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Is It Really A Good Idea? Use Data To Find Out
Forbes - 6 Oct 2017 01:54
Always have a comprehensive data strategy in place, even if your business is just starting out.
Google Home Mini blows away Amazon Echo Dot in sound quality and volume
Venture Beat - 6 Oct 2017 01:37
REVIEW: Earlier this week at an event where about half a dozen new devices made their debut, Google introduced the Home Mini smart speaker to the world. Since the holiday season is the number one time of the year to buy ...
AI could be driving a new digital divide
Venture Beat - 6 Oct 2017 01:10
GUEST: The “digital divide” usually refers to the gap between those who have access to good internet connections and technology and those who do not. For example, students in rural schools that lack bandwidth and who...
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes will gets its first The Last Jedi character in December
Venture Beat - 6 Oct 2017 00:27
Electronic Arts announced today that mobile role-playing game Galaxy of Heroes will get its first character from Star Wars: The Last Jedi sometime in December before the film releases December 15. EA clarified that this ...
QuanticMind Secures $20M in Funding to Launch a New Era of Marketing Powered by Data Science and Machine Learning
Venture Beat - 6 Oct 2017 00:25
PRESS RELEASE: QuanticMind, the data platform for intelligent marketing, today announced that it is raising a $20M Series B funding round led by veteran venture firm Foundation Capital, with additional participation from...
Shopify's Customers Shoot Down Scam Claims
Forbes - 6 Oct 2017 00:16
Some of the hot e-commerce firm's affiliate marketers might want to tone things down a bit, though.
Google Cloud instances can now use 96 vCPUs and 624GB of memory
Venture Beat - 6 Oct 2017 00:04
Google Cloud customers now have access to much more powerful compute instances, the company announced today. It’s possible for users to rent virtual machines with up to 96 virtual CPUs and 624GB of RAM. They’re based...
Wanted: More Spectacular Internet Failures
Forbes - 5 Oct 2017 23:31
Webvan is often seen as a cautionary tale of internet business hubris. But that company's implosion led to the competitive food delivery landscape unfolding today.
5 Latina Content Creators Who Use Instagram To Share The Reality Behind Being An Entrepreneur
Forbes - 5 Oct 2017 23:17
These 5 Latinas will help add inspiration to your Instagram feed.
The 10 Factors That Will Make Your Social Media Marketing Campaign Profitable
Forbes - 5 Oct 2017 23:06
Let's explore what, exactly, a social media strategy needs to become profitable.
Eleague is hosting the next Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major championship
Venture Beat - 5 Oct 2017 22:53
Eleague announced today that it is once again holding a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major championship. The event will take place at Boston University's Agganis Arena from January 26 to January 28. Teams will be com...
Can A Baby Be A Dream Killer In Your 30s? Experiencing An Unplanned Pregnancy As A Startup Founder
Forbes - 5 Oct 2017 22:53
I almost became a single mother 4 months after securing my seed round of investment capital. This is my first-hand account of a situation that many women entrepreneurs may have to consider while building their companies.
The Founder Questionnaire: Nate Checketts, Co-Founder & CEO of Rhone
Forbes - 5 Oct 2017 22:03
Every entrepreneur has a story. Nate Checketts, Co-Founder, and CEO of Rhone, shares his story and what inspires him daily.
Virtual Reality Gets Real
Forbes - 5 Oct 2017 21:14
The next giant step in VR and augmented reality may not come from Facebook, Google or Microsoft. It might just emerge from Varjo Technologies, a tiny startup in Helsinki.
Why It's So Hard To Change The Self-Limiting Beliefs You Learned During Childhood
Forbes - 5 Oct 2017 21:13
There's a good chance you've drawn some inaccurate conclusions about yourself. Letting go of those negative core beliefs will help you reach your greatest potential.
In the age of AI, Google wants you to stop caring about specs
Venture Beat - 5 Oct 2017 21:03
Do the specs matter on a new smartphone? Google wants you to think it doesn’t matter as much anymore, and I can see some logic in that view. To the casual user, what matters is whether the phone responds to voice comma...
V-commerce: The $57 Trillion Reason AI Is Now Permeating Every Single Consumer Device
Forbes - 5 Oct 2017 20:01
"By 2020, virtual assistants will participate in a majority of commercial interactions people and businesses," Gartner analyst Marty Kihn said at a recent conference.
How To Motivate Your Team, From History's Greatest Coaches
Forbes - 5 Oct 2017 19:52
How to put the "leader" in cheerleader and rally your team to beat their goals.
Ubisoft is buying back up to 4 million shares in Vivendi battle
Venture Beat - 5 Oct 2017 19:20
Ubisoft is stepping its defense against Vivendi’s hostile takeover attempts. The publisher announced today that it granted a mandate to an investment services provider to buy back up to 4 million of its own shares. It ...
Why GM is making a dramatic move to electric vehicles
Venture Beat - 5 Oct 2017 19:10
"Electrification" has long been a buzzword in the automotive sector. Now, GM has decided to raise the stakes with the announcement that it’s planning "an all-electric future." In the next 18 months, the company will in...
When The Going Gets Tough For The Patriots ... Cheat!
Forbes - 5 Oct 2017 18:28
Honestly, it's hard to be sympathetic about a team with a history of straight-up cheating (and charges fans $4.50 for tap water). Cartoon by Rob Tornoe.
Cardiologs Raises $6.4 Million to Lead the AI Revolution in Cardiology
Venture Beat - 5 Oct 2017 18:25
PRESS RELEASE: Cardiologs Technologies announced today that it has raised $6.4 million in a Series A financing with a syndicate of life science and technology investors (Idinvest, ISAI, Kurma Partners, Partech Ventures) ...