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Carbon Craft Principals Acquire Southport Boats
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2017 18:25
PRESS RELEASE: The principals of Carbon Craft Inc. today announced they have acquired Southport Boats for an undisclosed amount. Anchors Aweigh Capital (AAC), a private investment firm focused on maritime businesses, adv...
Kik raises $50 million ahead of token sale for its cryptocurrency Kin
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2017 01:53
Kik Interactive announced today that a token distribution event (TDE) for the sale of its cryptocurrency Kin will start September 12 at 6 a.m. Pacific time. Kik, a chat app with a community of 50 million monthly active u...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview without the Xbox app's HDR screenshot feature
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2017 01:28
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with bug fixes, improvements, and one feature removed. The company is now finalizing the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, which is expected to arrive next month. ...
Okta Universal Directory Enhancements Enable Every Organization to Migrate From On-Premises Infrastructure
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2017 00:25
PRESS RELEASE: Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, today announced advancements to the Okta Identity Cloud to power a new independent directory standard and integrat...
Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire designer explains why their mounts stand out in the MMO crowd
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2017 00:07
Guild Wars 2 is finally getting mounts when the massively multiplayer online role-playing game’s second expansion, Path of Fire, comes out for PC on September 22. Along with giving players a new, desert area to explore...
Okta Launches APIs and New Developer Edition to Power Identity for Every App
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2017 23:25
PRESS RELEASE: Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, today introduced expanded APIs, new developer product capabilities and a new Developer Edition for both customer a...
Why is Valve done with Half-Life? GamesBeat Decides
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2017 23:01
Half-Life 2: Episode 3 died a long time ago, but its soul found some new life this week when writer Marc Laidlaw (Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episodes) apparently published the story he had planned to close out the trilogy...
Okta Enhances Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2017 22:25
PRESS RELEASE: Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, today delivered new functionality for its cloud-based Okta Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication (AMFA), securing a...
Uber will stop tracking riders for up to 5 minutes after a trip
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2017 22:10
(Reuters) — Uber Technologies Inc is pulling a heavily criticized feature from its app that allowed it to track riders for up to five minutes after a trip, its security chief told Reuters, as the ride-services company ...
CCP launches Tron-like sports game Sparc for PSVR
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2017 21:45
PREVIEW: CCP Games has launched Sparc for Sony’s PlayStation VR. It’s CCP’s fourth VR game, and it’s a homage to sci-fi experiences like the film Tron, with plenty of colorful neon art. It’s part of a new categ...
The risks of putting your money into initial coin offerings
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2017 21:25
Austin Hill loves cryptocurrency, the new ecosystem for money that has grown up around secure and transparent technologies like blockchain. Cryptocurrency’s innovations have spawned huge investor interest and spawned c...
NICE Announces Interventional Procedure Guidance Supporting Use of Hydrogel Spacer in Treatment of Prostate Cancer in the UK
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2017 21:25
PRESS RELEASE: Augmenix, Inc., a medical technology company that develops, manufactures, and sells proprietary absorbable hydrogels that separate and protect organs at risk during radiotherapy, today announced that the N...
WhatsApp is verifying business accounts
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2017 20:28
WhatsApp is beginning to verify business accounts with a green badge next to the user’s phone number. The symbol looks like this: “If you see a green badge next to a contact’s name, it means that WhatsApp has confi...
Salesforce creates AI tool for talking to databases
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2017 20:00
New research from Salesforce shows that there's hope on the horizon for people who want to understand information stored in databases without knowing the programming language typically used to query those systems. The co...
Intel's Xeon W chips target workstations for AI and VR
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2017 20:00
Intel is launching a new variant of its Xeon Scalable processors for next-generation workstations. The Intel Xeon W will be the brains in workstations that the world’s biggest chip maker says will be used to build imme...
Learning Upgrade Adds Elementary Math Courses to Support ELLs
Nibletz - 29 Aug 2017 19:40
Math Upgrade is available on iOS and Android, and includes 360 lessons that offer learning on the go for ELL students in grades K-5 Just in time for back to school, Learning Upgrade, an innovative ed tech company providi...
5miles Opens New Blockchain Technology Lab, 5xlab
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2017 19:25
PRESS RELEASE: 5miles, the leading mobile marketplace in the U.S., has announced the formation of 5xlab, a blockchain lab that will offer technology development services for building a new digital network infrastructure....
Okta expands multi-factor authentication as it diversifies beyond single sign-on
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2017 19:09
Okta customers who use the identity provider for single sign-on capabilities will get basic multi-factor authentication added to their service for free, as part of a suite of updates the company announced today. Starting...
YouTube gets a new logo, Material Design on desktop, and more mobile app features
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2017 19:00
YouTube today rolled out a revamped design, with a few extra features to boot. This is part of the Google-owned company’s broader plan to add more functionality while also offering a more consistent look across desktop...
Cyan partners with Legendary Pictures to add backstory to Obduction
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2017 19:00
Cyan has a double dose of news about its Obduction thriller. The game is debuting on the PlayStation 4 today, and the company has cut a deal with Hollywood’s Legendary Pictures to add a backstory to the award-winning a...
Google launches ARCore SDK in preview: AR on Android phones, no extra hardware required
Venture Beat - 29 Aug 2017 18:43
Google today launched a preview of ARCore, an Android software development kit (SDK) that brings augmented reality to existing and future Android phones without requiring additional sensors or hardware. Developers can do...
DevLearn Preview: ej4 Video e-Learning Experts
Nibletz - 29 Aug 2017 18:25
People Grow Businesses, ej4 Grows People Through Video e-Learning Video is the most effective means of training and e-learning available today. “Short form videos keep learners engaged, are demonstration friendly and g...