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Code.org gets $12 million for computer science education from Gates Foundation and other groups
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2017 16:00
Code.org, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing access to computer science education, announced today that it has received $12 million in new donations from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, accounting firm Pricewater...
Blockstack raises $52 million to build a parallel internet where you own all your data
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2017 16:00
Blockchain startup Blockstack says it raised $52.8 million in its ICO, finalized Friday. The company is building a sort of parallel to the internet that users access via the Blockstack browser and that features a wide va...
Five Ways To Stay Motivated And Hit Your Business Goals
Forbes - 4 Dec 2017 16:00How To Humanize E-Commerce
Forbes - 4 Dec 2017 02:14
With online shoppers notoriously fickle, many businesses find themselves faced with the dilemma of how to take their business online without sacrificing their brand's customer service? It's all about humanizing the digit...
How to Buy Marijuana Stocks Quickly And Easily With This New Fund
Forbes - 4 Dec 2017 00:25
It's high time individual investors have a diversified fund to quickly and easily invest in the so-called green rush. The first U.S. exchange-traded fund, ETF, to focus on marijuana stocks is launching December 26 -- day...
Ubisoft gifts Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and World in Conflict to PC players
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2017 23:31
Who needs that fancy new Assassin’s Creed game? Ubisoft is giving away Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and World in Conflict on the PC this month. You just need an Ubisoft account. World in Conflict is available firs...
What's The Best Long-Term Online Marketing Strategy?
Forbes - 4 Dec 2017 21:50
What's the best long-term online marketing strategy? Let's compare four big ones.
$15 Million ICO Halted By SEC For Being Alleged Scam
Forbes - 4 Dec 2017 21:46
The SEC's new Cyber Unit took its first action against an ICO, PlexCoin, Monday.
ICO Scam That Raised $15 Million Halted By SEC
Forbes - 4 Dec 2017 21:46
The SEC's new Cyber Unit took its first action against an ICO, PlexCoin, Monday.
Star Wars: Battlefront II's Janina Gavankar straddles being a fan, an actress, and a gamer
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2017 21:30
Janina Gavankar didn’t grow up playing games, as she had a strict upbringing. But in her 20s, she became what she calls a “super-fan girl” who wanted to wanted to break into the game industry and get acting roles. ...
Mega Man 11 is coming in late 2018
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2017 21:20
Capcom revealed that Mega Man 11 is coming in late 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. This is the first major Mega Man game since Mega Man 10 came out in 2010. The new game retains the 2D sidescrolling act...
Mega Man X series is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2017 21:09
Capcom revealed during a special Twitch stream celebrating Mega Man‘s 30th anniversary that all eight Mega Man X games are coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC sometime within the n...
Nintendo Switch will pray to The Deer God on December 21
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2017 21:00
Sometimes karma arrives in the form of an all-knowing hoofed deity. The Deer God passes judgment on a hunter who accidentally kills a fawn. In retribution, he is reborn as one of the woodland creatures he used to hunt. D...
Star Wars: Battlefront II's soul-sapping progression gets first major tweak
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2017 20:26
Electronic Arts removed real-money transactions from Star Wars: Battlefront II, but the publisher’s sci-fi online shooter’s multiplayer progression is still a bummer. But now, as part of previously promised changes, ...
Tennessee Still Doesn't Have A Football Coach Because Peyton Manning Is Too Busy Doing This
Nibletz - 4 Dec 2017 20:25
Peyton Manning Is Too Busy Playing With Action Ollie The Otter To Help With The Tennessee Head Coach Search If you’re one of the tens of millions of college football fans than you’ve been pretty busy over the last 10...
The Coolest Deal Term Ever: Sundial Pays It Forward
Forbes - 4 Dec 2017 19:27
Unilever recently announced its acquisition of Sundial Brands, a $240 million dollar portfolio of personal care brands serving the new majority market. As part of the agreement, they are creating the New Voices Fund with...
Ancient Japan-inspired board game Tokaido is now on Steam
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2017 19:20
Funforge announced today that its board game Tokaido is now available on PC via Steam. It costs $10. It’s the latest in a steady beat of board game adaptations to hit Steam, such as Tomb of Annihilation. Tokaido has pl...
Gorogoa's hand-drawn puzzles debut on December 14 after 5 years of crafting
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2017 19:00
Indie developer Jason Roberts’ esoteric hand-drawn puzzle game Gorogoa has been an intriguing enigma. It’s been in development for over five years, surfacing every so often with a teaser to show off its novel mechani...
Ingress Prime: Niantic reboots its Pokémon Go precursor
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2017 18:59
Niantic, the creators of Pokémon Go, announced that it will reboot its first augmented reality game as Ingress Prime. The mobile AR update which mixes the real world and smartphone screen animations is built on the foun...
How We Learned the Real Secrets to Effective Email Marketing
Forbes - 4 Dec 2017 18:39
Email marketing may be nearly half a century old, but recent innovations in personalization, localization, automation and mobile payments have given it a new life.
India's Small Business Are Ready To Boom, Thanks To Fintech
Forbes - 4 Dec 2017 18:15Nvidia's Titan GPUs get optimized software for machine learning
Venture Beat - 4 Dec 2017 17:59
Nvidia released a tool today that's designed to help developers and data scientists build and test machine learning systems on their personal computers before moving to production on a more powerful machine. The Nvidia G...