Forbes - 4 Dec 2016 01:54

This is the first article in a six-part series that examines--via Q&As with a round table of agile marketing experts--what it takes to adopt an agile marketing approach, and how to turn the management of marketing data i...
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2016 23:05

GUEST: We live in a brilliant time when doors open without keys and coffee brews itself. Refrigerators come with sensors and cameras to track what's inside your fridge. We'll have an incredible 500 devices per home by 20...
Forbes - 4 Dec 2016 22:21

Our secret sauce is the ability to seamlessly knit together the key elements for success that give women what they want when they need it. This is about knowing what's possible and giving them a path forward.
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2016 21:08

GUEST: Powered by their soldier recruiters and HR professionals, companies are fighting the talent wars on multiple fronts. First, there's the battle to attract candidates who possess the skills you need. Many employers ...
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2016 20:57

With his departure as Zenefits CEO confirmed on Friday, reports now suggest that David Sacks of Zenefits could become part of the Trump transition team, joining his friend and former co-author Peter Thiel. A source told ...
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2016 20:25

GUEST: For the past decade, we have been adapting our attention spans to changes in news media. But the future might hold the converse-- the news media adapts to us. How will this impact the future of news? A recent Micr...
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2016 19:33

TOKYO — Video games like Final Fantasy XV have stunningly realistic visuals of human faces and bodies. Drawing those kinds of images by hand and animating them could take years, but video game publisher Square Enix has...
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2016 19:05

GUEST: I grew up near the Atlantic Ocean, so my deepest fears often manifest themselves in my mind and dreams as storms or tidal waves bearing down on the shore. As an endocrinologist, the wave that scares me most - the ...
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2016 18:02

FEATURE: 2016 is the year of the strategy game. With high-profile releases like Total War: Warhammer, Stellaris, and Offworld Trading Company receiving high praise and a massive amount of attention, PC strategy games are...
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2016 16:33

You probably caught video a few weeks back of Alexa speaking through Big Mouth Billy Bass, a singing fish that got popular in the late 1990s. If you haven’t seen it yet, take a moment to watch and enjoy. The animatroni...
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2016 15:41

(Reuters) – Airbnb and New York City said on Friday they had resolved a lawsuit brought by the company challenging a law it argued could expose it to significant penalties for advertising short-term apartment rentals. ...
Forbes - 4 Dec 2016 14:00

Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2016 11:15

The British energy supplier Ovo has put some very well-spent hours into a comprehensive calculation of the operating costs of the Death Star, which will return to the spotlight in the December 16th movie Rogue One. They ...
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2016 08:24

Happy Saturday! This week, Tech.eu tracked 10 technology M&A transactions and 71 tech funding deals (totalling €360 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel. Like every week, we listed every single one of them in our free...
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2016 07:21

(Reuters) — Online credit companies and paperless lenders would be able to get federal charters to do business nationwide under a plan outlined on Friday by a U.S. banking regulator. The Office of the Comptroller of th...
Forbes - 4 Dec 2016 06:57

Unsure of what is holding you back from taking the next step in your career? Feeling fearful about changing industries or starting your own business? This is Fear Factors, a Q&A series with female entrepreneurs and execu...
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2016 03:00

GUEST: Bots are hot. Bots are coming. However, there are two distinct species both referred to as "bots": 1. Intelligent virtual agents with conversational UI 2. No-smarts menu-driven programs with graphics UI, relying o...
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2016 02:10

GUEST: As consumers, we're familiar with — if not yet wholly invested in — the term "artificial intelligence," whether it's by way of self-driving cars or voice-enabled search like Siri and Amazon's Alexa. Artificial...
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2016 01:18

GUEST: Let's start with the good stuff: all the big players — Facebook, Slack, Kik, WeChat — are getting in on the bot action, which must mean that everyone believes there's something there worth investing i...
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2016 00:56

Automattic is seeing a steady growth in the number of sites using its WordPress content management system — 27 percent of the internet uses it today — and there’s no shortage of die-hard fans and users who gather i...