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Tinder is testing a Matches Up For feature
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2017 05:39
Tinder is testing a new feature called “Matches Up For...” that lets singles set a status to indicate they are interested in meeting up for a specific activity. The company confirmed with us that the feature is not a...
Lyft Wants To Be 'Woke,' But It's No Closer To Beating Uber
Forbes - 28 Mar 2017 23:47
Lyft President John Zimmer said he wants to be a "better boyfriend" than Uber.
Watch us slither along on Switch's Snake Pass
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2017 23:45
You would think that you can’t do much new with the 3D platforming genre, but the Sumo Digital development studio has done so … by taking jumping, one of the genre’s core game mechanics, out of it. Snake Pass is th...
Intel will depend on rivals like ARM for its contract chip manufacturing business
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2017 23:05
Intel’s push into the foundry business, or making chips for other companies, is increasingly taking it into the arms of traditional rivals. The world’s biggest chip maker can invest as much as $10 billion in a single...
5 Tips for a Modern SEO Keyword Research Strategy
Forbes - 28 Mar 2017 22:55
Keyword research is evolving. If you haven't revisited your strategy in a while, then you're already behind. Use this article as a roadmap for putting together an effective keyword strategy.
Bike Sharing Apps In China Pop Up As Latest Startup And Unicorn Craze
Forbes - 28 Mar 2017 22:34
Bike sharing in China is all the rage, as market leaders Mobike and Ofo finetune the business model and technology to the local market in ways that are more advanced than in the West.
Twitch's digital games and downloadable content store is coming soon
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2017 22:15
Twitch isn’t just for streaming and watching games anymore. Amazon’s livestreaming company plans to launch its digital gaming store for PC games and downloadable content “soon.” Twitch is the most popular game-st...
Intel: Our 10-nanometer chips will cost 30% less than the competition's
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2017 21:45
Intel said that it will introduce a 10-nanometer (nm) manufacturing process for its chips this year that will give it a 30 percent cost advantage, as well as a performance advantage over its rivals. While Qualcomm announ...
Why Instagram Is The Top Social Platform For Engagement (And How To Use It)
Forbes - 28 Mar 2017 21:23
What is it that makes Instagram so engaging to users, and how can marketers take advantage of it?
What Do You Tell The President When His Repeal Doesn't Go Far Enough?
Forbes - 28 Mar 2017 21:00
The owner of Knox Machinery thinks the Affordable Care Act is an abomination. So why did he also oppose the Republican replacement bill?
The Secret To Aligning Sales And Marketing? Make Pipeline The Shared Goal
Forbes - 28 Mar 2017 20:50
When marketers and salespeople are tasked with tightening the sales funnel and increasing conversions together, they have no choice but to cooperate. Reorient your teams toward pipeline growth in four steps.
Congress Is Moments Away From Letting ISPs Hawk Your Private Data
Forbes - 28 Mar 2017 20:40
The body is set to vote Tuesday on a Senate-approved bill scrapping rules that prohibit the unauthorized use and sale of intimate data--a change which could be permanent.
U.S. House and Senate have approved repeal of broadband privacy rules
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2017 20:11
(Reuters) – The U.S. House voted on Tuesday 215-205 to repeal regulations requiring internet service providers to do more to protect customers’ privacy than websites like Google or Facebook. The White House said earl...
Guitar Godz VR launches Kickstarter campaign to be Rock Band's virtual reality rival
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2017 20:00
Flow State Media has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for a music virtual reality game Guitar Godz VR. The San Francisco company says that the game is the next evolution of rock music games, as it allows play...
Uber is 64% male, 50% white, says 'much more work to do'
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2017 19:48
Uber has released its first-ever diversity report, coming on the heels of many weeks of bad publicity around the on-demand ride service. In the hopes of trying to repair its public image, the company wanted to show that ...
5 Tips Entrepreneurs Can Use To Stick To Whole 30 On A Business Trip
Forbes - 28 Mar 2017 19:46
The benefits of Whole30 are pretty awesome if you can just stick to it, especially during a business trip. Here are 5 ways to help you stay strong.
Amazon releases Alexa Flash Briefing API for U.K. and Germany
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2017 19:45
News publishers and developers making Alexa skills can now create Flash Briefings in the United Kingdom and Germany. Flash Briefings are different from an Alexa skill to control smart devices or play music — they are p...
Intel puts two chips in a single package more efficiently
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2017 19:35
Intel said it has figured out how to efficiently put two chips in a single package, which lowers costs and improves a computer’s overall performance. Mark Bohr, an Intel fellow, said at a press event in San Francisco t...
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint get AutoSave for OneDrive and SharePoint files
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2017 19:28
Microsoft today announced that it’s making its AutoSave feature more broadly available, specifically in its core Word, Excel, and PowerPoint desktop apps for Windows. Even more specifically, the feature will work for f...
Warframe hits a Steam record of concurrent users following Octavia's Anthem's release
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2017 19:15
Warframe is four years old, but it’s more popular on PC than ever before. Digital Extremes revealed today that its free-to-play cooperative shooter reached a new high of concurrent users on Steam following the release ...
Dreamscape's Big Dreams for Immersive VR
Forbes - 28 Mar 2017 19:13
Artamim, a Swiss motion capture company, wowed the Sundance VR Forum in 2016 and planted the seed of Dreamscape Immersive in tech and entertainment entrepreneur Kevin Wall.
Watch Out, Corporate Learning: Here Comes Disruption
Forbes - 28 Mar 2017 19:09
Corporate training is being disrupted by a new generation of digital tools, platforms, and business models. And the problem is more urgent than ever.