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If The Reason You Want To Take A Mental Health Day Falls Into Any Of These 3 Categories, Go To Work
Forbes - 27 Jul 2017 15:31
Taking a mental health day for any of these reasons won't help you build mental strength. In fact, you'll likely make your mental health even worse.
AI and the retail store of the future
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2017 23:10
GUEST: When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), both reporters and consumers tend to focus on big, bold, and very sexy stories, like autonomous self-driving cars or machines beating human world champions at games l...
Electronic Arts' digital sales jumped 23% over the last 12 months
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2017 23:03
Electronic Arts generated $3.147 billion in sales from digital channels alone over the last 12 months. That is up 23 percent year-over-year, and that figure represents 63 percent of the publisher’s total revenues throu...
The Sims 4 sees 20% year-over-year surge in monthly players
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2017 22:50
Even though The Sims 4 launched nearly three years ago, publisher Electronic Arts reports that it’s seeing a 20 percent increase in monthly active players on PC year-over-year. Live operations, including downloadable c...
Amazon's stock falters after missing profit target by $1 a share
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2017 22:42
Unlike most companies, Amazon has a stock that seems immune to worries about falling profits. The company’s approach, after all, is to invest today’s earnings into tomorrow’s revenue growth. Even so, the decline in...
Intel runs with the bulls thanks to PC, AI, and self-driving cars
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2017 22:35
Intel said it is raising its estimates for revenue this year because it sees strong growth related to the PC market, artificial intelligence, and self-driving cars. The company was expected to post non-GAAP earnings per ...
EA's live-service games like FIFA and Battlefield boost Q2 numbers
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2017 22:30
Electronic Arts is living well on live services. It didn’t have a major game launch during the first fiscal quarter that ended June 30, but it still beat analysts estimates for both revenues and earnings during this pe...
Building New Partnerships To Protect Public Lands
Forbes - 27 Jul 2017 22:15
Proposed budget cuts for U.S. environmental agencies are dramatic. Read how one social entrepreneur is navigating the uncertainty.
How Nebraska went from last to 25th state in VC deals
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2017 21:39
In a 2011 state-by-state ranking, Nebraska came in dead last in venture capital deals with exactly zero. By 2015, Nebraska had jumped to 25th nationally, with 13 deals totaling nearly $120 million, according to PriceWate...
Myanmar Is The Latest Front In Southeast Asia's Ride-Hailing Battle
Forbes - 27 Jul 2017 21:02
Grab announced on Monday that it had raised $2 billion from SoftBank and Didi Chuxing. Two days later, the company announced that it is expanding its initiatives in Myanmar, where it had beta launched in March.
Some Entrepreneurs Want GOP To Drop Health Repeal For Tax Cuts
Forbes - 27 Jul 2017 21:00Twitter plans to launch 24/7 sports network Stadium this fall
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2017 20:47
Twitter announced today that it is testing a new sports network called “Stadium” that it plans to debut on its platform this fall. Anthony Notto, Twitter chief operating officer, dropped the news during the company�...
Career Development Has Replaced Pay As A Top Perk. Are You Ready To Recruit?
Forbes - 27 Jul 2017 20:42
Humans are emotional, growth-oriented, and individualistic. Stay on top of team members' career development desires, and they'll make your startup the envy of everyone else on the block.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered is now standalone on PC and Xbox One
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2017 20:15
Nostalgic Call of Duty fans can now get the update of the classic Modern Warfare as a standalone game on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. This is the same game that came with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s special ed...
7 Key Elements Of A Blog Call-To-Action That Works
Forbes - 27 Jul 2017 19:51
You'll need to ensure your CTAs have these seven key qualities if you want them to be successful.
Mattress Startup Purple Agrees to $1.1B Merger With Publicly-Traded Investment Shell Company
Forbes - 27 Jul 2017 19:31
Utah inventors Tony and Terry Pearce worth some $850 million as startup Purple agrees to $1.1 billion merger with publicly-traded investment shell.
GamesBeat 2017 announces three more decision makers from gaming's past and future
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2017 19:30
GamesBeat 2017 will take place at San Francisco’s beautiful Fort Mason on October 5-6, and we’re delighted to announce our next three speakers. This trio can teach us a lot about making big decisions in the game busi...
Facebook builds natural language processing into Messenger
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2017 19:00
Facebook today launched Messenger Platform 2.1 with new features to give developers and brands more ways to reach potential customers, like built-in natural language processing, a payments SDK, and a global beta that mak...
U.S. indicts Russian suspected of $4 billion bitcoin laundering scheme
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2017 18:48
(Reuters) — A U.S. jury indicted a Russian man on Wednesday as the operator of a digital currency exchange he allegedly used to launder more than $4 billion for people involved in crimes ranging from computer hacking t...
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds gets fix for aiming bug
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2017 18:40
Aiming in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is broken. When players are crouched and idling, the game’s animation takes a moment to catch up after you start turning. This is causing shots to land to the side of your targ...
15 Fun Facts about Spreadshirt after 15 Years
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2017 18:25
PRESS RELEASE: Spreadshirt, the self-expression global e-commerce company takes a fond look back at their 15 years as an enterprise, with 15 fun facts that show how far and wide the print on-demand apparel and accessory ...
For Honor is getting two new seasons and dedicated servers
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2017 18:15
The viking-on-knight-on-samurai brawler For Honor is getting new characters, maps, and dedicated servers. Ubisoft announced its plans through February 2018 this morning on its weekly Warrior’s Den livestream. Dedicated...