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Uber Quietly Drops Otto Truck Unit Name Following Trademark Spat
Forbes - 25 May 2017 23:57
Otto became "Uber ATG trucks" in April as a high-stakes legal fight with Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo played out in court. The change was made with little fanfare following an unrelated trademark infringement lawsuit.
Is Brexit Worse For The U.K. Or The E.U.?
Forbes - 25 May 2017 23:53
Winners and losers are anybody's educated guess in the days leading up to the much-anticipated start of Brexit negotiations.
Zuckerberg to graduates: Create a world where everyone has a sense of purpose
Venture Beat - 25 May 2017 23:39
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today urged college graduates to follow their sense of purpose and enable others in order to build a better world together. And yet, standing onstage at Harvard University in a crisp suit ins...
New Data: More Americans Are Creating Million-Dollar, One-Person Businesses
Forbes - 25 May 2017 23:30
Brand new Census data shows that a growing number of Americans with one-person businesses are breaking $1 million in revenue
Superdata: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds made $34 million in April
Venture Beat - 25 May 2017 23:27
You don’t kill 99 digital strangers without making a few bucks. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is making bank. We already knew this because the Battle Royale-like online multiplayer shooter has topped the best-selling...
10 Ways All Ages Can Celebrate Older Americans Aging Out Loud
Forbes - 25 May 2017 23:04
Seniors are Aging Out Loud in 2017. Here are 10 ways all ages can celebrate older Americans and help them do it.
4 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Squeeze Fitness Into Their Busy Routines
Forbes - 25 May 2017 22:45
How do you squeeze fitness into an already jam-packed routine? It takes a little work, but it's possible.
A Near-Death Survivor's Advice On Knowing What You Should Do With Your Life
Forbes - 25 May 2017 22:24
Feeling uncertain about which direction to take your life? This NDE Survivor can help.
2017 Unreal E3 Awards: Epic and GamesBeat call for entries
Venture Beat - 25 May 2017 22:01
SPONSORED: For the past two years, GamesBeat has partnered with Epic Games to help showcase the best titles using Unreal Engine at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. The Unreal E3 Awards honor the most creative, beautifu...
Fitness app Gixo raises $3.7 million from Greylock, Reid Hoffman joins board
Venture Beat - 25 May 2017 21:17
Gixo, a fitness app that offers live classes for anyone to exercise anywhere, launched today and announced a $3.7 million round of funding led by Greylock Partners. Reid Hoffman led the round and joined the board. The Gi...
For deposed Ford CEO, the future didn't come quickly enough
Venture Beat - 25 May 2017 21:10
GUEST: Ford announced that CEO Mark Fields retired on Monday and will be replaced by Jim Hackett. After months of shareholder grumblings about Ford’s stock market performance, it’s obvious that his hand was forced, b...
What Rocketrip Discovered As the Key To Enterprise Sales
Forbes - 25 May 2017 20:47
How do you get your enterprise technology product on the radar of CEO's? Rocketrip found that building evangelism with employees was the key.
Is Google's RankBrain About To Get A New Machine Learning Cousin?
Forbes - 25 May 2017 19:53
It's been nearly two years since RankBrain was released and we haven't seen news of any major update. Are we overdue for seeing a new machine learning RankBrain cousin?
Speed Is Not A Strategy: Foresight, Strategy And Speed In A World Of Rapid Change
Forbes - 25 May 2017 19:36
Corporate executives are increasingly concerned with speed. Speed is a good thing, but it can go too far. Speed must be accompanied by thoughtful, flexible strategy. The best companies are strategically opportunistic bec...
SuperData: Digital gaming hit $7.7 billion in April
Venture Beat - 25 May 2017 19:15
Market researcher SuperData reports that April 2017's gaming sales are down from March 2017, bringing in only $7.7 billion compared to March's $8 billion. However, both the digital games and the mobile markets are still ...
A Farewell To The Old Guard
Nibletz - 25 May 2017 19:03
Walt Mossberg Has Penned His Last Weekly Column Walt Mossberg is the coolest old cat I’ve ever met. I remember being at one Steve Leon’s CES events maybe 5 or 6 years back. Walt was perusing the latest technology, wh...
Stripe now lets marketplaces onboard new sellers in less than 2 minutes
Venture Beat - 25 May 2017 19:00
Stripe, the fast-growing fintech startup that’s now worth around $9 billion, has announced that it’s making it easier for marketplace companies to onboard new sellers. Founded in 2010 by Irish brothers Patrick and Jo...
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds update improves shaky performance
Venture Beat - 25 May 2017 18:51
One of the most popular games on Steam right now is getting a lot of welcome improvements. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has a new update that’s available now. With this patch, the online Battle Royale-like multiplay...
This Startup Is Doing Something Awesome For Teachers and Aspiring Teachers
Nibletz - 25 May 2017 18:35
ISTE 2017: Chicago EdTech Startup The Graide Network Is So Much More Than Upwork For Teachers Websites that connect freelancers to projects or temporary work are nothing new. e-Desk/Upwork has been around for over a deca...
AppsFlyer helps mobile advertisers beat back ad fraud via machine learning
Venture Beat - 25 May 2017 18:30
AppsFlyer is helping mobile game and app developers deal with the severe problem of fraudulent advertising responses via third-party ad networks. In doing so, the company said it has already saved brands tens of millions...
MXGP3 and MotoGP 17 raise the bar on realistic racing simulations
Venture Beat - 25 May 2017 18:00
I got some hands-on experience with the motocross racing simulations MXGP3 and MotoGP 17 yesterday. I’m not sure what I accomplished, other than proving that I am perhaps the worst video game motorcycle rider in histor...
Magikarp Jump gives Pokémon's fishy weakling his own mobile game
Venture Beat - 25 May 2017 17:47
Pokémon’s most pathetic creature is now a star. The Pokémon Company International released Magikarp Jump for iOS and Android devices today. The free-to-play game has players training the fishy Pokémon to reach its f...