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Apple fans line up for iPhone X from Singapore to Palo Alto in first-day buying frenzy
Venture Beat - 3 Nov 2017 12:32
A few weeks ago, as the iPhone 8 was about to go on sale, I wondered if we had seen the last of the Apple Store line ritual. LOL, nope! Today, as the iPhone X goes on sale, fans around the world have been waiting in long...
The Best Advice For Entrepreneurs, Especially Women In Startups And STEM? Get Great Advice
Forbes - 3 Nov 2017 05:13
A good mentor can help you navigate through the challenges and opportunities to find the right balance for you and your company. There's really nothing that you can't figure out how to do if you're willing to try, and wi...
How To Catch The Attention Of One Of The Most Active Startup Investors In The World
Forbes - 3 Nov 2017 03:23
If you're pitching a VC for funding, being direct is often the best strategy.
How the Out of the Park Baseball team plans to expand with live services
Venture Beat - 3 Nov 2017 22:37
Baseball is math. It’s all about counting hits, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, and everything else a team needs to score more runs than their opponents. The numbers-based nature of the MLB has made it an idea...
AI is changing how investors develop successful strategies
Venture Beat - 3 Nov 2017 22:20
GUEST: Technology has changed our lives in countless ways — there are more smartphones and other mobile devices in use in the United States and its territories than the entire population of the country, and we are just...
Aquantia closes at $9.54 after first day of trading, 6% above IPO price
Venture Beat - 3 Nov 2017 22:05
Networking chip design company Aquantia went public on Friday and raised $61 million in its initial public offering. The stock is trading up for the San Jose, California-based maker of network interface cards (NICs) that...
This Week In Credit Card News: Very Little Cash Is Now Used; How Soon Will Passwords Go Away?
Forbes - 3 Nov 2017 21:16
What took place this week in the credit card and payment industries.
World of Warcraft's new expansion is Battle for Azeroth
Venture Beat - 3 Nov 2017 21:10
Blizzard debuted World of Warcraft‘s next expansion during BlizzCon’s opening ceremonies today in Anaheim, California today. It is Battle for Azeroth. The battle between the Horde and the Alliance is once again front...
Perfect World shuts down Torchlight studio, cuts jobs at Gigantic's developer
Venture Beat - 3 Nov 2017 21:08
Perfect World is shutting down Runic Games and laying off employees at Motiga Games. Runic made the torchlight dungeon-crawling role-playing adventures before releasing the Hob action game in September. Motiga is working...
Overwatch gets Blizzard theme-park map and new healer Moira
Venture Beat - 3 Nov 2017 20:47
Blizzard revealed Overwatch‘s next map and hero during the opening ceremonies for BlizzCon 2017 in Anaheim, California today. The map is a theme park full of references to Blizzard franchises such as Warcraft, Hearthst...
Hearthstone's next expansions spoofs D&D with Kobolds & Catacombs
Venture Beat - 3 Nov 2017 20:39
Forget about Dungeons & Dragons — welcome to Kobolds & Catacombs. Blizzard revealed Hearthstone‘s next expansion during the opening ceremonies for its BlizzCon fan convention in Anaheim, California today. The new set...
Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime opens BlizzCon with message of inclusivity
Venture Beat - 3 Nov 2017 20:36
Mike Morhaime, CEO of Blizzard Entertainment, opened the BlizzCon 2017 fan event with a message of friendship and inclusivity. The message was delivered amid the storms of social media bickering that have surrounded game...
Hanzo and Alexstrasza join Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm
Venture Beat - 3 Nov 2017 20:27
Blizzard unveiled that Overwatch’s Hanzo and World of Warcraft’s Alexstrasza are joining its multiplayer online battle arena Heroes of the Storm at the opening ceremony of its annual fan event BlizzCon in Anaheim, Ca...
CIBC Walks From Tapscott's NextBlock Global After Falsehoods Revealed; More Misrepresentations Found
Forbes - 3 Nov 2017 20:14
One investment bank underwriting the public listing of Canadian crypto VC firm NextBlock Global is pulling out, and Forbes has uncovered previous misrepresentations by CEO Alex Tapscott.
Pokémon Go creator Niantic acquires social mechanics startup Evertoon
Venture Beat - 3 Nov 2017 19:59
Pokémon Go creator Niantic Labs has acquired a startup called Evertoon, which is exploring ways to add “social mechanics to digital products.” CEO Niantic John Hanke said in a blog post that the company will tap Eve...
Facebook Messenger will soon let all businesses send sponsored messages
Venture Beat - 3 Nov 2017 19:59
Facebook today announced that sponsored messages are being rolled out to more businesses. The Messenger ads were initially made available to a small number of businesses but will become available to all businesses in the...
Call of Duty: WWII -- Sledgehammer Games' best tips for getting good at multiplayer
Venture Beat - 3 Nov 2017 19:45
Death is inevitable in Call of Duty multiplayer. But you can always find ways to survive longer in a multiplayer round, and we caught up with the creators of Call of Duty: WWII to glean those tips for this year’s retur...
ProBeat: Twitter's Trump troll
Venture Beat - 3 Nov 2017 19:30
OPINION: Trump’s Twitter troll timed those 11 minutes terribly, at least for me. I was about to head out to a Cirque de Soleil show with my parents and girlfriend. I had made a final headline suggestion to a colleague,...
Call of Duty: WWII -- Sledgehammer's 3-year journey to bring Call of Duty back
Venture Beat - 3 Nov 2017 18:45
Michael Condrey, studio head and cofounder of Sledgehammer Games, has just completed a three-year march to take Call of Duty back to the Second World War. Condrey and his co-studio head Glen Schofield led a team of 300 d...
Cryptocurrencies' market cap hits record $200 billion
Venture Beat - 3 Nov 2017 18:15
(Reuters) — The aggregate value of all cryptocurrencies hit a record high of over $200 billion on Wednesday, according to industry website Coinmarketcap, putting their reported market value at more than that of U.S. ba...
Is Your Website Content Helping Or Hurting Your Online Marketing Campaign?
Forbes - 3 Nov 2017 17:56
How can you tell if your website content is helping or hurting your campaign? Let's explore.
Call of Duty: WWII -- How Sledgehammer put a serious twist on Nazi Zombies
Venture Beat - 3 Nov 2017 17:45
Sledgehammer Games is known for well-paced storytelling. In Call of Duty: WWII, Sledgehammer applied its touch to the single-player campaign as well as to Nazi Zombies, the co-op campaign that comes with the blockbuster ...