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How a Booze Marketplace Was Inspired by Food Delivery
Forbes - 13 Jan 2018 15:46
Minibar Delivery Co-Founders Lindsey Andrews and Lara Crystal came up with their business idea over weekly Takeout Tuesdays in 2013. In this piece, the two entrepreneurs suggest their favorite beverage and food pairings,...
Andela Aims To Solve The Developer Shortage With Tech Workers From Africa
Forbes - 13 Jan 2018 00:20
Christina Sass is the cofounder and president of Andela, a for-profit business based in New York and Lagos, Nigeria that trains software developers in Nigeria and Kenya and places them with companies around the world.
How ARM is spreading into Windows PCs and the edge of the internet
Venture Beat - 13 Jan 2018 22:10
ARM executive Rene Haas is responsible for the shipment of billions of chips. As the executive vice president and president of IP Products Group at ARM, he interacts with the customers that license ARM’s product design...
Charlotte group seeks to unite the black tech community in North Carolina
Venture Beat - 13 Jan 2018 20:25
North Carolina is a good place for entrepreneurs of color to land — Durham is ranked a top city for black-owned businesses and plays host to the Black Wall Street Homecoming entrepreneurship conference, as well as Goog...
FETC 2018 Preview: Root Is Teaching Kids To Code Age 5 and Up, Really!
Nibletz - 13 Jan 2018 20:05
Root Robotics Is Teaching Kids Ages 5 and Up To Code, And Keeping Them Engaged When a company sets out to create a coding product for kids they want to appeal to as large a segment as possible. That’s left our 10 year ...
Interaxon measures brainwaves to give VR devs more data for game design
Venture Beat - 13 Jan 2018 19:10
Interaxon started out developing wearables like its Muse headband meditation tool, and it’s now applying its learnings to virtual reality. Its new Muse Virtual Reality aftermarket add-ons will attach to the HTC Vive an...
Secret Cow Level's Doomtrooper looks to the past while carving out a new future
Venture Beat - 13 Jan 2018 18:02
FEATURE: Old tabletop game properties are enjoying a renaissance right now. Designers are dragging franchises such as Magic: The Gathering, Talisman, and Ogre out of the '90s and doing something new, whether that's a new...
The Price Of Leadership
Forbes - 13 Jan 2018 17:50
Want to lead? Here's the price you must pay.
KushKards: Taking the Entrepreneurial Leap!
Forbes - 13 Jan 2018 17:32
When I cook up a new idea for KushKards my eyes well up with joy. My favorite part about the design cycle is seeing customer reactions and feedback. I love to create something unique for KushKard connoisseurs.
We Got To Meet Mitipi's Answer to Kevin McAllister, At CES 2018
Nibletz - 13 Jan 2018 17:00
Eureka Park Startup Mitipi Shows Off “Kevin” at CES 2018 We finally got the answer we’ve been looking for since we first reported on Mitipi and Kevin earlier this month. Kevin “may have been inspired by” Home A...
How Intel plans to collaborate with Hollywood on immersive media
Venture Beat - 13 Jan 2018 16:00
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced this week that his company had created Intel Studios, a place where Hollywood creators could go to learn how to create immersive media, ranging from virtual reality games to non-VR spor...
VRChat addresses 'disrespectful or harmful behavior' as racism and sexism rise on platform
Venture Beat - 13 Jan 2018 13:34
Social VR platform VRChat has vowed to tackle "disrespectful or harmful behavior" in an open letter to the community. VRChat, which launched early last year, is one of many VR platforms that enables friends and strangers...
Sensor Tower: Mixi, Tencent, and Netflix were 2017's top grossers in mobile
Venture Beat - 13 Jan 2018 03:01
Mixi’s mobile game Monster Strike was the top grossing app in 2017, according to mobile data and insights company Sensor Tower. The caveat, though, is that Google Play isn’t available in China -- the stomping grounds...
4 examples of AI's impact on the estate market
Venture Beat - 13 Jan 2018 02:10
GUEST: Many consider real estate to be one of the last markets requiring the dying art of human interaction. However, that may change drastically in the coming years. Real estate companies are looking to streamline effic...
DeepBrain Chain, the First Artificial Intelligence Computing Platform Driven by Blockchain
Venture Beat - 13 Jan 2018 01:26
PRESS RELEASE: DeepBrain Chain is an Artificial Intelligence Computing Platform driven by blockchain. The DBC project is for global AI computing resource sharing and resource scheduling because many small businesses do n...
Overwatch League has the pieces to build something that could last
Venture Beat - 13 Jan 2018 01:16
Since the first announcement of Blizzard’s Overwatch League, I’ve tried to stay excited. After all, this is the first time that an esports organization was going to do some of the things I’ve always said I wanted: ...
A Wireless Future: Inside The Race To Kill The Traditional Phone Charger
Forbes - 13 Jan 2018 01:00
Technically a smartphone can be charged without a cable, but in reality it's now allowed or convenient, says Tank Huang, founder of a Taiwan tech startup.
The road to AI leads through information architecture
Venture Beat - 13 Jan 2018 00:10
GUEST: Ford drove the first automobile down the streets of Detroit in 1890. It would take another 30 years before the company streamlined production and made cars available to the mass market. The obvious lesson: Sometim...