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ISTE 2017: ABCmouse Announces Major Upgrades
Nibletz - 23 Jun 2017 17:30
ABCmouse Upgrades Their Already Fun and Amazing Curriculum, Just In Time For ISTE 2017 ABCmouse is a web based platform so it's easily accessible via laptop, desktop, tablet or smartphone. The activities are plentiful, i...
This Company Is Cashing In On India's E-Commerce Boom
Forbes - 23 Jun 2017 06:37
Just four years in the business, CashKaro has caught the eye of big investors and is now India's largest cashback site with 1.5 million customers, working with 1,500 online retailers.
Why Element.AI's $102 million round is just the beginning
Venture Beat - 23 Jun 2017 00:15
GUEST: The venture capital community was shocked last week with Element AI’s fundraise. How can a Canadian startup founded in late 2016 raise a Series-A in June 2017 for a cool $102 million? Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Inte...
YIIK is the millennial take on EarthBound
Venture Beat - 23 Jun 2017 23:30
YIIK: A Postmodern RPG (or Y2K) is a surreal role-playing game from developer Ackk Studios and publisher Ysbryd Games. It draws inspiration from Japanese RPGs like the heartwarming EarthBound and ultra-stylish Persona, r...
Happy Shoryuken day! Street Fighter pummels 6/23 into submission
Venture Beat - 23 Jun 2017 22:20
If you’re at your keyboard, look down at the keypad and try to enter the input to perform the shoryuken dragon punch from Street Fighter. If you did it right, you would have hit 6, 2, and then 3 — or, in other words,...
Travis Kalanick Will Have A Hand In Selecting His Successor As Uber CEO
Forbes - 23 Jun 2017 22:12
Kalanick may not be the CEO anymore, but it looks like the company's controversial co-founder and board member will continue to exercise influence on Uber's direction.
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is all about punching Nazis out of America
Venture Beat - 23 Jun 2017 21:45
The Wolfenstein video game story is quite disturbing. It’s built on a fictional alternative history, where the Nazis won World War II. By 1961, they have crushed all opposition and corrupted American culture with “Na...
The Founder Questionnaire: 'Making Good' on Sacrifice and Support, With Touch of Modern's Jerry Hum
Forbes - 23 Jun 2017 21:11
Touch of Modern's CEO and co-founder Jerry Hum on the early support and sacrifices that still fuel one of the hottest Men's Fashion shops online.
Watch SpaceX launch a used rocket and attempt an extra-tricky landing
Venture Beat - 23 Jun 2017 21:03
ANALYSIS: SpaceX is planning to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with a first stage that has previously been used to deliver satellites into space. The launch — carrying the first geostationary communications satellite in Bulg...
Roger Stone Wants Trump To Keep His Marijuana Campaign Promise
Forbes - 23 Jun 2017 20:48
Roger Stone helped get Donald Trump elected. Now he wants the President to keep his campaign promise on marijuana and states' rights.
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds surpasses $100 million in revenue
Venture Beat - 23 Jun 2017 20:42
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is one of the most popular games in the world right now, and it is making more money every day thanks to its viral appeal livestreaming video services. It’s is also coming off its first ...
BlackBerry shares fall 12% as rivals threaten its turnaround
Venture Beat - 23 Jun 2017 20:31
ANALYSIS: BlackBerry shares fell as much as 12 percent after the company said its revenue fell short of analyst expectations. Revenue fell 43 percent to $244 million, the company said, below Wall Street’s consensus est...
4 steps to overcoming the cloud services challenge of shadow IT
Venture Beat - 23 Jun 2017 19:50
SPONSORED: Presented by IBM A recent report by Skyhigh Networks stated that the average organization used a whopping 1,427 cloud services in Q3 of 2016, representing a 23.7 percent growth over the same quarter in the pre...
New Tagline Is A Modern Expression Of The GE Appliances Brand
Forbes - 23 Jun 2017 19:16
What does a former cosmetics marketing executive have in common with an iconic appliance brand? A lot.
Why you shouldn't be afraid to ask when it comes to networking
Venture Beat - 23 Jun 2017 19:15
Jennifer Fonstad, cofounder of Aspect Ventures and a seasoned venture capitalist, admits she’s more of an introvert than an extrovert. But when it comes to networking with Silicon Valley insiders, she’s a pro. Her ad...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered debuts for PS4 on June 27
Venture Beat - 23 Jun 2017 19:00
Activision said that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered will go on sale as a stand-alone video game on the PlayStation 4 on June 27. The exclusive release means PS4 fans will be able to get the game in stores or via...
ISTE '17: Students And Teachers Can Make Professional Presentations With Haiku Deck
Nibletz - 23 Jun 2017 18:50
ISTE 2017: What Word Press Has Done To Front Page, Haiku Deck has Done To Power Point One of the things that people love about Instagram is that it seamlessly makes users look like professional photographers in just a fe...
Google will stop scanning your Gmail for ad targeting later this year
Venture Beat - 23 Jun 2017 18:46
Google built an empire by collecting your data to sell ads, but soon one of Google’s more intrusive methods of data collection is coming to an end. In a blog post this morning, Google says it will cease scanning Gmail ...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Inside Call of Duty: WWII's multiplayer, and Pokémon Go gets Raid fights
Venture Beat - 23 Jun 2017 18:27
Hello, and welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Final Fantasy XIV suffered a DDos (distributed denial-of-service) attack, Blizzard announced plans to make duplicate item drops in Overwatch and Hearthst...
S.O.S. Time For CEOs: Why Are Some Allowed To Stay And Others Forced To Go?
Forbes - 23 Jun 2017 18:21
While the Uber story continues to play out, it's interesting to contrast it with another controversial example: the United Airlines alleged abuse of a passenger.
GamesBeat 2017 reveals five new speakers for The Time Machine theme
Venture Beat - 23 Jun 2017 18:00
GamesBeat 2017 will take place at San Francisco’s beautiful Fort Mason on October 5 and October 6. And we’re delighted to announce our next five speakers. They include Paul Bettner, CEO of Playful; Herman Narula, CEO...
Microsoft Teams gets School Data Sync, OneNote class notebooks, education apps, and assignment management
Venture Beat - 23 Jun 2017 18:00
Microsoft today updated Microsoft Teams with four classroom features “designed to help schools achieve more together.” The new functionality, previously limited to a select few in private preview, is now available to...