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Forbes - 15 Oct 2017 13:00Hustler's Larry Flynt Offers $10M Reward For Info That Impeaches Trump
Forbes - 15 Oct 2017 02:24
One of porn's most prominent figures is offering $10 million for a 'smoking gun' that can successfully depose the U.S. president.
Do Bitcoins Belong In Your Child's Education Fund?
Forbes - 15 Oct 2017 15:21
Mark's Bitcoins paid for his education and living expenses in Australia.
Voice and facial recognition could help AI surpass humans in emotional intelligence
Venture Beat - 15 Oct 2017 23:33
GUEST: I have studied emotional intelligence as a hobby for a long time. Until recently, I believed emotional intelligence would remain one of the core advantages of us humans after artificial intelligence takes over all...
Playrix scores another big match-3 mobile game hit with Homescapes
Venture Beat - 15 Oct 2017 23:33
Russia’s Playrix has become a big mobile game player in the past couple of years. It has scored three big hits, and now, it has launched another major match-3 mobile game with Homescapes. In its first week, Homescapes ...
Six Marketplace Motivators Besides Fear And Greed
Forbes - 15 Oct 2017 23:33
There are motivators for businesses in the marketplace other than fear and greed, and some have had a more consistently positive impact, especially to the small businesses on Main Street.
Turn Your Upset Customers Around: Best Practices For Customer Service Recovery
Forbes - 15 Oct 2017 22:29
Every business has those times when the situation hits the fan and the customer hits the roof. Which means that a framework for customer service recovery-a sequence of best practices-is an essential system that every bus...
EDUCAUSE Preview: Jamf Is The Apple Device Management Solution For Higher Ed
Nibletz - 15 Oct 2017 22:10
If Your College or University Is Using Apple Devices, You Need Jamf Apple Device Management Apple has always been great for education. Now, more than ever, colleges and universities are turning to an entire Apple ecosyst...
It will take more than a lone vigilante to save the IoT from botnets
Venture Beat - 15 Oct 2017 22:05
GUEST: Like everyone else, I caught the new trailer for the next Star Wars movie on Monday and "saw raw, untamed power ... and beyond that, something truly special." I'm now spotting Lucasfilm metaphors everywhere. Since...
China's manufacturers are enabling a new model of startup incubation
Venture Beat - 15 Oct 2017 20:08
GUEST: The current chronology Silicon Valley hardware startups typically follow is slow and disordered. But that could change with a new incubation model emerging from an unlikely group: China’s global hardware manufac...
My Long-Delayed Review of MoviePass: 3 Stars Out of 5
Forbes - 15 Oct 2017 19:56
The $9.95/month price is great, but the service and its app are plagued with flaws and shortcomings that can cause unacceptable problems for users.
Bunker Labs ATX 3D Printing Startup re3D Thinks Really Big
Nibletz - 15 Oct 2017 19:15
We Caught Up With re3D The Creators Of The Gigabot At Austin Startup Week Last week when we made the trip to Austin for Austin Startup Week, we got a chance to talk with some amazing veteran entrepreneurs. Many of them w...
How blockchain promises to speed up tech evolution
Venture Beat - 15 Oct 2017 18:33
GUEST: The blockchain space has been innovating at an incredible pace over the past year. The total number of initial coin offerings (ICOs) was probably less than 10. If someone had told you that insurance company AIG wa...
Tech Museum embraces augmented reality with Body Worlds Decoded exhibit
Venture Beat - 15 Oct 2017 17:35
Museums around the world need to use technology to hold the attention of increasingly tech-savvy children. And that’s doubly true for the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California. The museum in the heart of Si...
Should You Say 'Yes' Or 'No' More Often To Get Ahead In Your Career?
Forbes - 15 Oct 2017 16:35
While some people claim the secret to success stems from saying yes to everything that comes your way, others insist you should say no more often. Here's the truth behind when to say 'yes' and when to say 'no.'
Lessons From The Business Model Struggles Of MoviePass
Forbes - 15 Oct 2017 16:31
MoviePass has a subscription price of $9.95. The company pays its partner movie theatres the full-ticket price. Subscribers are allowed to watch one movie a day. So MoviePass losses money if any subscriber watches two or...
Bury me, my Love stays true to the experiences of Syrian refugees
Venture Beat - 15 Oct 2017 16:15
Bury me, my Love is a game about a journey that millions of people have made simply so they can survive. It’s from developers Pixel Hunt and Figs, and it’s based on the true stories of Syrian refugees who fled their ...
L'Oreal UnMasks Next Startups In Beauty Tech Accelerator
Nibletz - 15 Oct 2017 15:25
Beauty Giant L’Oreal Announces Next Startups In It’s Beauty Tech Accelerator, In Partnership With Founder’s Factory Beauty and makeup giant, L’Oreal, launched a beauty tech startup accelerator last year in partne...
Many Leaders Don't Value Marketing: Why?
Forbes - 15 Oct 2017 14:36
To understand why leaders don't value marketing, I talked with Jen Pike, founder of Rockethouse Consulting, who challenges the argument that marketing doesn't matter and stresses the importance of hiring the right people...
The Evolution of PR: Here's Why It Matters to You
Forbes - 15 Oct 2017 13:00VR modder re-creates Sonic the Hedgehog's Green Hill Zone
Venture Beat - 15 Oct 2017 12:34
Of all the many platforming heroes we'd love to bring to VR, we have to admit Sonic the Hedgehog wasn't one we'd previously considered. As we all know, Sega's Blue Bullet has gotta go fast, a little too fast for VR comfo...
3 Leading B2B Companies Share Their Secrets On How To Create A Personalized Customer Experience
Forbes - 15 Oct 2017 11:35
Whilst the creation a personalized customer experience is a goal for many companies, much of the talk is dominated by data, analytics and B2C companies. What of B2B companies? Should they follow the same path. Three lead...