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Forbes - 2 Aug 2017 23:51With 8.5 million sales, NBA 2K17 is more dominant than the Warriors
Venture Beat - 2 Aug 2017 23:40
NBA 2K17 has come out on top as publisher Take-Two Interactive’s top-selling sports game ever, selling more than 8.5 million copies. In an earnings report today for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018, Take-Two noted...
How Venture for America helps Baltimore find and keep talent
Venture Beat - 2 Aug 2017 23:30
GUEST: Albeit small, Baltimore's startup community is a thriving one. Just 45 minutes outside of the District, the city's innovation scene is rich with opportunity and talent. Maybe that's why Baltimore is one of the mos...
Why Zynga's smiling on Dawn of Titans after killing Mafia Wars
Venture Beat - 2 Aug 2017 22:52
Earlier this month, social game developer Zynga shut down Mafia Wars, the mobile reboot of the original web game that soft-launched back in April. In a call today with GamesBeat, CEO Frank Gibeau says that the reason was...
Grand Theft Online just had its best money-making quarter ever
Venture Beat - 2 Aug 2017 22:42
Grand Theft Auto V has been out for almost four years, but its online component is still Take-Two‘s big money-maker. In fact, Grand Theft Auto Online just had its best quarter yet. Take-Two noted today in its earnings ...
EdNet Preview: Learnosity Is The AWS For Education
Nibletz - 2 Aug 2017 22:31
Millions Of Learners Use Learnosity Every Day, They Just Don’t Know It When writing about startups most of the folks that cover them equate them to something else. We do it here, all the time, without even thinking abo...
Zynga's mobile revenue zooms up 31% in Q2 thanks to CSR Racing 2
Venture Beat - 2 Aug 2017 22:06
Just as in Q1, Zynga broke some of its own records in Q2, generating $179.9 million in revenue in the mobile market. “We saw record mobile bookings up 33 percent year-over-year. Our mobile audience is also up, 28 perce...
Zynga picks Unity Technologies to provide ads across its games
Venture Beat - 2 Aug 2017 22:05
In what could trigger a shake-up in the mobile ad business, Zynga has chosen Unity Technologies as its exclusive mobile game advertising partner. Zynga decided to adopt the Unity Ads rewarded ads platform, which could si...
7 popular Alexa skills that don't use Echo Show's display but should
Venture Beat - 2 Aug 2017 21:44
Turn on an Amazon Echo Show and you’ll be delighted with a range of news headlines and silly videos worth watching. This morning I saw a baby kangaroo’s first steps and a dubstep motorcycle battle. One thing you won�...
Bitcoin Cash: What you need to know
Venture Beat - 2 Aug 2017 21:25
GUEST: If you’ve been following the Bitcoin scaling efforts lately, you already know that the Bitcoin blockchain forked yesterday, giving birth to a new currency called Bitcoin Cash (BCH). The event was surrounded by q...
Machine learning could make flying less terrible
Venture Beat - 2 Aug 2017 21:10
GUEST: As it relates to technology, the private aviation industry has been flagging lately. While some industries — health, retail, manufacturing, automotive — have adopted machine learning in recent years and used i...
Twitter's new developer tool for Unity makes it easier to tweet inside a game
Venture Beat - 2 Aug 2017 20:37
Twitter has updated its SDK (software development kit) for the Unity Engine. The free tool makes it possible for developers to implement Twitter features into their games. For example, you could tweet out a new high scor...
5 Options To Find Or Create Images For Your Content On A Budget
Forbes - 2 Aug 2017 20:21
If you're a small business or a solopreneur on a budget, you need a more cost-effective way to collect images for your blog. Fortunately, you have multiple options to do so.
Tim Clifford Scheduled to Speak at 20th Annual Oppenheimer Technology, Internet & Communications Conference
Venture Beat - 2 Aug 2017 19:25
PRESS RELEASE: Frontline Education, an integrated insights partner serving more than 12,000 educational organizations and millions of educators, today announced that President & CEO Tim Clifford will present on the SaaS ...
Why These Investors Should Be On Your Radar: Dayna Grayson, Rafael Corrales And Courtney Robinson
Forbes - 2 Aug 2017 19:15
How three investors approaching the industry from unique perspectives are changing the VC game.
How Turning People Off Leads To Larger Clients
Forbes - 2 Aug 2017 19:15
If you're like most small business owners you have some fantastic clients that pay you well, and a bunch of smaller clients you keep around to pay the bills. I share the reason you're stuck with both and how to attract m...
Following in Google's footsteps, Facebook tweaks its mobile News Feed to show more fast-loading stories
Venture Beat - 2 Aug 2017 18:48
Over the years, Facebook has made many changes to its News Feed algorithm. Now, the company is taking a page out of Google’s book: Facebook is updating its News Feed algorithm to show more stories that load quickly on ...
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Forbes - 2 Aug 2017 18:44
If a board member is a retired CEO, he or she can sometimes naturally fall back into that CEO mindset and forget that the role on the board is somewhat more elevated. In these instances, the board may micromanage and ove...
CircleUp25: Announcing the 2017 Winners
Forbes - 2 Aug 2017 18:31
This marks the fifth year of CircleUp25, our awards recognizing the most innovative consumer and retail brands of the year. CircleUp25 is decided on by our expert judges and Helio, CircleUp's internal data science platfo...
How To Make Email Introductions Where Everyone Wins
Forbes - 2 Aug 2017 18:22
Want a simple guide to make killer email introductions that are triple-win? Follow these simple guidelines and email template to look like an all-star introducer or recipient and by default, make your network that much s...
Samsung Galaxy Note8: Final specs
Venture Beat - 2 Aug 2017 18:16
EXCLUSIVE: As Samsung prepares to announce its stylus-equipped Galaxy Note8 on August 23 in New York City, information about the phone has begun appearing at a more frenzied pace — though not all of it is accurate. Acc...
Bannon's 44% Rate Would Undo Decades of Republican Policy
Forbes - 2 Aug 2017 18:12
President Trump's Chief Strategist Steve Bannon is reportedly pushing for a 44% top tax rate on incomes over $5 million.