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VR developers begin sharing some of the 'hard truths' of virtual reality's rough economics
Venture Beat - 10 Dec 2016 03:30
It’s tough to make a virtual reality game, but it is even tougher to make a profitable virtual reality game. And now developers are talking about it. Light Repair Team #4 developer Eerie Bear Games has lost more than $...
Why Strategic Alliances Are A 21st Century Imperative
Forbes - 10 Dec 2016 20:50
In the 1990s, when I began thinking about how to help entrepreneurs prepare for the 21st century, I condensed the areas requiring a heightened level of importance into three critical disciplines: Leveraging technology in...
'Silicon Valley' star T.J. Miller arrested after allegedly slapping Uber driver in argument over Trump
Venture Beat - 10 Dec 2016 04:07
(Reuters) – “Office Christmas Party” actor T.J. Miller was arrested in Los Angeles early on Friday because of an altercation with his Uber driver over President-elect Donald Trump, according to police and media. Mi...
How Amazon Alexa, Microsoft Cortana, and Apple Siri will help automate business
Venture Beat - 10 Dec 2016 23:15
GUEST: In the last few years, commercial organizations have relied heavily on immersive technology, effectively transforming operations and even market competition. The internet makes cross-device integration increasingl...
You have 60 minutes left to preorder the first season of the Foo Show -- VR's incredible talk show
Venture Beat - 10 Dec 2016 01:5215 tech trends in autonomous cars, artificial intelligence, and machine learning for 2017
Venture Beat - 10 Dec 2016 01:40
Tech is about to change dramatically next year. Want to stay up to date? These predictions from the famed design firm frog spell things out for you. In each section, a designer explains all of the details. Which one is a...
Ultrahaptics shows off sense of touch in virtual reality
Venture Beat - 10 Dec 2016 21:00
Ultrahaptics had an interesting demo at the VRX virtual reality conference last week. It used ultrasound technology so that I could feel things in VR using my own fingers. While wearing a VR headset, I reached out and he...
Why AR will be bigger than VR
Venture Beat - 10 Dec 2016 20:12
GUEST: There's no doubt that virtual reality, when it's well executed, can be an emotional and literally awesome experience. I've experienced it myself, and the possibilities are mind-blowing. But the problem is that rig...
Israeli startups deliver much-needed tech for self-driving cars
Venture Beat - 10 Dec 2016 19:10
GUEST: Israel has no indigenous auto industry, but the country’s startup community is serious about autonomous vehicles and is producing a whole host of technologies to help make self-driving cars ready for market, as ...
Nvidia boasts about sales of 15 million VR-ready PCs -- even as PlayStation 4 hits 50 million
Venture Beat - 10 Dec 2016 18:02
The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive might offer a superior VR experience to PlayStation VR, but there's one very big reason the latter is poised to perform better on the market, at least in the short term. As seen in tweets fro...
Here's how polling has to adapt before the next presidential election
Venture Beat - 10 Dec 2016 17:15
GUEST: How did we get it so wrong? All of the fancy data-driven electoral maps and visualizations painted a seemingly objective election forecast. Yet the smooth victory for Hillary Clinton that much of the mainstream me...
Selling By Story Telling: The Best Stories Succeed By Putting Customers First
Forbes - 10 Dec 2016 17:07
Not all stories are created equal. Here's how to find and develop the stories that sell.
Survey: 81% of Small Business Owners Confident this Holiday Season
Forbes - 10 Dec 2016 17:00
The holiday rush can be a stressful time for small business retailers. Owners have to account for staffing issues, lack of capital, inventory, opening another location, boosting advertising, and insufficient personal tim...
20 Ingenious Marketing Campaigns To Inspire Your Startup
Forbes - 10 Dec 2016 16:00
Below you'll find twenty inspiring innovations from the world of marketing and advertising. There's a mix of some of the most unique and creative campaigns from today, alongside new technologies to power the campaigns of...
What CEO's Want To Hear In 2017
Forbes - 10 Dec 2016 15:58
What are the hot topics that CEOs would like to know more about to develop and grow in 2017? This is the question colleagues and myself asked recently to make sure we were on track to be of value to our clients. The resu...
Entrepreneurs: Happy, Rich or Famous? Pick One!
Forbes - 10 Dec 2016 13:07
On the outside, entrepreneurship can look like a sure-fire way to fame and riches but a closer look suggests you may have to prioritize one over the other.
John Glenn wrote Jeff Bezos a letter that he received the day the astronaut died
Venture Beat - 10 Dec 2016 13:03
The night pioneering astronaut John Glenn died, Jeff Bezos received a message from him. Smithsonian Magazine was honoring Bezos, founder of aerospace company Blue Origin, at the American Ingenuity Awardson December 8. Gl...
These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week
Venture Beat - 10 Dec 2016 09:44
Happy Friday! This week, Tech.eu tracked 9 technology M&A transactions, one IPO and 46 tech funding deals (totaling €158 million, about $167 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel. Here's an overview of the 10 biggest E...
CIA says Russia intervened to help Trump win White House
Venture Beat - 10 Dec 2016 08:13
(Reuters) – The CIA has concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help President-elect Donald Trump win the White House, and not just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, the Washington ...
How Millenials Will Save the World, Part I
Forbes - 10 Dec 2016 03:11
Why the future of business and the planet may be in better hands than you expect.
Magic Leap CEO responds to hype-bursting report that its tech is subpar
Venture Beat - 10 Dec 2016 02:28
Magic Leap, a buzzy augmented reality startup privately valued at $4.5 billion, overhyped its technology, according to a report on Thursday. The article by tech news site The Information claimed that Magic Leap executive...
How a chatbot helps with lead generation
Venture Beat - 10 Dec 2016 02:10
GUEST: Chatbots are emerging as powerful customer service tools in many industries. You’ve probably encountered one of these automated helpers while browsing or shopping; they often pop up on websites, offering to prov...