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Nvidia GPU prices reportedly set to keep rising thanks to DRAM shortage and cryptocurrency
Venture Beat - 23 Sep 2017 01:56
Nvidia’s GPUs are continuing to fly off the manufacturing line and into the hands of consumers and cryptocurrency miners. Mizuho Financial Group analyst Vijay Rakesh is checking in with Asian equipment manufacturers wh...
Automated vehicles and the role of 5G
Venture Beat - 23 Sep 2017 01:10
GUEST: Fully automated vehicles (AVs) — commonly known as driverless vehicles — are quickly becoming a reality. A study issued by the World Economic Forum projects 10 percent of vehicles in the U.S. will be driverles...
Why This Founder Scrapped His Product Design After Winning A CES Innovation Award
Forbes - 23 Sep 2017 01:00
How he set a high standard and kept iterating.
Splashing Cold Water In The Face Of Corporate Tax Reform
Forbes - 22 Sep 2017 23:53
A recent economic study from Len Burman, Kimberly Clausing, and Lydia Austin, prods us to reconsider our basic understanding of double taxation.
Silicon Valley should reject Saudi Arabia
Venture Beat - 22 Sep 2017 23:28
American companies face a difficult tradeoff when dealing with government requests, but they should just say no to Saudi Arabia, which is using social media companies to do its dirty work in censoring Qatari media. Over ...
AI will redefine the role of manager
Venture Beat - 22 Sep 2017 23:10
GUEST: The superstar managers of the AI era will be much more than scheduling ninjas or efficient task managers. They'll serve as bridges between AI systems and their team members, guiding them toward more innovative and...
How China's Top Cycling App Plans To Enter U.S. Market Via A Cycling Computer
Forbes - 22 Sep 2017 23:02
The maker of China's top cycling app, Xing Zhe, has a new cycling computer that the company hopes will help it enter the North American market
Why fog makes PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds even better
Venture Beat - 22 Sep 2017 22:40
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is the biggest game in the hot new Battle Royale genre. From the beginning, I’ve made the point that PUBG works better than the competition because Bluehole Studio limits players in crea...
Lauren Napier Is In the Business of Personal Beauty
Forbes - 22 Sep 2017 22:25
Lauren Napier went from celebrity makeup artist to self-funded beauty brand founder with global fanfare. Now she's building her business on her terms and empowering women to celebrate the beauty that lies underneath thei...
How To PR Your Way To Podcast Success
Forbes - 22 Sep 2017 21:42
For cost effective marketing, it's hard to beat podcasting. Here's how to accomplish it well.
2016 Proved Women Are Great For Business, But Still Getting Pushed Out
Forbes - 22 Sep 2017 21:41
Research shows that women in leadership are helping companies thrive, and that, in many ways, firms have yet to return the favor.
A Look Inside The Private Jets Of Trump Administration Insiders
Forbes - 22 Sep 2017 21:34
While charging taxpayers for chartering private jets by Secretary Tom Price is making news, other Trump Administration players are associated with companies that own jets while others own fractional shares in private jet...
ProBeat: Firefox Focus is the only Android browser worth installing
Venture Beat - 22 Sep 2017 21:30
OPINION: Firefox Focus is the only product to come out of Mozilla in the last few years that I can genuinely point to and say: Look, the company is doing something interesting again. I’ve been using it regularly since ...
Why AI will need more emotional intelligence
Venture Beat - 22 Sep 2017 21:10
Emotional intelligence (EQ) — the ability to pick up on what other people are feeling or thinking, primarily using body language and tone of voice — is a difficult endeavor, even for some humans. When a human misread...
These Three Mindset Tips Will Help You Push Through The Startup Grind
Forbes - 22 Sep 2017 20:41
The founders of Stella & Dot, Orchard Mile and Maiden Home share three mindset tactics to help entrepreneurs stay the course.
Rural America needs partners, not pity
Venture Beat - 22 Sep 2017 20:40
GUEST: I’ve recently been traveling throughout the rural parts of the U.S. — from western Nebraska to Alaska, and about everywhere in between. The visits have been a mix of visiting BCom Solutions customers, speaking...
This Learning System Is Projected To Be Kickstarter's Most Successful App Campaign In History
Forbes - 22 Sep 2017 20:24
This Kickstarter campaign raised $250k in 18 hours, making it the most successful Kickstarter campaign for an app in history. It also became the second most funded app of all time within 7 hours of launching, passing $20...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Bethesda's Switch love, and Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is corny fun
Venture Beat - 22 Sep 2017 20:16
Hello, and welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup. This time, we made a case for Sega’s Panzer Dragoon Saga to return on PC, we tried PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on the Xbox One, and Jump introduces itself as ...
Red Dead Redemption 2 news is coming from Rockstar on September 28
Venture Beat - 22 Sep 2017 19:52
Rockstar Games revealed on Twitter that Red Dead Redemption 2 news is coming at 8 a.m. Pacific on September 28. Normally, an announcement about an announcement is pretty boring, but Rockstar is one of the biggest develop...
With $1M Seed, Zyper Will Help Brands Turn Gen Z Instagram Fans Into Stealth Marketers
Forbes - 22 Sep 2017 19:32
The London-based startup allows big brands -- Walgreens, Sony and Estee Lauder are clients -- to identify the top 1% of their online fans and followers and encourage them to become brand ambassadors.
James Peng, blockchain marketing, and swiping left on ad fraud - VB Engage
Venture Beat - 22 Sep 2017 19:26
In the news this week, Travis and Stewart reveal a new round of funding for an AI customer service solution and get into why retail needs VR to survive and how blockchain technology is coming to marketing. They then inte...
Sprint and T-Mobile reach 'major breakthrough' in merger talks
Venture Beat - 22 Sep 2017 19:18
(Reuters) — T-Mobile US Inc is close to agreeing tentative terms on a deal to merge with Sprint Corp, people familiar with the matter said on Friday, a major breakthrough in efforts to merge the third and fourth larges...