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For This Family, The Bigger The Problem, The Bigger The Opportunity
Forbes - 19 Sep 2017 04:00
The Kamine family has been investing in infrastructure scale projects for decades. Now they have their goal set on eliminating food waste in the U.S.
98point6 Raises $19.5 Million in Series B Funding for "Continuity Care" Platform
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2017 01:25
PRESS RELEASE: 98point6 (), a rapidly growing healthcare technology company, announced it has raised $19.5 million in Series B funding. Addressing growing challenges related to the rising cost and accessibility of healt...
Oracle's latest jab at AWS: new cloud pricing schemes
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2017 01:17
Oracle is letting its customers bring their own licenses to its cloud platform services with a set of pricing changes announced today. Larry Ellison, the company's cofounder and CTO, said that customers who already pay f...
Training soft skills into AI technology
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2017 01:10
GUEST: At this moment, there are computers using artificial intelligence to make decisions about the best courses of medical treatment, the quickest routes to take on a road trip, and the chess moves most likely to win a...
How To Reinforce Your Employee-Owned Culture
Forbes - 20 Sep 2017 01:04
Getting certified as an employee-owned business can help win you external customers while also helping to celebrate your culture of ownership.
Gogoro raises $300 million for its battery-swapping technology
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2017 01:00
Gogoro, which wants to redefine urban transportation to make it more sustainable, announced today that it has raised a whopping $300 million to further its mission. New investors Temasek, Al Gore’s Generation Investmen...
It's Not Just Bricks And Mortar: Online Retailers Need To Innovate, Too
Forbes - 20 Sep 2017 00:39
Online retailers have enjoyed advantages over bricks and mortar for some time. Thanks to retailers like Amazon, that may change. Here's how smart e-tailers can stay ahead.
The Unexamined Mind Doesn't Think Well: Why Self-Awareness Is A Fundamental Leadership Capacity
Forbes - 20 Sep 2017 00:25
Self-awareness is an analytic skill essential to performance and development as a business leader, not unlike analyzing a business or investment opportunity. Too often it's discussed as a soft skill, blurred into authent...
Beyond A/B button colors: Building a data-driven marketing model (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2017 00:05
VB LIVE: Customers expect fully personalized brand experiences every time or they'll walk. But with marketing analytics, you can figure out what they want before they do, deliver it, and cement their loyalty. Join our la...
Overwatch's new update with Junkertown and the Mercy/D.Va changes is live
Venture Beat - 19 Sep 2017 23:35
Overwatch just received a significant patch. The PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC team-based shooter saw two of its heroes receive big changes, while Blizzard also added the new Junkertown map. Overwatch has been a big hi...
Meet Austria's Rising Tech Startups At TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017
Forbes - 19 Sep 2017 23:18
Austria, which has become one of the best places to raise early-stage capital in Europe, is bringing some of its best technology startups to compete on a global stage, at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2017.
You might use AI, but that doesn't mean you're an AI company
Venture Beat - 19 Sep 2017 23:15
As AI rises in popularity, there are a slew of businesses new and old looking to market themselves as “AI companies.” But Andrew Ng, one of the founders of the Google Brain team and a luminary in the space, said that...
AI is changing how real estate professionals do business
Venture Beat - 19 Sep 2017 23:10
GUEST: By now, it's clear that AI is less the stuff of sci-fi nightmares and more a modern tool we can use in our daily lives. Wise as it is to heed the warnings of brilliant minds and stay apprised of potential threats ...
What Can We Learn From Steve Wozniak About Launching Apple?
Forbes - 19 Sep 2017 22:40
Launching anything is tough. Launching something that becomes an iconic global brand like Apple can be daunting. So, how did Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak think about the process and what can we learn from this? More at...
Now The Maker Of Nina Ricci Perfume Wants To Break The Gender Mold
Forbes - 19 Sep 2017 22:38
Spanish luxury brands and fragrances giant Puig is snapping up an all-female investment funds group as part of its efforts to keep up with changing beauty trends. Can the strategy succeed and what does it mean for Britai...
Helicopter Pilot Lands In Tax Court, Successfully Establishes That Tax Home Is In Iraq
Forbes - 19 Sep 2017 22:20
Where is a taxpayer's "tax home?" It's not where you lay your head at night, but rather where you earn your money, and the distinction can be critical.
Here's hoping Google's Pixel 2 brings AI improvements
Venture Beat - 19 Sep 2017 22:10
It only takes two words to get my attention these days. In a teaser for an upcoming Google event on October 4, Google uses the phrase “ask more” in the URL. The pitch is simple: The search giant wants us — just a f...
EDUCAUSE Preview: Show Students They Are More Than A Number With Clear Scholar
Nibletz - 19 Sep 2017 21:52
Career Higher Ed Executive Develops Feature Rich Platform To Engage Students and Drive Success Jason Konesco spent the last twenty five years in higher education. His career took him through admissions departments and ad...
Morpholio's Trace uses augmented reality to give artists accurate measurements
Venture Beat - 19 Sep 2017 21:45
Morpholio is introducing new measurement tool for its interior design app Trace, enabling artists and designers to use Apple’s augmented reality technology to precisely measure rooms and the objects in them in an autom...
How Tenor Aims To Get GIF-Sharing Onto Every Mobile Phone
Forbes - 19 Sep 2017 21:24
Tenor isn't as well known as big-name GIF competitors like Giphy. However, the startup powers 300 million GIF searches daily through its mobile keyboard and hundreds of integrations with messaging apps like iMessage, Mes...
Apple starts rolling out iOS 11 for all users
Venture Beat - 19 Sep 2017 21:05
In line with plans announced last week at the Apple event introducing iPhone X and other products, the company today began to roll out iOS 11 to iPhone and iPad users. Developers and members of the public have participat...
Intel offers free AI compute to 200,000 people through new DevCloud
Venture Beat - 19 Sep 2017 21:00
AI researchers have a new set of free hardware that they can use for their work, thanks to Intel. At the O’Reilly AI Conference in San Francisco today, the chipmaker announced a new Nervana DevCloud aimed at giving tho...