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Two New Ways To Buy Private Jet Cards
Forbes - 3 Jun 2017 05:00
Instead of dollars and hours, Executive Airshare and Airstream Jets are offering jet card products based on days and mileage, respectively.
An easy fix for the airline overbooking problem
Venture Beat - 3 Jun 2017 23:33
GUEST: Airlines have come under severe criticism recently for how they handle overbooked flights. And several high-profile PR disasters have caused many airlines to re-evaluate their approach for ejecting booked passenge...
She Wanted One Denim Jacket -- She Got Hundreds, Plus A Company
Forbes - 3 Jun 2017 21:24
She wanted a denim kimono jacket--just one, for her own closet. She got hundreds of them, plus her own startup.
How Self-Made Clothing Designer Alyssa Nicole Literally Does It All
Forbes - 3 Jun 2017 20:35
Alyssa Nicole started her brand while still in high school, and has grown and strengthened her brand over the past decade by staying small and keeping a laser focus on her customer.
Futurist David Brin: Get ready for the 'first robotic empathy crisis'
Venture Beat - 3 Jun 2017 20:27
Science fiction author and astrophysicist David Brin believes humans have a range of options to consider to prevent artificial intelligence from ruling over people the way kings and foreign invaders. Asimov's Three Law o...
You can now get Wi-Fi connectivity on Mount Everest
Venture Beat - 3 Jun 2017 19:25
There may be no escape from the internet. If you can get Wi-Fi on Mount Everest, then you can probably get it anywhere on Earth. And yes, now you can get Wi-Fi in the mountains of Nepal, including on Everest. But the sto...
Middle Market M&A -- Don't Believe It, It's All Just A Scam
Forbes - 3 Jun 2017 19:24
One accountant's categorical labeling of one well-established tax reduction strategy as a scam cost his client roughly $1.3 million in tax. The same accountant's lack of knowledge regarding a statutory exclusion cost the...
Post-Paris Climate Accord, What Will President Trump Ruin Next?
Forbes - 3 Jun 2017 17:54
On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced his plan to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord, which will arguably make the planet a worse place. What's next for the Ruinator-in-Chief? Cartoon by Ted Rall.
Why Daqri has spread its bets with augmented reality technology
Venture Beat - 3 Jun 2017 17:02
Brian Mullins, CEO of Daqri, has been obsessed with augmented reality technology for many years. And now it has finally grown up. We could see that at Augmented World Expo this week in Santa Clara, Calif., where all the ...
5 Alexa skills to try this week
Venture Beat - 3 Jun 2017 15:00
Below is a list of five Alexa skills worth trying selected from Top Enabled, Customer Favorites This Week, and New Skills categories in the Alexa Skills Store on Amazon.com. In Alexa news this week, you can now set remin...
Tax Woes Of The Marijuana Business Where Conservatives Lose Their Enthusiasm For States Rights
Forbes - 3 Jun 2017 14:28
Since marijuana is still a federal controlled substance, many deductions are denied to businesses that are legal under state law. Wurk, a human resources company, helps owners of pot shops cope with that and other comple...
Walmart will start training employees in virtual reality
Venture Beat - 3 Jun 2017 12:03
Walmart is betting big on virtual reality to help improve its employee training techniques, and it's turned to a new company to help. TechCrunch is reporting that Walmart plans to install VR training platforms at each of...
20 Twitter Accounts To Follow For ISTE 2017
Nibletz - 3 Jun 2017 10:46
ISTE 2017: Follow These 20 Twitter Accounts To Stay Up To Date For ISTE 2017 The countdown is on to the biggest ed tech conference in the western hemisphere, ISTE 2017. Tens of thousands of educators, administrators, sup...
ISTE 2017 | Nibletz
Nibletz - 3 Jun 2017 06:11
Nibletz, the voice of edtech and the voice of startups everywhere else covers the best edtech companies, sessions and discussions live from ISTE 2017, including our 9 year old edtech reporter, in San Antonio Texas. ISTE ...
Sega is adding VR to its flagship arcade in Japan
Venture Beat - 3 Jun 2017 04:03
Japan is no stranger to VR arcades, but gaming giant Sega is now looking to open one in one of its most iconic locations. A Sega Twitter account last week revealed that one of the floors in its gigantic arcade in Akihaba...
Impact Measurement: How Much Is Too Much? How Much Is Not Enough?
Forbes - 3 Jun 2017 03:47
Deciding how much impact reporting to expect from social entrepreneurs is a dilemma for impact investors. Too much and the enterprise could be overcome by the burden; too little and the social entrepreneur could drift fr...
Apple is expected to improve Siri's capabilities at WWDC
Venture Beat - 3 Jun 2017 01:55
(Reuters) – Apple is expected to announce plans next week to make its Siri voice assistant work with a larger variety of apps, as the technology company looks to counter the runaway success of Amazon’s competing Alex...
Youth Sports Start Up Attracts NFL Executive
Nibletz - 3 Jun 2017 00:55
Philadelphia Startup iSport360 Welcomes Eagles’ Vice President Howie Roseman Philadelphia startup i360 is a youth sports management program that bridges the gap between parents and coaches often the catalyst behind sid...
Schools Need RUG-ED Protection For Their iPads [ISTE 2017]
Nibletz - 3 Jun 2017 00:20
Michigan Company RUG-ED Has Your iPads Covered When you walk through the halls of any major edtech conference you’ll find a handful of bumper cases, cushion cases and hard cases to protect the iPads in the classroom. B...
Pixar veteran creates A.I. tool for automating 2D animations
Venture Beat - 3 Jun 2017 00:15
Artificial intelligence is going to change just about everything — like animating video games, for example. Animation-technology startup Midas Touch Interactive has a new tool called Midas Creature, which the company c...