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Trump and automation challenge India's IT industry
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2017 07:58
(Reuters) – Automation and the new U.S. administration were the big unknowns at the Indian tech sector’s annual shindig this week, with machines threatening to take away thousands of jobs and concerns over possible v...
How the rise of esports will affect the game industry
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2017 05:03
GUEST: It's an esports world, and we're just living in it. It might have seemed liked hyperbole to say this a few years ago, but it's become impossible to ignore the mammoth impact esports have left on gaming. Game devel...
Microsoft Azure revenue reportedly exceeded $2.5 billion in 2016
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2017 06:31
Microsoft’s Azure public cloud business is certainly growing. What’s not certain is exactly how big it is. An analyst at J.P. Morgan has taken a guess, as the Wall Street Journal reported today. If the analyst is rig...
Mark Zuckerberg begins to accept responsibility for Facebook's influence
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2017 03:44
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg likes to write open letters during times of great import. He wrote one when the company went public, he wrote one to his infant daughter when he became a father, and he has wri...
Ready for ads on Alexa and Google Home?
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2017 22:10
GUEST: When I search for a movie time on my phone or computer, I am presented with ads (for example, from Google AdWords). When I ask Alexa, no such ads exist. Yet. The growing proliferation of voice-enabled devices like...
How Entrepreneurs Can Use Feng Shui To Stay Productive In The Office
Forbes - 18 Feb 2017 21:45
Feng shui can be used for more than just peace of mind in your home.
How to Make Six Figures as a Freelancer (and Still Have a Life)
Forbes - 18 Feb 2017 20:45
Plenty of self-employed workers hit the 6-figure mark every year. You can be one of them - without totally burning yourself out - if you're willing to adjust your approach.
Turkish couple pursues the indie mobile game dream with Escher-like Hocus
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2017 20:35
EXCLUSIVE: I always like the fairy tale that tells me that games can be made anywhere by anybody. While walking the streets of Berlin after Casual Connect Europe, I found a couple that reinforced this for me again. it wa...
6 considerations for building enterprise bots
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2017 20:25
GUEST: The bot ecosystem is maturing, and larger organizations are starting to adopt communication platforms that let bots take part in enterprise workflows. There is a growing opportunity for bot builders to move their ...
FanFit Gaming makes loot by gamers, for gamers
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2017 18:02
Whether you’re a Twitch streamer or a noob, you can probably appreciate the loot from FanFit Gaming. The Toronto-based company has come out with hand-bent lights inspired by video games. The original gaming merchandise...
5 Alexa skills to try this week
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2017 17:21
This is a selection of Alexa skills worth trying drawn from trending and most enabled categories in the Alexa Skills Marketplace. Each skill has a rating of four out of five stars or higher. In the latest Alexa news this...
How to watch today's SpaceX launch
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2017 16:38
SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket at 10:01 am Eastern today from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A successful liftoff will be represent a significant achievement for Elon Musk’s Space...
IBM Watson joins Indiegogo to back a crowdfund-to-production service for entrepreneurs
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2017 16:00
IBM has joined Indiegogo and Arrow Electronics in a partnership to support burgeoning startups and the maker community. The cooperation was announced Thursday at the Genius of Things Summit, a gathering of more than 400 ...
Creative Founders: Why We Designed Our Own Branding
Forbes - 18 Feb 2017 15:00
You open a greeting card to find boring, wishy-washy sentiments. It's professionally made, but the design is generic or gaudy, and doesn't fit your personality at all. Now think about your website, Powerpoint presentatio...
HTC Vive's upcoming tracker hacked to work with Google Daydream
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2017 13:03
Back at CES we met a small creative studio with some big technical plans for the HTC Vive's upcoming Tracker peripheral. The team's name was Master of Shapes, and they were one of the groups that HTC had gathered to show...
These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2017 09:44
This week, Tech.eu tracked 20 technology M&A transactions and 79 tech funding deals totaling €325 million (about $345 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel. Here's an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items...
Google is testing VoLTE support for some Project Fi subscribers
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2017 04:28
Google today announced that it in recent weeks it’s been testing Voice over LTE (VoLTE) network connections for some people who subscribe to its Project Fi wireless service. Getting access to VoLTE means that phone cal...
A new Internet? The end of Pied Piper? Get ready for Silicon Valley Season 4
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2017 02:23
If you’re tired of waiting for the next IPO and need some instant gratification, here’s the next best thing. HBO’s Silicon Valley released a trailer today that promises to continue the show’s satirical take on th...
SoftBank reportedly willing to cede control of Sprint to entice T-Mobile
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2017 01:24
(Reuters) – Japan’s SoftBank Group is prepared to give up control of Sprint to Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile to clinch a merger of the two U.S. wireless carriers, according to people familiar with the matter. SoftBan...
Eight Reasons You Shouldn't Ask Your Former Supervisor For A Job Reference
Forbes - 18 Feb 2017 01:10
A former employer is only supposed to offer limited information. such as job title and employment dates, when asked for a reference. So why is your supervisor giving you a bad rap? While human resources department typica...
My Memory of Us puts you in the shoes of children during the Holocaust
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2017 01:09
Juggler Games doesn’t want the memory of Jewish suffering during the Holocaust to fade, so it’s making a video game. My Memory of Us is a stylistic puzzler that puts players in control of a pair of Jewish children in...
Where Are All The Good Job Candidates Hiding?
Forbes - 18 Feb 2017 00:39
Natascha is an HR Manager who is having big problems finding good job candidates to hire. What should Natascha do?