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Apple releases iOS 10.3.2 public beta 3
Venture Beat - 17 Apr 2017 23:59
Apple today released the third beta version of iOS 10.3.2, an update to iOS 10.3, which itself is an updated version of Apple’s current mobile operating system, iOS 10. Earlier today the beta update became available to...
Beamdog 'spells' out its biggest hurdle to making Planescape: Torment -- Enhanced Edition
Venture Beat - 17 Apr 2017 23:55
Beamdog has been untangling old computer code for more than seven years now. It released three Enhanced Editions of classic role-playing games with Baldur’s Gate, its Shadows of Amn sequel, and Icewind Dale. You’d th...
4 ways AI is helping you drive smarter
Venture Beat - 17 Apr 2017 23:10
GUEST: Looking around in 2017, it’s hard to find an industry that hasn’t been affected by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). From manufacturing to health care to finance, AI is everywhere — and according to ...
5 Tips From A Veteran Entrepreneur That Every Millennial Entrepreneur Needs To Know
Forbes - 17 Apr 2017 22:35
New to entrepreneurship? Learn invaluable advice from a veteran to avoid costly mistakes and make informed decisions on your path.
Cyber Security Refocused--Advanced Persistent Security
Forbes - 17 Apr 2017 22:22
We have to assume failure is going to happen--protection will fail. Once protection fails, you need to ensure that you've put detection in place, and when you put detection in place, you look for where your protection ha...
Netflix says it will pass 100 million subscribers this quarter
Venture Beat - 17 Apr 2017 22:20
Netflix now has 98.75 million subscribers, and the company anticipates it will pass 100 million subscribers this weekend. The streaming service announced the upcoming milestone in its Q1 2017 earnings report today, but Q...
How does the CEO of an NBA team manage his time?
Forbes - 17 Apr 2017 22:12
How does the CEO of an NBA team manage his time?
5 bots to try this week: Keiko, Wiredelta, Daily Motivation, Botlist Messenger, DabBot
Venture Beat - 17 Apr 2017 22:06
Here are the five most popular bots this past week, as they appear on Botlist. Give them a try and let us know what you think. Keiko Keiko answers questions about people and companies like “Who is Sam Altman?” or “...
Turtle Beach's Ear Force 520 and 420X bring simple wireless audio to PC, PS4, and Xbox One
Venture Beat - 17 Apr 2017 21:31
The built-in headphone jack on the bottom of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 controllers have eliminated some of reasons you’d want a wireless gaming headset for those systems, but I still prefer that option because cor...
U.K. driving tests will soon add GPS navigation as a required skill
Venture Beat - 17 Apr 2017 20:37
If your car doesn’t already have GPS navigation technology built directly into the dashboard, then you probably at least have a smartphone mount for your windshield so you can use Google Maps for turn-by-turn direction...
Is Google's Search Quality Starting To Decline?
Forbes - 17 Apr 2017 20:18
Criticism of Google's search results has begun to increase. Is it warranted? And where can Google go from here?
Mozilla kills Firefox Aurora channel, builds will move directly from Nightly to Beta
Venture Beat - 17 Apr 2017 20:17
Mozilla today announced plans to kill the Firefox Aurora channel on April 18, six years after it was first introduced in April 2011. The company shared that “Aurora was not meeting our expectations as a first stabiliza...
Game trade group ESA will give grants for tech-based youth programs
Venture Beat - 17 Apr 2017 20:15
The Entertainment Software Assocation said it is now taking applications for 2018 tech-based programs that use video games to help America’s youth. The Washington, D.C.-based game industry’s trade association is acce...
United Airlines Stock Is On A Diverted Flight
Forbes - 17 Apr 2017 19:19
United's stock fell 1.1% following the forceful "bumping" (or "re-accommodation") of a United Airlines passenger hit social media last week, wiping out $255 million off the airline's market cap. Cartoon by Ed Hall.
Horizon: Zero Dawn's new documentary shows how Guerrilla made such an impactful game
Venture Beat - 17 Apr 2017 19:05
Guerrilla Games‘ Horizon Zero Dawn is one of the best games released so far this year, and now you can see how the game was made. Dutch public television has released a 47-minute documentary about the making of Horizon...
PSVR X-Wing Mission studio Criterion is working on Star Wars: Battlefront II
Venture Beat - 17 Apr 2017 18:24
Electronic Arts hasn’t confirmed whether Star Wars: Battlefront II will have a virtual reality mission, but the team that made the first game’s VR companion experience is working on the sequel. Criterion Games, the s...
Heroes of the Storm will get a dose of Overwatch with Genji
Venture Beat - 17 Apr 2017 18:06
Heroes of the Storm is welcoming Overwatch’s cyborg ninja. Blizzard announced today that its multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) is getting new new content from Overwatch, the developer’s hit team-based shooter, o...
Instagram mirrors Pinterest with feature for organizing saved posts
Venture Beat - 17 Apr 2017 17:33
After copying Snapchat’s marquee feature — the full-screen disappearing story — Instagram is moving on to Pinterest. Today Instagram released a new feature called Collections, enabling users of the Facebook-owned n...
Innovation in Hospitality: 5 Ways to Engage and Retain Customers in a Competitive Market
Forbes - 17 Apr 2017 17:32
With the advent of the sharing economy and the rise of new giants such as AirBnB and Uber, the hospitality industry needs some new ideas - and fast.
Tencent announces WeGame, its Steam digital PC game store
Venture Beat - 17 Apr 2017 17:15
Tencent wants to take on Steam. The Chinese game company announced today that it is rebranding its Tencent Games Platform digital store, calling it WeGame. The platform previously primarily served China, but WeGames will...
Facebook no longer measures total app installs because developers don't care
Venture Beat - 17 Apr 2017 17:00
EXCLUSIVE: Facebook is shifting away from using “total installs” — an industry metric that advertisers and developers have known for a while — as a measurement for how successful its app business is. In its effor...
Google settles with Russian regulators to allow competing third-party app preinstallations on Android
Venture Beat - 17 Apr 2017 16:37
Google has finally reached a settlement in its long-standing anti-monopoly battle with local competitor Yandex and the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS). The crux of the complaint, which was initiated by Russian interne...