Startup News
Why Sales Reps Fail To Woo C-Level Buyers
Forbes - 8 Jun 2017 18:19
Sure, reps are the ones selling - but they're not the only ones who need to be deeply familiar with these skills. This approach is often something new for managers too, and they need to be adept at coaching reps to maste...
Chicago Startup Teams Up With Chance The Rapper For Kids
Nibletz - 8 Jun 2017 07:39
Chance The Rapper Teams Up With Chicago Startup LANDR To Offer Audio Mastering Classes To Chicago Kids Self made mega superstar, Chance The Rapper, is all about helping the kids of Chicago. Earlier this year when the art...
AMD's Radeon GPUs are rare because they're good at mining bitcoin copycats
Venture Beat - 8 Jun 2017 23:20
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies may enable online threats like ransomware to spread, but they are also fueling demand for powerful and efficient new graphics cards. It’s difficult to find an RX 500-series Radeon gra...
Bubsy is returning from mascot platformer hell to torment us all
Venture Beat - 8 Jun 2017 22:55
Bubsy, a forgotten B-lister from gaming’s past, is returning for some reason or another. Probably because we’re bad people and we deserve it. Accolade announced today that Bubsy is coming back in a new game, The Wool...
Google Assistant gets This Day in History, one of Alexa's most popular voice apps
Venture Beat - 8 Jun 2017 22:40
At Google I/O last month — just like Microsoft and Apple developer conferences — virtually every announcement was related to artificial intelligence or intelligent assistants. Some major changes were made to Google A...
Ancestry is moving 10 petabytes of genealogy data to AWS
Venture Beat - 8 Jun 2017 22:30
Ancestry is going all-in on Amazon Web Services, plans to migrate a massive 10 petabytes of genealogy and genetics data from its private servers. The move is already underway, and the company has migrated 8PB thus far, a...
Blue's wireless Satellite headset performs much better than it feels
Venture Beat - 8 Jun 2017 22:30
If you ask a podcaster, YouTube creator, or Twitch streamer which microphone you should pick up to sound like a professional, many will recommend products from audio-recording company Blue. But Blue, which is well known ...
Amazon's second esports tournament will feature Hearthstone and Vainglory
Venture Beat - 8 Jun 2017 22:00
Last year, Amazon tapped and swiped its way into the esports tournament space with Champions of Fire. It’s announced a new tournament later this year: Mobile Masters Invitational (M2). Champions of Fire, held in Decemb...
Trump Travel Ban Inspired A Mobile App To Help Immigrants And Refugees
Forbes - 8 Jun 2017 21:30
A free mobile app enables service providers, organizations and volunteer to aid refugees
Three Ways the Gig Economy Can Turbocharge Your Business
Forbes - 8 Jun 2017 21:15
If agility, innovation, and efficiency are on your corporate agenda, independent talent should be, too, here is why.
Why So Many Millennial Women And People Of Color Are Becoming Entrepreneurs
Forbes - 8 Jun 2017 21:05
Why is the millennial generation, if their rates of entrepreneurship are lower than generations past, influencing such a major boom in women- and minority-owned startups?
How Can Voice Search Advance From Here?
Forbes - 8 Jun 2017 20:57
User adoption hasn't hit its peak, even as mobile device adoption starts to top out, so many search optimizers (and tech enthusiasts) are forced to wonder: where does voice search go from here?
Trump bump for tech jobs 'outsourced' to the Midwest
Venture Beat - 8 Jun 2017 20:44
While the stock market’s Trump bump may have faded, the president’s demand for good-paying American jobs may prove more lasting and could lead to new tech employment in the Midwest. “We’ve seen a huge uptick in i...
Witcher studio latest target of growing cyber-ransom threat
Venture Beat - 8 Jun 2017 20:16
The demand to move money around anonymously on the internet is so strong that it has led to the creation and adoption of the viable, non-governmental cryptocurrency bitcoin. That sounds like a plotline from a game called...
Google launches Android O Developer Preview 3 with final APIs
Venture Beat - 8 Jun 2017 20:02
Google today launched the third Android O developer preview, available for download now at developer.android.com and via the Android Beta Program. The preview includes an updated SDK with system images for the Nexus 5X, ...
Ex-Hulu CTO raises $7.5 million for YouTube commerce startup Packagd
Venture Beat - 8 Jun 2017 20:00
We’re all familiar with QVC and the Home Shopping Network (HSN) — you know, when you see something on TV you want and dial the 1 (800) number to make the impulse buy? But using an app is so much more convenient for u...
Fortnite hands-on videos: How the chopping, crafting, building, and shooting works
Venture Beat - 8 Jun 2017 20:00
PREVIEW: Fortnite has been lost in works for a long time at Epic Games, and it’s finally about to hit. The company announced the July 25 early access launch date for the third-person shooter game where you build a fort...
Facebook's new technique trains computer vision models super-fast
Venture Beat - 8 Jun 2017 19:30
Facebook has figured out a new way to train computer vision models that will massively accelerate the company's work with artificial intelligence. Using the new technique, the company can train an image classification mo...
3 Amazing New Backpacks For Father's Day -- And Beyond
Forbes - 8 Jun 2017 19:30
Three exceptionally well-designed backpacks that are ideal for hands-free travel.
Microsoft files mysterious trademark for Direct Reality ahead of E3
Venture Beat - 8 Jun 2017 19:20
A few days before the influential Electronic Entertainment Expo video game tradeshow in Los Angeles, Microsoft may have tipped its hand on future virtual and augmented reality plans. Microsoft has filed a trademark for D...
Intellectual Property 101: What Your Business Needs To Know About Copyright Law
Forbes - 8 Jun 2017 19:06
Understanding Intellectual Property (IP) is essential to starting and growing a business. Your products, technologies, and creative work could be protected by four types of Intellectual Property Law: copyright, trademark...
EA's revamped EA Play at E3 focuses on streaming, sharing, and gameplay
Venture Beat - 8 Jun 2017 19:00
Electronic Arts has caught flak for pulling out of the Electronic Entertainment Expo’s show floor. But the multibillion-dollar game publisher said it has begun listening to feedback from gamers, and the community has i...