Venture Beat - 13 Dec 2016 21:15

You don’t have to buy the BioShock games again to play them on your Xbox One — although you can if you want. The Xbox 360 versions of all three BioShock games are now backward compatible on the Xbox One. This means t...
Venture Beat - 13 Dec 2016 15:00

Intuit is making another effort to help people save money with a new offering that benefits third-party applications. Today, the financial service provider announced that it has opened up its platform, allowing developer...
Venture Beat - 13 Dec 2016 03:15

GUEST: To succeed as a startup you need a viable business model and great product/market fit (or crazy growth and a lot more time and money). Unfortunately for Yik Yak they didn't have either of those, and on Thursday th...
Forbes - 13 Dec 2016 20:53

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JUNE 23: (L-R) Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, mother of the late rapper Phife Dawg, rapper Q-Tip, and rapper Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest accept the ASCAP Golden Note Award at the 2016 ASCAP Rhy...
Venture Beat - 13 Dec 2016 02:52

Something unsettling is happening on Google. Querying the search engine for "did the Holocaust happen" now returns an unexpected first result: A page from the website Stormfront titled "Top 10 reasons why the Holocaust d...
Venture Beat - 13 Dec 2016 00:30

Niantic has revealed that it is releasing new creatures in Pokémon Go, but many fans are not satisfied with the developer’s latest addition to 2016’s biggest mobile game. The update, which is live now, only introduc...
Venture Beat - 13 Dec 2016 00:10

GUEST: To survive, businesses need to find and engage customers. To go beyond survival and achieve success, they need to both grow an audience and retain customers over time. A post-mortem analysis of over a hundred fail...
Venture Beat - 13 Dec 2016 16:00

Cloudflare is making moves to beef up its app store by acquiring Eager Platform. Cloudflare will integrate its newest purchase to help its customers make their web properties not only more secure, but more powerful and s...
Venture Beat - 13 Dec 2016 22:08

If the real snow is making you want to stay inside, Overwatch’s new holiday extravaganza can bring you some white Christmas cheer without having to venture out into the elements. Winter Wonderland, the holiday event fo...
Forbes - 13 Dec 2016 23:44

"I'm definitely passionate about how we engage consumers and use their data in a way that would be very privacy friendly and make it work for everyone."
Forbes - 13 Dec 2016 17:07

Bragi's The Dash wants to be a computer in your ear
Forbes - 13 Dec 2016 21:00

Don't trust your investors as you would your friends - trust their motives, purposes and goals as investors. (Photo via DepositPhotos) As a founder and investor, I'm ok with this and so should you. This is something that...
Venture Beat - 13 Dec 2016 16:00

Google and Canadian carrier Rogers partnered today to give Android users Rich Communication Services (RCS) in Canada. Although SMS is the standard for mobile messaging, it’s just plain text. RCS is one of many attempts...
Venture Beat - 13 Dec 2016 19:15

Boom.tv is announcing today it has raised $3.5 million to build its 3D livestreaming platform for esports. The platform is intended to make it much easier to watch esports events from any point of view that the spectator...
Forbes - 13 Dec 2016 21:19

Source: Unsplash Since I first began writing about the struggles with anxiety, depression, and uncertainty two years ago, I've heard from hundreds of entrepreneurs who are in desperate need of help. I've been humbled by ...
Venture Beat - 13 Dec 2016 21:00

Microsoft today is announcing an update to its Microsoft Translator app that makes it possible to see live translations of the things people say nearby during in-person conversations. The idea is that everyone participat...
Venture Beat - 13 Dec 2016 16:05

Improbable has partnered with Google to help developers build vast online game worlds. London-based Improbable has created SpatialOS software that enables small companies to create massive, cloud-based simulations for on...
Venture Beat - 13 Dec 2016 05:12

ChatRoulette is an idea that just won’t die. The idea of spontaneously connecting with strangers for social interactions has taken on several iterations since the original’s debut. Chatible caught our attention earli...
Venture Beat - 13 Dec 2016 23:00

Advanced Micro Devices is taking a swing at Intel with Ryzen in a move that it hopes will reinvigorate the computer industry. Ryzen is the new brand name being announced today for AMD’s flagship desktop processor that ...
Venture Beat - 13 Dec 2016 20:26

Every company loves CRM. Every sales rep hates it. Former Salesforce executive and current Tact CEO Chuck Ganapathi thinks the solution is a virtual personal assistant, driven by modern artificial intelligence. And he’...
Venture Beat - 13 Dec 2016 16:00

Forget about your fancy 3D polygons for a second — you could be playing something that looks more like an animated movie. Dublin-based developer Pewter Games today released The Little Acre for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, ...
Forbes - 13 Dec 2016 23:14

Video In the Spring of 2014, Prudential Financial, Inc., announceda commitment in double its impact investment portfolio from about $500 million to $1 billion by 2020. Half way through that period, the financial giant re...