Startup News
5 Tips To Modernize Your Recruiting Tactics To Win The War For Talent
Forbes - 7 Jun 2017 21:10
As the economy evolves and workforce's change, the world's best companies understand the importance of investing in their recruiting process.
Apple to make fixing iPhone screens easier by putting hundreds of machines in third-party stores
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2017 10:02
(Reuters) — Hey Siri, where can I get my cracked iPhone screen fixed? Apple customers will soon have more choices as the company looks to reduce long wait times for iPhone repairs at its retail stores. By the end of 20...
Romania's indies chase the global market
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2017 08:10
GUEST: The history of the games industry is one of relentless globalization, both in terms of content consumption and increasingly in terms of content production. From epicenters in U.S., U.K. and Canada in the 1950s, ga...
Facebook launches 3 features to help U.S. politicians reach voters
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2017 21:30
(Reuters) — Facebook Inc (FB.O) announced a set of three new features on Wednesday intended to boost civic engagement among users in the United States on its platform by connecting them more easily with their elected r...
10 Secrets To Getting More Visibility On Social Media
Forbes - 7 Jun 2017 21:25
If a tree falls in a forest, and no one's around to hear it, does it make a sound? Here are 10 ways to get eyeballs on your social media posts.
A Tale of Two Festivals: Success at Negril's Tmrw.Tday and Ongoing Angst at Exuma's Fyre
Forbes - 7 Jun 2017 21:16
It is no piece of cake throwing a music festival. The founders of Woodstock, Coachella and KAABOO all share a dream. Two recent inaugural island festivals provide a study in contrasts.
How Star Trek inspired Amazon's Alexa
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2017 21:15
Amazon wants Alexa to be just like the conversational computer on Star Trek someday, said Amazon SVP for Devices David Limp, who repeatedly referred to Star Trek onstage today at The Wired Conference in New York City. Th...
Google's Kaggle now has 1 million developers signed up for AI competitions
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2017 21:00
Kaggle, a website that hosts public competitions on machine learning tasks, announced Tuesday that it now has over 1 million users a little more than 7 years after it launched. It's a sign of accelerating interest in the...
Scorpio, Mario, and God of War -- what matters at E3? GamesBeat Decides
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2017 21:00
The next time you hear from us, we’ll have suntans and terrible driving skills (Southern Californian drivers + Dean Takahashi in a rental car is probably how I’ll die) because we’re headed to Los Angeles for the El...
Important Career Tip: Create More Than You Consume
Forbes - 7 Jun 2017 20:07
If I had to identify one quality that separates professionals who make things happen from those who more or less go with the flow, it would be how much they create.
Girls in Tech's Catalyst Conference aims to educate and engage tech women
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2017 20:00
The fifth annual Catalyst Conference by Girls in Tech will return to San Francisco June 20-22, with scores of speakers focused on women in technology. This year's speakers include Aaron Levie, CEO of Box; Jennifer Hyman,...
War is unbelievable preparation for being an entrepreneur (podcast)
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2017 19:44
GUEST: The Rhumbix inception story is unlike most in Silicon Valley. Before founding Rhumbix, cofounders Zach Scheel and Drew DeWalt both served in the navy, as a civil engineer and a submarine pilots, respectively, and ...
Cheetah Digital Emerges to Usher in New Era of Cross-Channel Marketing
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2017 19:25
PRESS RELEASE: Cheetah Digital, a global enterprise cross-channel marketing solutions provider, today launched as an independent marketing technology company. Formerly Experian Cross-Channel Marketing (CCM), the newly es...
The Best Startup Accelerators Of 2017
Forbes - 7 Jun 2017 18:42
Which accelerators are the best for startups in 2017? New research from Rice University, MIT and the University of Richmond classifies this year's best programs for entrepreneurs.
The 5 Step Guide To Funding Your Small Business
Forbes - 7 Jun 2017 18:28
The first obstacle to starting your own business, solved in 5 steps.
Myriad Mobile Raises $1.5M to Launch New Ag-Tech for Grain
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2017 18:25
PRESS RELEASE: Myriad Mobile (Myriad), a software technology company focused on mobile and web applications, today announced it has raised $1.5 million in a Pre-Series A funding round to launch a new ag-tech product for ...
Tor Browser 7.0 arrives with multiprocess mode, content sandbox, and Unix domain sockets
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2017 18:05
The Tor Project today released the first stable release of Tor Browser 7.0 (the previous version was 6.5.2). You can download the latest version, which includes many security and performance improvements, from the projec...
Mind Your Business Podcast: 5 Questions To Ask Before Starting Or Expanding A Business
Forbes - 7 Jun 2017 18:04
Jay Goltz talks about why he's changed his mind about opening a store in New York City and how he's going about it.
Magic: The Gathering is becoming an MMO
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2017 18:00
Cryptic Studios and Perfect World, two companies with plenty of experience making online worlds, are creating a Magic: The Gathering massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG or just MMO). Wizards of the Coa...
The Mash-Up Americans Fresh Take On Identity Is Making It A Must-Listen Podcast
Forbes - 7 Jun 2017 17:55
A media company for the growing number of Americans whose identities don't fit the old boxes.
Global cybersecurity workforce to be short 1.8 million by 2022
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2017 17:44
The global cybersecurity workforce will be short by around 1.8 million people by 2022, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan, representing a rise of around 20 percent since 2015. The Global Information Security W...
Kony Named a Leader in New IDC MarketScape for Mobile Banking
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2017 17:25
PRESS RELEASE: Kony, Inc., the leading enterprise mobility and applications company, today announced it has been named a "Leader" in the IDC MarketScape: 2017 North American Mobile Banking and Payments report. Kony was r...