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21 bot experts make their predictions for 2017
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2017 01:41
GUEST: 2016 was a huge year for bots, with major platforms like Facebook launching bots for Messenger, and Amazon and Google heavily pushing their digital assistants. Looking forward to 2017, we asked 21 bot experts, ent...
Why Did Sexual Harassment Fell Uber?
Forbes - 26 Mar 2017 02:11
The sexual harassment allegations by Susan Fowler and others against Uber were so egregious because it revealed a vast incongruence between the internal culture at Uber and its external brand image. Customers have discov...
European startups need help from family-office investors
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2017 23:33
GUEST: The history of family offices - private wealth management vehicles established by high net worth families - has long been entwined with that of venture capital. Indeed, several leading VC firms, including Bessemer...
Sunnei: The Story of A Young, Thriving Italian Menswear Brand Discovered on Instagram
Forbes - 26 Mar 2017 22:59
The 2-year-old indie menswear brand generates over $500,000 in annual sales.
Vainglory's spring championships to take place at London's O2
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2017 22:30
Vainglory’s spring season championships will take place at London's O2 venue. Teams from North America and Europe will compete in the first unified championships for Vainglory, which is Super Evil Megacorp’s mobile m...
The Devil And Lois Lerner
Forbes - 26 Mar 2017 21:18
Judicial Watch claim that Satanic group's exemption application was fast tracked by IRS is totally without foundation.
7 criteria for choosing a startup advisor
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2017 21:10
GUEST: One of the first questions many founders ask is whether and when they should form an advisory board. Advisors can be valuable extended members of the management team. Good advisors can share their experience on a ...
Wall Street 'Stockmarket Of Apps' Crowdfund Scores $100,000 From Blockchain Exchange
Forbes - 26 Mar 2017 20:47
A platform dubbed the 'Kickstarter for Apps' on the Blockchain, U.S.-based fintech start-up Apptrade, has received a $100,000 boost and backing midway through its crowdfund from a leading decentralized exchange in the bl...
Why Brexit Holds No Fear For These British Business Leaders
Forbes - 26 Mar 2017 20:19
As Brexit talks loom, UK business leaders are either battening down the hatches and anticipating a downturn, or awaiting it with optimism.
Game pioneers Jason Rubin and Ted Price discuss the lessons of early VR games
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2017 18:05
Ted Price and Jason Rubin were pioneers at the start of the console video game business. Price started Insomniac Games in 1994, making games, such as Spyro the Dragon and Ratchet & Clank. Rubin cofounded Naughty Dog, mak...
How Chinese-led globalization will impact tech
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2017 17:35
GUEST: The politics of protectionism are turning America inward at roughly the same moment high valuations have forced Chinese firms to seek profits abroad. From a macro perspective, globalization marches on, albeit with...
Samsung is risking a lot by overselling AI assistant Bixby
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2017 16:15
Bixby, announced this week and scheduled to make its debut on March 29, is Samsung’s new intelligent assistant. The service is expected to be inside the Galaxy S8 at launch and to eventually be included with all Samsun...
London attack reignites encryption debate, as U.K. govt. says 'there should be no place for terrorists to hide'
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2017 13:50
ANALYSIS: As London reels in the aftermath of yet another horrific terrorist attack, the U.K. government has reignited the debate on the use of encryption in mobile messaging services. The attack in Westminster last Thur...
Lyft tests letting riders donate part of their fare to charity
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2017 11:00
Lyft is taking a page right out of Ride Austin‘s book with a feature that allows riders to donate part of their fare to charity. Called Round Up & Donate, the feature being tested by the on-demand ride hailing service ...
Blizzard unveils StarCraft: Remastered for nostalgic fans
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2017 07:35
Blizzard Entertainment just announced that it will launch StarCraft: Remastered, a remade version of the real-time strategy hit that debuted in 1998. The remake will have 4K graphics and 1080p cinematics, upgraded audio,...
Elon Musk shares new Tesla Model 3 details
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2017 06:44
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is known for short bursts of activity on Twitter, oftentimes answering fans and reporters questions on the social media platform. On Friday, as Musk was on a flight to Cape Canaveral--presumably to at...
Why this shopping bot won the SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2017 04:03
GUEST: Many high-end celebrities and fashion models use personal shopping assistants or stylists to help find the best clothes for them. For many women, however, that’s not really an option. We often rely on friends or...
Splatoon 2 uses about 150MB of mobile data per hour while tethering
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2017 03:35
Nintendo is testing out its upcoming online shooter Splatoon 2, and it turns out that the game is a lot more of the same except it’s on the Switch. But that means you can play the game anywhere you have an Internet con...
A consistent UI between your phone and this car makes perfect sense
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2017 02:00
Technology can be a wild beast. Anyone who lives and breathes tech knows the rules are always changing. One day a certain smartphone, say the Google Pixel, is the coolest thing ever, the next you find out everyone has mo...
Uber suspends self-driving car program after Arizona crash
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2017 00:14
(Reuters) – Uber suspended its pilot program for driverless cars on Saturday after a vehicle equipped with the nascent technology crashed on an Arizona roadway, the ride-hailing company and local police said. The accid...