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Four Challenges I Have Faced As A Female Entrepreneur And How I Have Overcome Them
Forbes - 15 Feb 2017 06:59
When I'm feeling overwhelmed, I like to think about all the other women fighting for the same thing and the boundaries we are breaking for the next generation of female entrepreneurs. Don't wait for permission. Instead, ...
3 Tax Tips For Those In The Sharing Economy
Forbes - 15 Feb 2017 04:52
With the tax deadline approaching, it's a good idea to start thinking about how to make sure you do not get caught off-guard when filling out your return.
Orreco raises $2 million to help athletes improve their performance
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2017 16:00
Orreco, a Galway, Ireland-based startup that uses machine learning and performance statistics to improve athletic performance, announced today $2 million in new funding. The investment was led by True Ventures, which has...
Unreal Engine gets native Nintendo Switch support
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2017 22:45
One of the industry’s most popular game-making tools is getting a wave of improvements as well as support for a major upcoming console. Epic Games is updating its Unreal Engine toolkit to version 4.15. This is a toolki...
HTC is working on a new kind of mobile VR headset
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2017 22:10
Smartphone maker HTC is working on a new kind of mobile virtual reality headset, according to a story from CNET. Chialin Chang, chief financial officer at Taiwan-based HTC, said that the new headset will be compatible wi...
10 tricks that will make your Facebook Messenger bot addictive
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2017 22:10
GUEST: How do you re-engage with users? Our bot, called Epytom, strips away the daily headache of having to choose what to wear. Through micro-learning, you gradually take your style to the next level; next thing you kno...
Lenovo's Moto G5 and G5 Plus leak on retail site
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2017 22:05
The Moto G line of mid-range Android smartphones — continued by Lenovo following its acquisition of Motorola — will enter its fifth generation with smaller displays than last year’s equivalent models. Full pics and...
The 7 Benefits Of Inviting Guest Authors To Your Blog
Forbes - 15 Feb 2017 21:39
Attracting guest posts to your blog, written by outsiders, is a strategy of enormous potential value. Here are seven reasons why:
Clash Royale, Clash of Clans push Supercell to $2.3 billion in 2016 revenue
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2017 21:31
Supercell, the maker of hit mobile games Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, said that sales growth was flat $2.3 billion in 2016. That’s flat compared to a year ago. But the Helsinki company generated earnings before tax...
The One-Stop App Providing The 'Best Trip' To Myanmar
Forbes - 15 Feb 2017 20:42
The Best Trip platform includes travel guides and online booking options for some of Myanmar's choicest tourist destinations, including Yangon, Bagan and Nay Pyi Taw.
Google Search adds new plant and animal facts for trivia geeks
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2017 20:23
Have you ever wondered where hamsters got their name? Did you know that pink roses are used to express gentle emotions? These are some fun facts that Google wants to surface and hopefully provide you some knowledge for t...
Overwatch with a GoldenEye 64 skin looks crazy fun
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2017 20:20
Torbjorn isn’t the strongest character in Overwatch, and I think that’s unfair. But for a buff, what if Blizzard looked back to an another infamous short shooter character for inspiration? YouTube creator Noilleber h...
Twitch viewers watched 292 billion minutes of livestreams in 2016
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2017 20:15
Amazon’s Twitch livestreaming service had a big year in 2016, and the company celebrated it by creating an interactive retrospective of the year that plays like a side-scrolling adventure game. The most watched clip of...
Ex-Sony Online chief John Smedley starts Amazon game studio after Kickstarter failure
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2017 20:00
John Smedley, the former chief of Sony’s online business, has joined Amazon to create a new game studio in San Diego, Calif. The move is one of many by Amazon to lock up talent in the high end of the game business, whe...
Are Millennials More Or Less Likely To Start Their Own Businesses?
Forbes - 15 Feb 2017 19:42
Reports on millennial roles in entrepreneurship are mixed, and often contradictory. So are millennials more or less likely than previous generations to start their own businesses?
Why Thinking Like A Kid Will Make You Better At Business
Forbes - 15 Feb 2017 19:17
If you're ever feeling stymied or like your idea won't work, think back: what would you have done as a kid? Asking yourself that will give you a fresh perspective and -- potentially -- surprising solutions to problems in...
Lytro raises $60 million to bring light field VR technology into Asia
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2017 19:00
Lytro may have had some setbacks in 2016, but it appears to be onto something. Investors have noticed the potential of the company’s light field technology, so much that Lytro has raised another round of funding, bring...
Let It Die slashes its way past 2 million downloads on PlayStation 4
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2017 18:40
A free-to-play game is finding success on PlayStation 4. Publisher GungHo Online Entertainment America and developer Grasshopper Manufacture announced today that the free-to-play hack-and-slash game Let It Die has passed...
Likelihood's AI design platform flexes the power of a million creations per second
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2017 18:30
EXCLUSIVE: You want to make more money from your website. Where do you start? Are the graphics right? How about the copy? Have you optimized the content for every size of screen? Once you start to understand the gravity ...
How to Raise Venture Capital In A Soft Market
Forbes - 15 Feb 2017 18:17
venture capital, vc, series a, Jacqueline Corbelli, BrightLine
Top Hat raises $22.5 million for digital platform that replaces pricey college textbooks
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2017 18:13
Cloud-based teaching platform Top Hat has raised $22.5 million in a series C funding round from Union Square Ventures, in addition to existing investors Emergence Capital, Georgian Partners, iNovia Capital, Golden Ventur...
3 business metrics SaaS leaders must master (and stop arguing about)
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2017 18:10
SPONSORED: Presented by Klipfolio Over the years, I've had the honor of listening to and learning from many smart business leaders. I've even been fortunate enough to participate in a few of their conversations. But whil...