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The 33 Traits Of Inspirational Leaders [Infographic]
Forbes - 24 May 2017 15:54
A look at how organizations can identify and foster inspiring leaders, year in and year out.
Top Gear mobile game dev Motorious Entertainment raises $894,000
Venture Beat - 24 May 2017 08:00
Helsinki mobile game developer Motorious Entertainment said it has raised $894,000 (€800,000) in a new round of funding. That will help the company gear up for its debut mobile title, Top Gear Road Trip. The money come...
Overwatch had one of the best first years ever
Venture Beat - 24 May 2017 23:35
FEATURE: One of the most important games to come out in years is celebrating its first anniversary. Overwatch came out on May 24, 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. In one year, Blizzard’s team-based shooter has...
Facebook inks video deals with BuzzFeed and Vox to challenge YouTube
Venture Beat - 24 May 2017 22:37
Facebook has signed deals with millennial-focused news and entertainment creators Vox Media, BuzzFeed, ATTN, Group Nine Media and others to make shows for its upcoming video service, which will feature long and short-for...
What Is Google's New Event Search Feature And Why Does It Matter?
Forbes - 24 May 2017 22:04
Event search is the latest new mobile feature, rolled out by Google earlier this month, and it's worth considering both as a new SEO strategy and as a signal for what's coming next.
Let's make better humans, not better bots
Venture Beat - 24 May 2017 21:10
GUEST: There has been a lot of advancement in artificial intelligence over the past few years. Much focus has been on bots, which many people view as the future of front-line service interaction. But I believe the future...
Xbox Game Pass launches for Gold members, hits June 1 for everyone else
Venture Beat - 24 May 2017 21:01
Starting today, Microsoft’s new gaming subscription service Xbox Game Pass will be available to all Live Gold members though all other users will have to wait until June 1. Subscribing provides over 100 Xbox One and Xb...
Rising Star and Bitmap Bureau team up again for an indie game: Ninja Shodown
Venture Beat - 24 May 2017 20:30
Rising Star Games and Bitmap Bureau are teaming up once again to release a new local multiplayer beat-’em-up: Ninja Shodown. The two previously released 88 Heroes, a retro-style 2D platformer. Bitmap Bureau is a three-...
Labor Group Says Tesla Plant Has 31% Higher Injury Rate Than Average
Forbes - 24 May 2017 20:27
Increased attention to safety at the carmaker's sole auto-assembly facility comes as Tesla works to ramp up one of the fastest expansions in the history of U.S. auto production.
With Current, Parents Can Give Kids Money With Digital Strings Attached
Forbes - 24 May 2017 19:53
Providing an allowance to kids who want to spend it online, and perhaps at stores where parents would prefer they didn't, is more complicated than handing over a $20 bill. Stuart Sopp's Current makes fine-tuning an allow...
DJI's Spark is a $500 mini drone designed for easy flying
Venture Beat - 24 May 2017 19:38
ANALYSIS: Following weeks of speculation, DJI unveiled Spark, a drone that is smaller and lighter than than its previous drones and can be controlled with hand gestures. Announced in an event staged in Grand Central Stat...
IRS Nixes Student Loan Payoff Charity
Forbes - 24 May 2017 19:28
Charity that allowed donors to direct funds to pay off student loans for particular students, so that money was not squandered on avocado toast, denied exempt status by IRS.
Right Person, Wrong Role? Or Wrong Person, Period?
Forbes - 24 May 2017 19:19
Great people get into the wrong roles for all kinds of reasons. Here's how to get your chaotic corporate culture back on track and using everyone's talents in exactly the right ways.
Twilio's Proxy API connects people anonymously
Venture Beat - 24 May 2017 18:30
Twilio is making it easier to connect two people anonymously through text messages and phone calls with a new API launching today. Proxy will handle the task of provisioning phone numbers to connect people anonymously in...
New CardLinx Data Shows 50% Growth in Online-to-Offline Ads
Venture Beat - 24 May 2017 18:25
PRESS RELEASE: The CardLinx Association today released new data from the 2017 Card-Linking and O2O Industry Annual Survey. The new 2017 data is sourced from the largest merchants, payment companies, digital publishers an...
Accel leads $30 million investment in G2 Crowd's B2B review platform
Venture Beat - 24 May 2017 18:00
G2 Crowd, which collects and publishes business products reviews, announced today funding of $30 million led by Accel. The Chicago-based startup collects reviews from verified users on more than 25,000 products, which ra...
Double Fine to release Broken Age as a physical PS4 game on June 9
Venture Beat - 24 May 2017 18:00
Double Fine Productions and Limited Run Games have teamed up to launch a version of Double Fine’s Broken Age adventure game on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. Limited Run Games will publish a select number of p...
How To Handle A Sales Team When 20% Of The Team Is Delivering 80% Of The Sales
Forbes - 24 May 2017 17:51
Every office has its superstars, the employees that entrepreneurs and CEOs rely on to get the big things done. But what happens when your business becomes too reliant on its top performers? It's all too common to see sit...
How CEOs Can Stop Vacillating Between Fear And Euphoria
Forbes - 24 May 2017 17:25
Companies stop growing when CEOs lose confidence in predicting business conditions. They must build a "gut gauge" that will record their assessment of business conditions in detail, then reassess periodically. This must ...
How Reg CF Closes the Financing Gap for Women Entrepreneurs
Forbes - 24 May 2017 17:17
What you don't know can hurt you. Check out all your options when looking for funding.
Card game Gwent enters open beta phase -- it's essentially launching
Venture Beat - 24 May 2017 17:00
One of the biggest challengers yet to Hearthstone’s throne is now available to everyone. Gwent: The Witcher Card game has entered its public beta test for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Now everyone who wants to try ...
How To Find The Right Answer Without All The Facts
Forbes - 24 May 2017 16:53
The more volatile and unstructured your environment, the more important intuitive leaps will be to your future. If you don't know what you don't know, intuition is a good way to seek answers.