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Fintech firm creates app to monitor Trump's social media for stock markets
Venture Beat - 21 Jan 2017 06:35
Just in time for his inauguration, London-based fintech firm Trading.co.uk is launching an app that will generate trading alerts for shares based on comments made on social media by Donald Trump. Keeping one eye on the U...
Xbox One smashes aside PlayStation 4, Blizzard on TV
Venture Beat - 21 Jan 2017 18:00
GUEST: The console crushed all it's competitors in terms of digital attention GamesBeat has partnered with attention analytics company iSpot.tv, which measures TV advertising in real-time, to bring you a monthly report o...
Francisco Partners Completes the Sale of Source Photonics to Redview Capital and Asia-IO
Venture Beat - 21 Jan 2017 03:35
PRESS RELEASE: Source Photonics, a leading provider of optical components and modules, today announced that Francisco Partners has completed the sale of the company to a private equity consortium led by Redview Capital a...
6 Effective Uses for Chatbots in Marketing
Forbes - 21 Jan 2017 23:21
What do you think of when you think about chatbots? If you're like many others, it's possible that you think of them as nothing more than that annoying little window that pops up when you're visiting a website. You know ...
Why 2017 will a big year for tech exits
Venture Beat - 21 Jan 2017 23:15
GUEST: I've been talking to some of my banker friends* about their thoughts on the M&A market for 2017 under the new Trump administration. The general consensus is that there will likely be more M&A this year for the fol...
Tilt Brush artists become animators with update to toolkit
Venture Beat - 21 Jan 2017 22:04
Google's Tilt Brush app is evolving from a new way for artists to create into an important new tool in a developer's arsenal. Back in October 2016 the search engine giant open-sourced the Tilt Brush Toolkit, a set of scr...
A quick tour of Eastern Europe's startup hubs
Venture Beat - 21 Jan 2017 21:05
GUEST: Startups in Warsaw, Krakow, Prague, Budapest, Bratislava, Tallinn, Riga, or Vilnius don’t attract as much capital as the ones located in the top hubs in Europe — London, Amsterdam, or Berlin — but these East...
Blackstone's Jay Leek joins Florida VC firm to manage $300 million security fund
Venture Beat - 21 Jan 2017 20:25
EXCLUSIVE: Rumors have been spreading lately about where Jay Leek, former managing director and chief information security officer (CISO) at Blackstone, will be heading next His pick? ClearSky, an under-the-radar venture...
Office Resolutions You've Already Broken: Avoiding The Free Office Food
Forbes - 21 Jan 2017 19:52
There's some magically fattening about the special grossness of the food we get free at the office. So why can't we stay away from it? Cartoon by Ted Rall.
How TE2 is helping Carnival manage a fleet of wearables on 100 cruise ships
Venture Beat - 21 Jan 2017 19:10
Carnival Corp. unveiled an ambitious plan to use its Ocean Medallion wearables and Ocean Compass Internet of Things Network earlier this month at CES 2017, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas. It was a very interesting ...
Out Of The Blue Calls From IRS - Just Hang Up
Forbes - 21 Jan 2017 18:04
The IRS does not actually call people up and demand immediate payment. If they think you owe them money they contact you by snail mail with progressively more threatening letters. Eventually one of the letters will tell ...
A Crash Course For Freelancers On Using Google To Find Leads
Forbes - 21 Jan 2017 17:19
There are plenty of freelance sites and job boards to help you find clients, but don't forget Google as another powerful option.
5 Alexa skills to try this week
Venture Beat - 21 Jan 2017 17:15
This time a year ago, Amazon's Alexa had a little more than 100 skills. Today there's more than 7,000, and they're being added fast. Last November, Amazon launched the Alexa Skills Marketplace to allow the owners of devi...
A Worker's Right To Disconnect From Work
Forbes - 21 Jan 2017 16:03
The French have a reputation for long lunches and short work weeks. And, a law went into effect on January 1 that gives French workers the "right to disconnect" from their companies outside of working hours. Do the Frenc...
The Power Primer: Lessons From Andy Grove, Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates & Larry Ellison
Forbes - 21 Jan 2017 16:00
Great leaders use their power to provide a vision for the future and a mission their team believes in. Here's what I've learned about leadership from four of the most powerful leaders of our time.
Nike has found a novel use for AR for marketing shoes
Venture Beat - 21 Jan 2017 13:03
Augmented and virtual reality are slowly but surely being integrated into shopping experiences worldwide. At CES for example, Gap and Asus teamed up for an AR shopping app that may point toward the future of mobile shopp...
These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week
Venture Beat - 21 Jan 2017 09:44
This week, Tech.eu tracked 15 technology M&A transactions and 78 tech funding deals totalling €455.7 million (about $488 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel. Here's an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news it...
Introducing the European Bots Landscape
Venture Beat - 21 Jan 2017 08:10
GUEST: Over the past half year, bots have been a widely discussed topic. Experts and the media heavily discussed all the possible benefits, the future, and the value bots could create for businesses and consumers. Arguab...
Trump's favored pick for FCC chair wants to destroy net neutrality
Venture Beat - 21 Jan 2017 03:33
Two year old federal net neutrality rules, which prevent Internet service providers from blocking or slowing websites and online services, could be an early casualty of the new Trump administration. On Friday, Politico r...
Apple files $1 billion lawsuit against Qualcomm alleging mobile phone chip monopoly
Venture Beat - 21 Jan 2017 01:47
Apple filed a $1 billion lawsuit against supplier Qualcomm Inc on Friday, days after the U.S. government filed a lawsuit that accused the chip maker of resorting to anticompetitive tactics to maintain a monopoly over key...
Tribalism In Business: Why We As Leaders Must, And How We Can, Push It Back
Forbes - 21 Jan 2017 01:08
Tribalism -- extreme loyalty to your group and hostility to other groups -- dominates the news and politics today. It's bad for business. Entrepreneurs can push it back using proven principles of good leadership, communi...
Game developer Brianna Wu is officially running for Congress
Venture Beat - 21 Jan 2017 00:41
Brianna Wu, a game developer who stood up for women facing harassment in the game industry, has official declared that she will run for the U.S. House of Representatives. In a blog post, Wu said she would run for the Hou...