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Microsoft and Facebook launch open source project to make neural networks portable
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2017 20:55
Microsoft and Facebook have announced a new open source project today that's aimed at creating a shared model representation for neural networks across different programming frameworks. Called the Open Neural Network Exc...
4 ways college entrepreneurship classes fall short
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2017 19:15
GUEST: According to a Bentley University Survey, over 66 percent of millennials would like to start a company. It's no wonder that colleges, universities, and private institutions are trying to ride the wave and offer en...
Avitas and Nvidia use AI drones and robots to improve inspections
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2017 17:00
Avitas Systems has partnered with Nvidia to use artificial intelligence, drones, and analytics to improve inspections of heavy industry facilities, such as oil rigs. The deal marries Nvidia’s DGX-1 and DGX Station AI c...
GTA Online's 'Battle Royale' mode reveals why PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds works
Venture Beat - 8 Sep 2017 01:57
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has sold 10 million copies since March, and its astronomical success was always going to lead to imitators of both the cheap and triple-A varieties. While I find perverse joy in the iOS an...
6 SEO Trends That Will Influence Your Content Marketing
Forbes - 8 Sep 2017 01:27
Keeping up with trends in SEO and actually executing a strategy that generates the kind of results you're after is challenging. But you need to make SEO a priority for your team -- if you don't, your competitors will.
Remote Work Teams- There Are Many Fish In The Sea
Forbes - 8 Sep 2017 01:02
As the war for talent rages across the land with no end in sight and as competition in the market continues to bubble over at a fervent pace, many business leaders are finding that they must cast an ever widening net to ...
Amazon gives developers more ways to build Alexa skills
Venture Beat - 8 Sep 2017 00:17
Amazon today rolled out the ability to quickly migrate a bot made with its Lex framework to an Alexa skill. The Amazon Lex console can now export a Lex bot as a JSON file, which can be made into an Alexa skill using the ...
Magic: The Gathering -- Arena is Wizards of the Coast's answer to Hearthstone
Venture Beat - 8 Sep 2017 00:05
Magic: The Gathering fans have watched as first Hearthstone, then Hex, then Shadowverse, then Eternal, then The Elder Scrolls: Legends, and then Gwent all reinvigorated the digital card game sector, a market that researc...
You Just Got Served: How To Navigate A Lawsuit
Forbes - 7 Sep 2017 23:35
Lawsuits consume a lot of time and money, and can be as unfair as they are unpredictable. Here are some of the most frequent issues that creative professionals and startups run into when a legal complaint gets filed agai...
Field-To-Table Mystique in Rural Maine: How Owner Erin French Protects The Lost Kitchen
Forbes - 7 Sep 2017 22:59
Everyone wants a seat at this Maine restaurant. Chef and owner Erin French strives to keep it small and personal.
Want To Optimize For Holiday-Related Search Terms? Start Now
Forbes - 7 Sep 2017 22:53
If your business is one that especially benefits from the holiday shopping season, or if you have a line of products specifically intended for holiday shoppers, now is the time to start optimizing.
Songbringer is one designer's procedurally generated ode to classic RPGs
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2017 22:30
Songbringer is an action role-playing game that’s hoping to clear the name of procedural generation. Nathanael Weiss, who developed the game under his studio name Wizard Fu, teamed up with publisher Double Eleven, and ...
Womply Now Serves 100,000 Small Businesses in Every Corner of America
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2017 22:25
PRESS RELEASE: Womply, the leader in front office software for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced that the company now serves more than 100,000 small businesses in every corner of America. Nationw...
Esports Fan Competition Platform Taunt Raises $1.75m, Led by Foundry Group
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2017 21:25
PRESS RELEASE: Esports startup Taunt announced today that it has closed a $1.75 million seed financing round, led by Foundry Group. Taunt is the fifth spinout of Pioneer Square Labs ("PSL"), whose founders, Geoff Entress...
5 U.S. cities Amazon should consider for HQ2
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2017 21:10
ANALYSIS: Amazon sent Heartland cities scrambling on Thursday morning with the announcement that it is looking to secure a location for what it calls HQ2 — a second office in North America that the company claims will ...
Why triple-A devs are going indie (and why indies aren't going triple-A)
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2017 20:54
FEATURE: The tools and money behind gaming are changing, and its giving developers a choice they haven't previously had.
Buzzword or not, AI is now a thing in corporate earnings calls
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2017 20:28
In quarterly calls to discuss earnings with Wall Street, executives’ curated comments fall into two categories: information they are required by the SEC to divulge and things they think investors want to hear. Aggregat...
Adventure Travel That Makes A Difference
Forbes - 7 Sep 2017 20:27
The ATCF is where adventure travel intersects with conservation
Insurtech Startup CoverWallet Appoints OnDeck's Paul Rosen as Chief Operating Officer
Venture Beat - 7 Sep 2017 20:25
PRESS RELEASE: CoverWallet, the simplest way for small businesses to understand, buy and manage their insurance online, announced that former OnDeck® (NYSE: ONDK) executive, Paul Rosen, has joined the company as COO. "I...
[Part I] 4 Essential Elements Of Building An Original Brand
Forbes - 7 Sep 2017 20:22
After helping hundreds of businesses find their unique "thing" in the world, we've cracked the code on how to find your unique brand. This is part one of a two part series that breaks down the actionable steps you should...
Congress Puts Cannabis Industry On High Alert, Blocking A Vote
Forbes - 7 Sep 2017 20:14
The cannabis industry is once again worried that Congress will remove its protections from the Justice Department.
Future of Supply Chain: Three Contrarian Predictions
Forbes - 7 Sep 2017 20:05
This week SCM World launches our annual Future of Supply Chain survey. We've historically gotten well over 1000 responses, and have been able to tap into the collective foresight of practitioners from every corner of the...