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Netflix shares hit record after adding more subscribers than expected
Venture Beat - 17 Oct 2017 06:15
(Reuters) — Netflix Inc added more subscribers than expected around the world in the third quarter and projected growth in line with Wall Street forecasts, saying it had a head start on rivals as internet television ex...
ModMic Business brings a beloved gamer tool to a professional audience
Venture Beat - 17 Oct 2017 23:45
The ModMic is one of the most cost effective ways to add a high-quality audio recording solution to your gaming setup, and now the ModMic Business could do the same for professionals who regularly “Skype into” meetin...
How to force Windows 10 to download the Fall Creators Update
Venture Beat - 17 Oct 2017 23:05
Microsoft is starting to push out the free Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. As always, this will be a gradual rollout, meaning not everyone will get the update on day one. Microsoft will slowly ramp up the release — bu...
Wasted Bites Get Culinary Love From All-Star Chefs and Startups
Forbes - 17 Oct 2017 22:52
Those with culinary prowess are looking directly under their feet (and sometimes in their trash cans) for the next great bite. In the U.S., about 40% of all food goes to waste. Chefs and entrepreneurs believe that we're ...
Hearthstone is celebrating Halloween with a new Arena mode and free card packs
Venture Beat - 17 Oct 2017 22:47
Hearthstone‘s Hallow's End event (the Warcraft universe’s version of Halloween) is going to be giving players more treats than tricks. Blizzard announced today that it will give out free card packs and Arena tickets ...
Microsoft database for tracking critical bugs internally was hacked in 2013
Venture Beat - 17 Oct 2017 22:05
(Reuters) — Microsoft Corp’s secret internal database for tracking bugs in its own software was broken into by a highly sophisticated hacking group more than four years ago, according to five former employees, in onl...
Tackling the f-word: The smarter approach to ad fraud (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 17 Oct 2017 21:49
VB LIVE: Ad fraud isn't becoming more prevalent — the fraudsters are just getting slicker. Staying ahead of their learning curve is the key, and collaboration is the crucial element. Join this VB Live event to learn ho...
EA reboots Uncharted creator's new Star Wars game, closes Visceral Studios
Venture Beat - 17 Oct 2017 21:11
Electronic Arts announced today that it is reworking Visceral’s Star Wars game. The project was under the acclaimed Amy Hennig, who was the creator and director of the Uncharted series at Naughty Dog before leaving tha...
Bots are transforming personal banking around the world
Venture Beat - 17 Oct 2017 21:10
GUEST: Digital banking brought a transformational wave to the banking system. As traditional banking practices slowly adjusted to the wave, artificial intelligence quickly caught up and made the bot market hotter than ev...
Tech vs. Consumer -- Where Companies Are Based and Why It Matters
Forbes - 17 Oct 2017 20:40
The number one and two cities in tech are home to nearly 1 in 4 tech companies combined, compared to around 1 in 20 for the number one and two cities for consumer. Similarly, the top 25 cities for tech are home to 46.6% ...
Why This New York Dairy Ditched Cows After 92 Years And Started Making Nut Milks
Forbes - 17 Oct 2017 20:14
Entrepreneur Henry Schwartz, 83, has changed the focus of his family business from animal-based products to the fast-growing plant-based milk sector.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War postmortem -- Monolith's Michael de Plater explains it all
Venture Beat - 17 Oct 2017 20:01
Middle-earth: Shadow of War is one of the biggest games of the fall, and it made a big splash when it debuted on October 10 on consoles and PC. To Tolkien geeks, this is all we have. Peter Jackson isn’t making any more...
Intel plans to ship its first-generation Neural Network Processor by the end of the year
Venture Beat - 17 Oct 2017 20:00
Intel’s hardware for accelerating AI computation is finally on its way to customers. The company announced today that its first-generation Neural Network Processor, code named “Lake Crest,” will be rolling out to a...
Don't Put The Word Innovation On Business Cards
Forbes - 17 Oct 2017 19:07
How removing silos of an innovation department yields a stronger culture of innovation.
How To Think About Money As A Creative Professional
Forbes - 17 Oct 2017 19:05
Founder Georgia Lee Hussey on how she built Modernist Financial, the progressive wealth management firm for creatives.
SpatialOS's cloud-based dev platform launches an open beta for Unreal Engine integration
Venture Beat - 17 Oct 2017 18:40
Improbable announced today that the Unreal SDK for its SpatialOS is now in open beta. SpatialOS is a development tool that uses cloud-based computing to help games achieve larger and more complex virtual worlds. For exam...
Redbox starts offering Switch game rentals
Venture Beat - 17 Oct 2017 18:10
Redbox, the company behind those movie and game-renting machines you see outside of grocery stores and Walmarts, is starting to offer Switch games. Right now this is just for select cities: Seattle, San Antonio and Portl...
Google Calendar for web gets a refresh and more meeting information in G Suite
Venture Beat - 17 Oct 2017 18:00
Google is giving its Calendar web app a bit of a spit-shine today in addition to rolling out a bunch of new features for G Suite users. The new Google Calendar borrows from the existing native mobile app. It now sports a...
Dropbox's new Professional tier brings its best business features to individuals
Venture Beat - 17 Oct 2017 18:00
Dropbox announced a new Professional tier of its paid cloud storage and collaboration service today that gives people like freelance designers and photographers access to features that were previously restricted to users...
Internal Actors -- Their Growth, Their Threat
Forbes - 17 Oct 2017 17:57
Even an insider with no bad intentions can get embroiled in facilitating an incident if they are approached outside of work and threatened or persuaded to take adverse action against their employer. An employee can easil...
How To Use Your Early-Stage IP To Close More Money
Forbes - 17 Oct 2017 17:43
"How do I know if my idea is new?" or "Will I be able to get a patent on this?" Those are fair questions to ask when you're about to spend thousands of dollars to hire a patent attorney to help you protect your new, unte...
5 Benefits of Purchasing Your Medicine from an Online Pharmacy
Nibletz - 17 Oct 2017 17:28
There is no question that technology is evolving at a break-neck rate. As a result, quite a few services are now available online that weren't even thought about in the past. One area that technology has helped is in the...