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Dream Reality Interactive raises money for AR, VR, and AI
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2017 15:45
Dream Reality Interactive stands at the intersection of augmented reality, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. And that has enabled the company to raise a round of funding from creative agency Mother and invest...
Alphabet continues to struggle with reorganizing Google, tried to sell Nest last year
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2017 06:22
FEATURE: Google's self-professed mission is to organize the world's information. But a company known for engineering excellence is still trying to solve the very human problem of how to organize itself. Nearly two years ...
Did Nintendo already mess up the Super NES Classic? GamesBeat Decides
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2017 23:25
Summer is upon us, and that means we have some time to catch up on games, look to the future, and — oh, my god! Nintendo just announced the Super NES Classic Edition! I’m freakin’ out! On this week’s episode of t...
Why Win-Win-Win Propositions Are The Future Of Business
Forbes - 28 Jun 2017 22:49For One Manufacturer, Dropping Health Insurance Worked -- But Only For A While
Forbes - 28 Jun 2017 22:45
After rising premiums and fewer choices, Susquehanna Glass Company returned to group health coverage -- at a price.
Canada's top court rules Google can be forced to remove search results worldwide
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2017 22:44
(Reuters) — Canadian courts can force internet search leader Google to remove results worldwide, the country’s top court ruled on Wednesday, drawing criticism from civil liberties groups arguing such a move sets a pr...
Machine learning for the masses: How one company achieved ROI in just one month
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2017 22:30
SPONSORED: Presented by IBM Nobel Prize-winning author Andre Gide once said, "Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore." The typical organization has done much to empower its em...
Merge Dragons is Gram Games first free-to-play release
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2017 22:00
Gram Games launched its Merge Dragons on iOS as the first major free-to-play game from its new London studio. The puzzle adventure game will be available on Android soon. It’s a big game, with 600 quests, 500 fantastic...
Pornhub is integrating interactive teledildonics into its VR category
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2017 21:45
Robots are starting to do the jobs humans don’t want to do … unless it’s your birthday or anniversary or something. Pornhub revealed the launch of its new “interactive” category (not suitable for work) of adult...
Google Photos' smarter sharing features start rolling out
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2017 21:22
Google rolled out today one of the more interesting features it announced during its I/O conference in May: the ability to easily share pictures with friends and family in Google Photos. The updated Photo app adds a four...
5 steps to prepare your company for the AI revolution
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2017 21:10
GUEST: For all the excitement around artificial intelligence and other automation technologies, we’ve only seen a fraction of the opportunities automation will create. With all the change still to come, it’s worth co...
CastAR's collapse shows the incredible challenge of making AR games
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2017 21:07
CastAR was one of the most ambitious augmented reality game companies in the business. But it looks like it has shut down amid one of the most obvious problems in the fledgling industry: It was too early, and the challen...
Twitch updates its mobile app with cam streaming and more
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2017 21:00
Expect even more selfie-style videos in your Twitch feed, as the company is improving one of its key apps to make it easier to use its platform on the go. The iOS and Android Twitch apps are getting an update today that ...
How Zume Pizza is using automation to produce the perfect pie
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2017 20:05
Millions of jobs will be lost to automation as part of the so-called fourth industrial revolution, according to a recent World Economic Forum report, with an anticipated net loss of as many as five million jobs by 2020. ...
Nintendo and Super Mario Odyssey sweep the E3 Game Critic Awards
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2017 20:01
Nintendo walked away with a lot of the awards for the best games of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game industry show in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago. Nintendo’s Super Mario Odyssey won all three ...
Why Entrepreneurs Need To Challenge Their Own Assumptions
Forbes - 28 Jun 2017 19:58
In raw numbers, my Good News newsletter is probably the most successful thing I've ever done. Nine months ago I thought it was a bad idea.
Grease The Wheels To Make The Sale
Forbes - 28 Jun 2017 19:45
Marketing your small business and closing sales is hard enough, are you inadvertently making it harder on yourself? This week I share some cardinal sins I see business owners commit all the time...and simple ways to fix ...
Hearthstone weakens one the game's most hated cards
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2017 19:13
Hearthstone’s Quest Rogue players might actually want to find a cave to hide in after hearing the news of Blizzard Entertainment’s changes to the controversial The Cavern Below card. The publisher of the market-leadi...
The 27 Most Beautiful Beaches In The World
Forbes - 28 Jun 2017 18:46
Here, 20 top photographers and Instagrammers share their picks for the most spectacular beaches in the world.
3 Things To Consider Other Than Valuation When Raising Money From Venture Capitalists
Forbes - 28 Jun 2017 18:45
There is so much more to a funding round than just selling to the highest bidder. Here are my top 3 things that every entrepreneur should consider - other than valuation - when raising money from venture capitalists, bus...
Diablo III's necromancer can't reanimate Blizzard's aging game
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2017 18:37
Diablo III came out in 2012. Blizzard is now adding a new character class can keep the game running and earn it some money without having to release a full-on expansion for the aging game. The Rise of the Necromancer pac...
5 Entrepreneurs Share Advice For Working From Home
Forbes - 28 Jun 2017 18:21
Five work from home entrepreneurs share their greatest advice for achieving work-life balance when their personal and professional lives take place under the same roof.