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Six Tax Planning Strategies To Prepare For A Trump Presidency
Forbes - 13 Nov 2016 21:43
In the aftermath of Tuesday's Presidential election, it can tough to identify a winner in the whole thing.Thosewho opposed Trumpare rioting in the streets, refusing to recognize the President-elect as just that, and decr...
AltSpaceVR boosts social VR with a new capture technique
Venture Beat - 13 Nov 2016 20:40
Bruce Wooden is debuting a new feature for social VR platform, AltSpaceVR. To introduce it, he needs help from a guest. He motions to a set of doors that open, and in walks none other than Bruce Wooden. The AltSpace deve...
The 5 truths of great software development
Venture Beat - 13 Nov 2016 21:08
GUEST: Successful software development today requires the right people as much as the best code. I like to say that great people, who form great teams, have a shot at creating great software. And great companies are incr...
Oil Is Heading Back To $20s
Forbes - 13 Nov 2016 18:16
Oil bulls had a good ride in the last eight months. The black gold rallied, from mid-$20s in January to the mid-$50s in late October. But economic fundamentals have turned bumpy for oil bulls in the last couple of weeks,...
Silicon Valley was worried about the wrong bubble
Venture Beat - 13 Nov 2016 12:01
For the last year, the tech industry has been fretting about a bubble. Investors on all sides argued over whether valuations were too high or whether the tech sector as a whole was still undervalued. Yet while Silicon Va...
What do users really want, bots or apps?
Venture Beat - 13 Nov 2016 05:00
GUEST: Technology is a fancy word to making the future a better — well, at least a less complex place to live. The internet, then web applications, then apps, now bots. Apps are old news now, and bots and AI seem to be...
5 steps to training a chatbot
Venture Beat - 13 Nov 2016 00:00
GUEST: So you're thinking of implementing a chatbot like every other company on the planet. Now, the issue is about training the thing. There has been an endless stream of coverage about all of the wonderful things chatb...
Why IPO?: You need the public market's tough love
Venture Beat - 13 Nov 2016 23:10
GUEST: You often hear about the knockdown, drag-out debates, between CEOs and their investors about when a startup ought to go public, or indeed whether it should at all. During the recent past (as in the past 18 months)...
The rise of the fintech bots
Venture Beat - 13 Nov 2016 22:10
GUEST: Want to know if chatbots are gaining ground on apps? Look at the data. A Citi analyst, for example, reported that bots are growing at a much faster pace than mobile apps did at this same stage. In the realm of per...
Nvidia's CEO on everything from AI's dangers to Donald Trump and the Nintendo Switch
Venture Beat - 13 Nov 2016 19:33
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang says that Nvidia is in the midst of a transition from being a graphics chip company to an artificial intelligence platform maker. The company still powers the graphics chips in laptops and gamin...
Forget about smart glasses ... here come smart contact lenses
Venture Beat - 13 Nov 2016 17:05
GUEST: If you want to see the future, look to the patent office. Google recently published the full text of a patent for a contact lens that can monitor blood glucose and dispense insulin automatically, while Samsung pat...
Google's 4K Chromecast Ultra isn't a huge step up from last year's model
Venture Beat - 13 Nov 2016 15:13
About one week ago, Google started shipping its newest Chromecast device, the Chromecast Ultra, which is capable of streaming 4K and (high-dynamic range) HDR video on 4K displays. It costs $69, which comes out to $35 mor...
Dave Chappelle's Heartfelt 'SNL' Monologue Reveals The True Source Of Career Success
Forbes - 13 Nov 2016 10:23
In 2005, Dave Chappelle surprised everyone when he left his show on Comedy Central, walking away from a $50 million contract. His SNL appearance is the latest milestone in his return, and it reveals a lesson for anyone i...
Selling on Social? Four Ways Small Business Owners and Franchisees Can Use Social to Boost Sales
Forbes - 13 Nov 2016 08:42
In the last few weeks, I've had an opportunity to speak to hundreds multiple franchisee and small business owners on the topic of sales and marketing in the digital age. And, one thing has become abundantly clear - most ...
The Google Pixel is a great phone. A tablet version would be the next logical step
Venture Beat - 13 Nov 2016 07:01The Logitech G Pro Gaming Mouse puts top-notch performance into a classical body
Venture Beat - 13 Nov 2016 04:04
Logitech G Pro Pricing: $70 Availability: Out now Logitech’s never-ceasing battle to win over competitive gamers has brought us to the G Pro gaming mouse, and everyone at all skill levels should benefit from this devic...
5 most common things users first say to a chatbot
Venture Beat - 13 Nov 2016 03:00
GUEST: Dashbot recently surpassed 140 million messages processed. We took a look back at a previous report on common messages sent in to bots to see how messaging has changed over the past five months. The following metr...
Before you sign up for a self-driving car, pay attention to hacker Charlie Miller
Venture Beat - 13 Nov 2016 02:10
It seems that all of Silicon Valley is designing artificial intelligence for driverless cars. But before we hand over our driving to computers, Charlie Miller, a well-known computer security researcher, would like car co...
Our next major war could be a cybersecurity war
Venture Beat - 13 Nov 2016 01:18
GUEST: Earlier this year, a disturbing piece of news on the other side of the world became a prime example of the growing menace of serious cyber attacks. South Korea's spy agency informed government lawmakers that the n...