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Travelling in a blockchain enabled world
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2017 23:53
GUEST: I was on my way home from work when I received a notification on my smartband. It was Pat, the bot from my firm’s travel management company (TMC), saying now would be the ideal time to book to get the best fligh...
Three Signs You're Becoming A Real CEO
Forbes - 13 Apr 2017 23:44
Just because you call yourself a CEO, it doesn't mean you are one. Real leaders earn the respect, trust, and admiration of their team. Here are three signs you're becoming a real CEO.
Canada Takes Big Step Towards Creating $8 Billion Legal Marijuana Industry
Forbes - 13 Apr 2017 23:37
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced new legislation on Thursday aimed at legalizing marijuana. This would fulfill his campaign promise and could create an $8 billion industry.
How AI will spur marketing innovation
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2017 23:10
GUEST: I remember sitting in a meeting at my old marketing agency in 2013, thinking about how exhausted I was by our company’s mundane routine. Rather than channeling our creativity into new marketing programs, my coll...
The Best Advice For Retailers: Start Buying Into Your Business
Forbes - 13 Apr 2017 22:54
The retail industry is evolving, and it's up to the brick-and-mortar shops to start taking an aggressive interest in their online competitors. Attacking and conquering through unparalleled management, and customer experi...
Pokémon Go Easter event launches as Niantic's 2016 sensation faces slowing revenues
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2017 22:31
Niantic and The Pokémon Company International announced the start of Pokémon Go's latest in-game event, the Pokémon Go Eggstravaganza, in time for the Easter holiday. Pokémon Go is still a mobile gaming hit, with 65 ...
Sansoro Health raises $5.2 million led by Bain Capital Ventures
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2017 22:15
Sansoro Health, which provides software for moving data between digital health applications and electronic medical records (EMRs), announced $5.2 million in funding today. Bain Capital Ventures led the round. Customers i...
Mobile game revenue grew 53% to $11.9 billion in Q1 2017
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2017 21:30
Worldwide mobile game revenue from iOS and Google Play stores grew 53 percent to $11.9 billion, according to a report today from measurement firm Sensor Tower Store Intelligence. But Google Play revenues are growing at a...
Warren Equity Partners Announces Acquisition of SSP Innovations, LLC
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2017 21:25
PRESS RELEASE: Warren Equity Partners, a middle market private equity firm, is pleased to announce its majority investment into SSP Innovations, LLC ("SSP" or the "Company"). SSP provides geographic information systems (...
7 Predictions For The Shape Of Content Marketing In 2020
Forbes - 13 Apr 2017 21:22
Here are 7 predictions for the shape of the content marketing industry in 2020.
Nintendo is discontinuing the hard-to-find NES Classic Edition
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2017 21:10
If you want an NES Classic Edition, you better get one soon. Nintendo is discontinuing the popular but hard-to-find retro console, as IGN first reported. The company confirmed this with GamesBeat in an email. The NES Cla...
4 things the voicebot in this self-driving car movie gets right
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2017 21:10
Toyota released a movie that shows what the future will be like for self-driving cars. Let’s get one thing out of the way first: There’s no way anyone will ever dress like that. And the car looks a bit too much like ...
Glossier Grows: Cult Beauty Brand To Add 282 Jobs, Move To Bigger HQ
Forbes - 13 Apr 2017 20:31
The news was announced by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, of all people: the state's economic development agency is funding the expansion with $3 million in performance-based tax credits.
Elon Musk promises to reveal a Tesla semi truck this September
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2017 20:03
Well then. Elon Musk’s next big unveiling will apparently be an electric semi-trailer truck, Musk announced today on Twitter. The idea had been teased before by the Tesla CEO, however the truck is apparently not just s...
Forget Oculus Rift, Meet The Godmother Of VR
Forbes - 13 Apr 2017 19:40
Nonny de la Pena, founder of Embelmatic and the 'Godmother of VR' sits down to talk about how virtual reality has changed in the five years since she produced the VR film, her favorite new technology and what VR means fo...
GamesBeat Summit to delve into China's role in the global game ecosystem
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2017 19:30
It’s time to introduce new speakers. We’ll delve into China’s accelerating expansion in the global game ecosystem with a panel moderated by Lisa Cosmas Hanson of Niko Partners at our upcoming GamesBeat Summit 2017:...
Alice Cooper is your boss in a weird 3DS game about flinging birds in a pet shop
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2017 19:15
What kind of a game do you think legendary rocker Alice Cooper would star in? Something to do with music? Nope! It’s about scooping up birds. Scoop’n Birds is out today for the Nintendo 3DS. You work in a pet store a...
Google researchers teach machines to sketch like people
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2017 19:00
Google today is talking for the first time about research that two of its scientists have conducted in the area of making computers generate simple sketches using artificial intelligence (AI). The emphasis is on creation...
Cities: Skylines' new expansion glides as softly as a cloud with monorails and blimps
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2017 18:35
Monorail! What’s it called? Monorail! That’s right! Monorail! Paradox Interactive announced Mass Transit today, a new expansion for its city simulation game Cities: Skylines. It will be available for PC on May 18 and...
The Patent Litigation Lie
Forbes - 13 Apr 2017 18:24
Big tech companies complain about an "explosion" of patent litigation greater than any in history. But here's proof that the patent litigation rate today is barely half what it was during the golden age of the American I...
Australia goes anti-privacy today, starts storing all user metadata
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2017 18:20
GUEST: The Federal government of Australia, back in 2015, passed a controversial law whereby the carriage service providers or broadband providers are required to store all non-content data or metadata of their customers...
Why Tax Day Is Usually April 15
Forbes - 13 Apr 2017 18:04
Taxpaying is a civic ritual and April 15 remains a national anti-holiday of sorts. It may not be fun, but it's a touchstone of American citizenship.