes - 9 Nov 2016 18:17
When funding to scale is blocked, find a way around the barrier. There are options!
Turnaround: Michael Kiolbassa's Family Business Was Growing Fast But Losing Money Faster
Forbes - 9 Nov 2016 17:48
Michael Kiolbassa. Michael Kiolbassa, 54, is president of Kiolbassa Provision in San Antonio, TX, a family business his grandfather Rufus Kiolbassa founded in 1945. The company makes handcrafted smoked meats including 25...
5 rules for preparing a killer board package
Venture Beat - 9 Nov 2016 17:45
SPONSORED: I meet with our board of directors at the end of each quarter, and strive to make each meeting as productive as possible. Remember: Your VCs and board are an extension of your team. Here's what I've learned: a...