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Wendy's 50 Cent Frosty Campaign Fuels Twitter Confusion
Forbes - 21 Jul 2017 15:57
Is market confusion a good thing or bad? Consider this story before going forward with a high-visibility social media campaign.
U.S. Department of Justice shuts down dark web marketplace AlphaBay
Venture Beat - 21 Jul 2017 05:31
The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it had shut down the dark web marketplace AlphaBay, working with international partners to knock offline the site accused of allowing a global trade in drugs, firearms, comput...
AI Weekly: Walmart's machine learning advantage
Venture Beat - 21 Jul 2017 23:33
Here’s this week’s newsletter: Last week, VentureBeat invited Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM, and other giants of AI into a big tent with brands like Coca-Cola, The New York Times, Tumi, and Walmart, as well as such p...
Turtle Beach Elite Pro PC Edition is a total gaming package
Venture Beat - 21 Jul 2017 22:25
REVIEW: The gaming-headset market has endless options from dozens of vendors, and that’s because each person has a slightly different use case in mind when they are shopping for one of these devices. If you play primar...
Silicon Valley Is Hotter Than Ever But Risks Losing Status Due To Sky-High Prices
Forbes - 21 Jul 2017 22:25
Silicon Valley's status as the premier innovation and venture capital hub is at risk as talent leaves for other startup regions that offer lower costs yet a similar tech-centric culture.
Silicon Valley tech firms power job growth in the hinterlands
Venture Beat - 21 Jul 2017 21:53
The growth speaks for itself. The concentration of tech talent in Madison, Wisconsin increased by more than 30 percent over the past two years. In Fort Lauderdale, Kansas City (Missouri), Miami, and Salt Lake City, there...
7 Social Media Strategies That Don't Work How You Think They Do
Forbes - 21 Jul 2017 20:11
These seven social media tactics simply don't work the way you think they do:
ProBeat: Wearables are gimmicks
Venture Beat - 21 Jul 2017 19:30
OPINION: It’s been a tough month for wearables. Two weeks ago, The Information revealed that Jawbone is being liquidated. This week, CNBC reported that Intel had axed its wearables division. As my colleagues and friend...
Keep Calm And Carry On - Britain's SMEs Prepare Warily For Brexit
Forbes - 21 Jul 2017 18:29
According to a report from Vistage, the UK leaving Europe is not a major concern for SMEs. But as the report also reveals, significant numbers of UK small to mid sized companies are making plans for the post-Brexit world...
Want More Instagram Followers? Here's How To Do It
Forbes - 21 Jul 2017 17:59
Do you feel like a loser because you hardly have any followers on Instagram? Don't worry, I'm going to show you how to grow your followers!
Facebook, GitHub, and the Ford Foundation donate $300,000 to bug bounty program for internet infrastructure
Venture Beat - 21 Jul 2017 17:30
The Internet Bug Bounty (IBB), a not-for-profit bug bounty program backed by such tech companies as Facebook and Microsoft, revealed that it has received three $100,000 donations from Facebook, an existing donor, and new...
HyperX's Cloud Revolver S headset nearly does it all
Venture Beat - 21 Jul 2017 17:15
REVIEW: HyperX has built up a reputation for having some of the better gaming headsets on the market. The gaming division of Kingston has won over a lot of fans with its Cloud and Cloud II headsets, and now the company h...
The DeanBeat: Roblox's kid developers make enough 'robucks' to pay for college
Venture Beat - 21 Jul 2017 17:00
Jackson Munsell, Brandon LaRouche and Alex Balfanz grew up in very different places. But they’re converging on San Jose, Calif., this weekend as developers of games in the world of Roblox, the blocky virtual world that...
3 lessons from Tezos' record-setting blockchain fundraise
Venture Beat - 21 Jul 2017 16:15
Last week, blockchain startup Tezos pulled in a record-breaking initial coin offering (ICO) of about $232 million in a frenetic 13-day fundraise. What had investors excited about Tezos was the fact that it’s a whole ne...
League of Legends esports teams turn to Tim 'Magic' Sevenhuysen for 'Moneyball' counsel
Venture Beat - 21 Jul 2017 16:00
The Moneyball of esports is quite a reality yet. But the Brad Pitt movie and Michael Lewis book has been a good way to describe what Tim Sevenhuysen does as a statistics consultant for League of Legends esports teams. Se...
It's A Bird, It's A Plane: The Four Financial Superheroes That Will Benefit Your Business
Forbes - 21 Jul 2017 16:00
You might not think you need an accountant in the traditional sense. But there are so many ways financial know-how can benefit your company.
BbWorld 17 Preview: Let eThink Education Do The The Moodling For You
Nibletz - 21 Jul 2017 15:50
Let eThink Do All Your Moodle Thinking For You So You can Concentrate On Instruction Moodle is the most popular LMS in the world. The open source learning management system is used globally by more schools, colleges, uni...
Kickstart Accelerator's 10 Most Promising Fintech Startups
Forbes - 21 Jul 2017 15:40
One of Europe's multi-corporate, zero-equity technology accelerators Kickstart Accelerator has announced the shortlist of startups that will participate in an 11 week program in Zurich. 10 of those chosen by digitalswitz...
Baidu and JD.com to join $12 billion investment in state-owned China Unicom
Venture Beat - 21 Jul 2017 15:39
(Reuters) — Baidu and JD.com will join other big Chinese technology firms to jointly invest about $12 billion in the Shanghai-listed unit of China Unicom, the weakest of three big state-owned telecoms firms, two people...
On The ESG Horizon -- Achieving A Global Standard
Forbes - 21 Jul 2017 15:24
As investor requirements for ESG integration continues to grow, government mandated policies would need to expand to match the growth in order to find cost-effective ways to reduce energy consumption.
Business Loans Flattened Due To Weakness Past , Not Future
Forbes - 21 Jul 2017 15:21
Business loans have flattened out after several years of growth. This is not a negative indicator of the future, but a tepid indicator of the past path of the economy.
InstructureCon Preview: Lessoneer Makes Teachers Happy
Nibletz - 21 Jul 2017 15:10
Lessoneer Is A Teacher’s Best Friend Are you a teacher? Imagine for a second that all of the best standards aligned resources from across your campus, district and region were put into one centralized place. Now imagin...