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Report: Piech Throws Winterkorn Under Volkswagen Bus
Forbes - 4 Feb 2017 13:52
Reports of VW patriarch Piech ratting out deposed CEO Winterkorn to German investigators rekindle speculations of what really happened at VW
Perfect World cuts jobs -- but Star Trek Online and other MMOs are unaffected
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2017 01:30
Another gaming company is downsizing its staff. Perfect World Entertainment, the publisher responsible for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and other massively multiplayer online role-playing games, has confirmed to GamesB...
Help! How Do I Increase My Business Presence On Social Media?
Forbes - 4 Feb 2017 23:48
Social media can help you scale your small business--as long as you have followers. Here are the strategies I plan to use to triple my following this year.
Why public VR experiences could beat at-home headsets
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2017 21:05
GUEST: The figures are in, and consumer spending on virtual reality hardware was surprisingly low in 2016. Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Sony's Playstation VR all underperformed against the market's expectations, leaving so...
Facebook employees protest travel ban by boycotting flying
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2017 20:25
While some of Facebook’s top executives have already spoken out against President Trump’s immigration moratorium, other company employees are protesting the ban by boycotting flying. A handful of Facebook employees h...
10 Mistakes Newbies Make with Paid Facebook Ads
Forbes - 4 Feb 2017 19:54
According to research compiled by Hubspot, Facebook ad revenue grew from just under $2 billion in 2010 to $12.5 billion, with ads on the popular social platform accounting for "more than 9% of total digital ad spending a...
Why Everyone At Your Company Should Have This Simple Job Description
Forbes - 4 Feb 2017 19:15
We're taking the radical step of eliminating traditional job descriptions in favor of a simple edict: Figure out what needs to be done, and do it. Here's why.
Why Intel is filling the skies with drones
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2017 19:10
Intel is flooding the skies with drones, doing everything from sending them out to inspect massive solar arrays in the Mojave Desert to lighting the night sky above Disney World with 500 drones. It’s all part of a virt...
SuperData: VR's breakout 2016 saw 6.3 million headsets shipped
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2017 18:02
A new report from market research firm Super Data offers new estimates for the market size of virtual reality in 2016, suggesting 6.3 million VR headsets were shipped in 2016. Last year saw the launch of several high-end...
1-800-Flowers Has A Firmly Rooted Culture Of Customer Service
Forbes - 4 Feb 2017 16:05
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, let's consider a company that we can all learn a few customer service lessons from, 1-800-Flowers. The company is innovative and totally focused on the customer.
Lacking voting rights, Snap IPO to test fund governance talk
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2017 16:00
(Reuters) — Shares sold in a $3 billion initial public offering by the parent of Snapchat will lack voting power, testing the commitment of big asset managers in their recent fight for investor rights. In a registratio...
Sauce For The Goose? Judge Cites Anti-Obama Ruling To Block Trump's Immigration Order
Forbes - 4 Feb 2017 15:55
Trump's executive order on immigration is blocked for some of the same reasons Obama's order granting residency to millions of immigrants was shot down.
5 Reasons Most Leaders Are Not Qualified To Lead
Forbes - 4 Feb 2017 13:44
Too many people are getting promoted for the wrong reasons. Too many people became leaders for doing what they were told to do inside the box they were given: They moved the most product, followed the status quo, and loo...
How should Overwatch evolve in 2017? GamesBeat Decides
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2017 06:15
Listen to the GamesBeat Decides podcast GB Decides on Facebook Watch on YouTube Subscribe on iTunes, Google Play Music, or Stitcher. The best game of 2016 was Overwatch, according to the GamesBeat staff. But this sensati...
Elon Musk, other CEOs voice travel ban concerns to Trump
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2017 03:49
(Reuters) – Chief executives of major U.S. companies huddled with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday and some of them expressed concern about a travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries...
Seven Warning Signs Your Employee Isn't Coachable
Forbes - 4 Feb 2017 01:39
Having trouble coaching an employee? Read these seven warning signals to see if they are coachable.
Microsoft is disabling older versions of Skype for Mac and Windows on March 1
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2017 01:23
Microsoft wants you to have the latest and greatest Skype experience. If you want the old Skype, well, uh, tough. The company said today that starting on March 1 — less than 30 days from now — people will no longer b...
Stardew Valley is the latest indie hit to get a physical disc version for consoles
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2017 00:45
Another indie megahit is escaping its download-only origins to hit a retail outlet near you as a physical disc. Stardew Valley, the life-simulating farming game that debuted on PC last year, is coming out on disc as a Co...
U.S. judge lifts gag order on WhatsApp subpoena
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2017 00:41
A federal judge in Brooklyn unsealed documents this week related to an investigation into a user of WhatsApp, the popular Facebook-owned messenger for smartphones. The documents reveal a New York FBI agent used a grand j...
Please Step Forward: Claiming Your Place as a Leader
Forbes - 4 Feb 2017 00:41
Leaders provide the framework that ensures individuals, teams and companies move forward with purpose and progress in mind. Here's how to step into your role as a leader with success in mind.
Fire Emblem: Heroes grosses $2.9 million in its first day according to Sensor Tower
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2017 00:12
Fire Emblem: Heroes has already made millions. Intelligence firm Sensor Tower has stated that Nintendo’s second mobile game has grossed $2.9 million in its first day. It launched for iOS and Android on February 2. The ...
Can Musk save the world from Trump?
Venture Beat - 4 Feb 2017 00:10
GUEST: When governmental leadership in industry and philanthropy have let us down, there have always been pioneering souls that pick up the slack. Andrew Carnegie, George F. Johnson, Bill Gates: all supremely wealthy, an...