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30 Under 30 Big Money 2018: Startups With $15 Million Or More In Funding
Forbes - 14 Nov 2017 16:30
These honorees' startups have $15 million or more in funding -- impressive amounts for entrepreneurs to manage before they reach the age of 30.
The Mystique Behind CryptoCurrency
Nibletz - 14 Nov 2017 15:05
Over 25% Of Americans Think Cryptocurrencies Are Mainly Used For Illegal Transactions About a decade ago, when the word Bitcoin started to make it’s way into the mainstream media, it immediately had some bad connotatio...
To tap into hidden talent pools, you need to know how to build a remote team
Venture Beat - 14 Nov 2017 23:20
GUEST: One of the most important skillsets in today’s digital world is knowing how to work with remote teams — because today’s office has no walls. The walls began dissolving when technological advances shifted us ...
7 Ways To Increase Your Content Marketing ROI
Forbes - 14 Nov 2017 22:14
The best content marketing strategies are the ones that exploit the key benefits of content marketing, and enable you to cut costs further, achieve higher longevity, and accelerate your compounding returns:
Meet the robots caring for Japan's aging population
Venture Beat - 14 Nov 2017 22:10
GUEST: Frank is a divorcé who suffers from early symptoms of dementia. Growing weary of weekly visits, his son gifts him a shiny white robot butler designed to handle daily chores and provide health care updates for the...
The Top 10 Ski Resorts In North America For 2018
Forbes - 14 Nov 2017 21:44
Forbes' rankings of the top 10 ski resorts for 2018. This is a carefully curated list, with more than 6,500 words detailing where to ski for the upcoming winter.
Rainbow Six: Siege gets free weekend to add to its 25 million players
Venture Beat - 14 Nov 2017 21:06
Ubisoft’s competitive multiplayer hostage-rescuing shooter Rainbow Six: Siege has already had 25 million players, but the publisher wants even more people to check it out. Siege is getting a free weekend starting Thurs...
Poshmark Raises $87.5 Million To Take Its Social Clothes Marketplace Global
Forbes - 14 Nov 2017 20:32
With Stitch Fix set to go public, startup Poshmark has raised a large $87.5 million funding round to bring its social clothes marketplace outside the U.S.
3 Reasons CEOs Should Lose Sleep Over The State Of Their Human Resources Departments
Forbes - 14 Nov 2017 20:26
Hint: It has nothing and everything to do with recent revelations about sexual harassment.
Mario + Minions: 'Despicable Me' studio is ideal fit to reboot the plumber's movie career
Venture Beat - 14 Nov 2017 20:03
Nintendo is partnering with Illuminations on a new Mario Bros. movie, according to The Wall Street Journal. Mario is Nintendo’s biggest brand and gaming’s most recognizable icon. Mario games, including platformers, s...
How Cocokind's Founder Turned Her Experience With Acne Into A Multimillion-Dollar Skincare Brand
Forbes - 14 Nov 2017 19:58
This 29-year-old went from Wall Street to wellness with her clean skincare company, Cocokind. Find out how this multimillion-dollar beauty brand is empowering women and fellow entrepreneurs, via selfies and realness.
Redditors will collaborate to move Anki's Cozmo robot through rooms
Venture Beat - 14 Nov 2017 19:45
Robot marketing has evolved. Today, Anki’s Cozmo robot will participate in a livestream that turns all of the social networking site Reddit into a kind of virtual escape room. The event is an homage to Reddit and its c...
The Game Awards pit Zelda, Mario, Destiny 2, Persona 5, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and PUBG for 2017's best
Venture Beat - 14 Nov 2017 19:30
Four blockbuster games shared the most nominations announced today by The Game Awards. Destiny 2, Horizon: Zero Dawn, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Super Mario Odyssey shared six nominations each. And amon...
Thrones of Britannia is the start of a new chapter in the Total War series
Venture Beat - 14 Nov 2017 19:10
Sega announced Thrones of Britannia today, a new strategy game and the first in a new Total War series, A Total War Saga, that will focus on specific historical eras. It will come out for PC in 2018. The franchise starte...
Poshmark raises $87.5 million for its online fashion marketplace, adds Amazon Alexa styling skill
Venture Beat - 14 Nov 2017 19:00
Poshmark, which provides an online marketplace to buy and sell fashion items, announced today that it has raised $87.5 million in a round led by Temasek. Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, GGV Capital, Inventus Capital, Uncork Ca...
Google's Cloud Spanner database service gets multi-region support
Venture Beat - 14 Nov 2017 19:00
Google updated its Cloud Spanner database service today to allow its customers to distribute their databases across multiple of the company’s cloud regions, living up to the promise that it set forth when it released t...
JCampus By EDgear Is The Last Student Information System Your District Will Ever Need
Nibletz - 14 Nov 2017 18:40
FETC 2018 Preview: EDgear’s JCampus Is The Last (SIS) Your School Or District Will Ever Need When you think Student Information System you typically find yourself thinking about address information, grades, and discipl...
Pinterest launches Lens Your Look fashion search feature and visual scan codes
Venture Beat - 14 Nov 2017 18:36
Pinterest will begin to roll out a new series of features today, including Lens Your Look, which allows you to add a photo to any text query. With this feature, you can, for example, pair a photo of a favorite jacket wit...
Twitter's new premium APIs give developers access to more tweets, higher rate limits
Venture Beat - 14 Nov 2017 18:00
Twitter is offering a solution for developers who are angry about limitations imposed on their apps when they use the service’s free APIs. The company has now introduced premium APIs to bridge the gap between the free ...
SCUM: the survival sandbox that simulates the whole human body
Venture Beat - 14 Nov 2017 17:50
SPONSORED: Presented by Intel A typical survival sandbox might simulate things like hunger and thirst, and maybe require players to search for shelter and stay warm, but SCUM, a survival game set on a prison island that'...
Eureka Park Preview: Cue Smarterware Makes Your Refrigerator Smarter
Nibletz - 14 Nov 2017 17:45
CES 2018 Preview: Cue Smarterware Is The Missing Link Between Amazon and Whole Foods Imagine a time when a smart device would be able to tell you how much milk was left in the jug and if the hamburger meat you bought las...
Android Pay launches in Brazil, its first Latin American market
Venture Beat - 14 Nov 2017 17:26
Google has launched Android Pay in Brazil and the Czech Republic, the 16th and 17th countries, respectively, to get the internet giant’s mobile payments service. We already knew that Android Pay would land in Brazil so...