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Game developers rally against Trump's Muslim ban
Venture Beat - 29 Jan 2017 06:37
Game developers around the world are protesting U.S. President Donald Trump's order banning refugees and barring citizens from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen from entering the United States for 90 da...
What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From The Founders Of The Pussyhat Project
Forbes - 29 Jan 2017 16:00
Although Jayna Zweiman and Krista Suh didn't set up The Pussyhat Project as a business, they leveraged startup skills that could help any for-profit or nonprofit company gain visibility.
8 cool new ways computer vision is changing everything
Venture Beat - 29 Jan 2017 23:05
GUEST: Computer vision and image recognition are integral parts of artificial intelligence (AI), which has quickly gone from niche to mainstream in the past few years. And nowhere was this more evident than at CES 2017 e...
Computer History Museum details the lasting legacy of Adobe Photoshop
Venture Beat - 29 Jan 2017 22:10
Thomas and John Knoll, two brothers, aren’t the best-known people in Silicon Valley. But they’re the inventors of software that is used by millions today. They created Photoshop in 1988, and sold the program to Adobe...
These 6 Immigrants Left Muslim Countries To Become American Billionaires
Forbes - 29 Jan 2017 21:58
Silicon Valley leaders are upset about Trump's Muslim Ban, but the majority of U.S. billionaires from predominantly Muslim countries have built their wealth outside the tech industry.
Force-feeding your hiring managers diversity is a bad idea
Venture Beat - 29 Jan 2017 21:08
GUEST: A number of technology businesses like Salesforce.com, Slack, and HubSpot have recently generated headlines for their efforts to foster employee equality and diversity. Salesforce.com has received kudos for trying...
Lyft donating $1 million to ACLU over next four years following Trump immigration ban
Venture Beat - 29 Jan 2017 20:47
Lyft wants to do its part in helping the world be more “diverse, inclusive, and safe,” which is why in the aftermath of an imposed immigration ban by the U.S. government, the on-demand ride service said it will donat...
7 Ways To Talk About Your Accomplishments Without Sounding Like A Braggart
Forbes - 29 Jan 2017 20:41
It's important to own your success. But it's also important to be able to talk about your achievements without bragging.
Gaming-as-a-Service doesn't have to mean more crunch time
Venture Beat - 29 Jan 2017 20:25
GUEST: The game development industry has been going through a lot of change, and there is more to come. The dramatic growth in indie games and developers — including hits like Minecraft and Bastion — has cleaved the ...
Indonesia is an investment opportunity like China was in 2008
Venture Beat - 29 Jan 2017 19:05
GUEST: Most investors would jump at the chance to go back in time and invest in a sure thing. Imagine having the opportunity to time travel to China in 2007 or 2008 to make an early-stage stake investment in a startup li...
Risking It All For Your Startup -- And 4 Questions To Ask Before You Do
Forbes - 29 Jan 2017 18:56
Risking it all for your startup is a scary concept, but a necessary one. Don't let another year go by with an idle idea that is making minimal impact. Take the risk, but before you do, ask yourself these 4 questions to m...
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, and others' tepid responses to Trump's Muslim ban
Venture Beat - 29 Jan 2017 18:42
ANALYSIS: Perhaps the tech industry is at last finding its voice — or not. President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on Friday halting travelers and immigrants from certain predominantly Muslim countries from entering...
Saudi Arabia Will Continue To Cut Oil Output For Months And Years To Come
Forbes - 29 Jan 2017 18:37
Saudi Arabia's output cuts are just the beginning of a trend that is expected to last for months and years to come, irrespective of what American frackers do.
Why One Former Fast Food Employee Started A Company To Recognize Service Workers
Forbes - 29 Jan 2017 17:15
Febin Bellamy never thought flipping burgers and serving fries would help him discover his life's purpose. While in his final years of high school, Bellamy took a job at Wendy's to supplement his household income after h...
Passion drives innovation: AR and VR founders survey reveals new trends
Venture Beat - 29 Jan 2017 16:00
GUEST: My company, Forward – a human capital solutions company focused on talent acquisition and development for innovation leaders conducted a survey directed to founders of augmented reality and virtual reality techn...
Microsoft Is Creating Smartglasses For Construction Workers And Other Small Biz Tech News This Week
Forbes - 29 Jan 2017 14:00
Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?
Y Combinator's Sam Altman At Airport Protest: This May Be A Defining Moment When People Oppose Trump
Forbes - 29 Jan 2017 09:56
Y Cominator's President believes that Trump's executive order 'is not something that just affects Muslims.'
Andy Grove's niece speaks out on behalf of immigrants
Venture Beat - 29 Jan 2017 08:35
Ann Crady Weiss, the niece of former Intel CEO Andy Grove, spoke out on behalf of immigrants in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel to the U.S. by immigrants from seven Muslim countries....
Global Brand Simplicity Index: The 10 Questions Marketers Should Ask Now
Forbes - 29 Jan 2017 07:03
Margaret Molloy, Global CMO and Head of Business Development for Siegel+Gale, identifies the 10 questions marketers should ask to determine whether they are on track to create a simpler experience.
Computer History Museum software exhibit features car crash simulations
Venture Beat - 29 Jan 2017 06:15
The Computer History Museum wanted to show the life and death impact of software on the world, and so it chose to illustrate that with a display dedicated to automobile crash testing. On Saturday, the museum opened a new...
Why the three-way dialogue of livestreaming is the gold dust of esports
Venture Beat - 29 Jan 2017 05:03
GUEST: If you're not already paying close attention to the esports sector, then you most likely can't appreciate how this industry is changing the shape of spectator sports. A layperson will wonder who would want to star...
How a dating website is leading the latest web conversion trend
Venture Beat - 29 Jan 2017 04:04
GUEST: One of the biggest emerging technologies of 2016 was artificial intelligence (AI), with chatbots (or just 'bots') on the back of it. We saw the release of Amazon's Alexa voice assistant, quickly followed by Google...