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How To Decide When To Partner, Contract, Relate Or Transact
Forbes - 6 Jun 2017 17:26
Partner with differentiated collaborators who share your interests. Contract, relate or transact with others.
Jesse Schell: Predictions for VR and AR in 2025
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2017 18:00
Jesse Schell, CEO of Schell Games and professor at the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University, is one of the game industry’s finest speakers. We’ve interviewed him before, and we know he is pas...
A positive, high performance culture can reap the biggest rewards, but...
Forbes - 6 Jun 2017 15:46
A positive, high performance culture can reap the biggest rewards. Ignoring culture can result in disaster.
Sensor Tower: Monument Valley 2 topped U.S. App Store four times faster than the original
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2017 23:20
Since Ustwo stealth launched Monument Valley 2 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference yesterday, it’s rocketed to the top of the U.S. Apple App Store. It’s too early to tell if Monument Valley 2 will overtake i...
Valve launches Steam Direct on June 13 and shuts down Greenlight
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2017 22:47
A tectonic shift for PC gaming is here — at least for developers and publishers. Steam Direct is launching June 13. This is the new service for submitting games to Valve’s PC-gaming platform. With Direct, anyone who ...
Cadre Raises $65 Million in Series C Financing, Led by Andreessen Horowitz
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2017 22:25
PRESS RELEASE: Cadre, an online investment marketplace providing access and insight into institutional quality alternative assets, today announced a $65mm Series C financing round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with additio...
ISTE 2017: Squirrels Can Mirror All Your Classroom Devices
Nibletz - 6 Jun 2017 22:16
ISTE 2017 Squirrels Can Mirror Any Of Your Devices. Mirrors is a song by Justin Timberlake. Squirrels was the high school nickname given to David Stanfill, the President and Founder of a device mirroring and edtech start...
Transformers: Earth Wars gets 10 million downloads in a 'strong first year'
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2017 21:45
There’s no disguising Transformers: Earth Wars’ success: The mobile real-time strategy game has more than 10 million downloads so far, and just in time for its one-year anniversary. Randy Nelson, head of mobile insig...
How Shifting Communication Trends Are Impacting Digital Transformation
Forbes - 6 Jun 2017 21:40
Most businesses have undergone a digital transformation. Here's how communication has shifted in recent years.
Mountain Dew sponsors global esports teams Dignitas, Splyce, and SK Gaming
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2017 20:55
Mountain Dew is throwing its money into the emerging market for esports with the sponsorship of three squads: Team Dignitas, Splyce, and Team SK Gaming. These new partnerships will provide fans with exclusive content and...
Kate Hudson: From 'Almost Famous' To Fabletics Greatness
Forbes - 6 Jun 2017 20:54
Kate Hudson is no ordinary actress. Since founding Fabletics in 2013, she's grown it to a $250m company.
Uber fired 20 employees after sexual harassment investigation
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2017 20:35
Uber Technologies fired more than 20 people following an internal investigation into sexual harassment claims, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
Ninja Theory's Hellblade to debut on PS4 and PC on August 8
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2017 20:17
Ninja Theory announced that Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice will debut on the PlayStation 4 and PC on August 8. Expectations are high for the ambitious game, which features realistic graphics for the body movements and fa...
ISTE 2017: Make Your Cool Stuff Do Cool Things With Workbench.IO
Nibletz - 6 Jun 2017 19:34
ISTE 2017: Tatum’s Favorite Baltimore EdTech Company To Present At ISTE 2017 In 2014 our now 9 year old EdTech reporter Tatum F, was the youngest credentialed journalist approved at ISTE. Since then she’s covered a l...
Clarify Medical Core Technology Receives FDA Clearance
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2017 19:25
PRESS RELEASE: Clarify Medical, Inc. today announced that it has received FDA Market Clearance for the Clarify Medical Phototherapy System, the core technology of its Clarify Home Light Therapy service, which it plans to...
WhatsApp for iOS gets filters for photos, videos, and GIFs
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2017 19:01
WhatsApp users with iPhones will soon be able to add filters to photos, videos, and GIFs, one of three changes to the popular app announced today. Filters available at launch for iOS users of WhatsApp include pop, black ...
Spreadshirt Reveals Next-Gen Design Tool
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2017 18:25
PRESS RELEASE: Spreadshirt, the self-expression global e-commerce company, unveils their latest and most innovative design tool. It was fully developed based on customer preferences; making it super intuitive and fun to ...
Twitch's deal with Optic Gaming is all about taking a shot at shooters
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2017 18:15
Livestreaming platform Twitch is a serious fan of esports and takes its esports fans seriously, too. After renewing its partnership with DreamHack in March for the ninth year in a row, it’s now announced an exclusive b...
Databricks brings deep learning to Apache Spark
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2017 18:00
Databricks is giving users a set of new tools for big data processing with enhancements to Apache Spark. The new tools and features make it easier to do machine learning within Spark, process streaming data at high speed...
Battleborn can't beat Overwatch, so now it's free-to-play
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2017 17:58
Battleborn had the misfortune of coming out around the same time as Overwatch. A new payment model could finally help 2K’s team shooter stand out. Gearbox announced today the studio’s Battleborn is getting a free-to-...
Turbonomic Now Supports AWS and Azure Environments, Unleashing Elasticity and Scale of Hybrid Cloud
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2017 17:25
PRESS RELEASE: Turbonomic today announced major advancements to its hybrid cloud management platform, enabling customers to confidently accelerate their journey to hybrid cloud. Turbonomic, recently named an IDC Innovato...
The Race for the Best Job Placement Technology
Forbes - 6 Jun 2017 17:06
Hundreds of internet companies are now competing to develop the best internet job placement system; here are some of the initial results.