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Real Estate Investment Trusts, Publicly Traded Partnerships And The 20% Business Deduction
Forbes - 17 Jan 2018 03:46
REITs and PTPs get special treatment in computing 20% business deduction. Will assets be moving under those umbrellas?
7 Personal Brand Trends And The Needed Investment In Yourself In 2018
Forbes - 17 Jan 2018 14:53
Personal brand building has never been more critical. Here are the 7 trends to pay attention to in 2018.
Can 'Teleporting' Your Luggage Save You Travel Time?
Forbes - 17 Jan 2018 05:02
Luggage Teleport, a start-up debuting at CES2018, aims to save travelers hours by delivering and picking up their luggage from airport to hotel and return.
Better Connections Will Lead To More B2B Sales
Forbes - 17 Jan 2018 23:57
Selling might actually be more about connecting than selling. So, how can we connect in more meaningful ways with more people?
Relax, Apple's new campus is no Amazon HQ2
Venture Beat - 17 Jan 2018 23:37
In the age of HQ2, every new office announcement seems to send cities’ hearts racing. Apple’s announcement that it would accelerate investments in the U.S., add 20,000 new jobs over the next five years, and open a ne...
Why Microsoft knows it needs to beef up its Xbox leadership
Venture Beat - 17 Jan 2018 23:30
Microsoft announced today that Phil Spencer has appointed a new boss of games to handle the role that the executive had previously handled as head of the company’s games business. Spencer will serve as executive vice p...
50 Ways Brands Can Increase Their Instagram Followers
Forbes - 17 Jan 2018 23:27
With over 800 million users Instagram offers a wealth of opportunity for brands. However like everything else there's a right way and wrong way to go about it.
Minecraft boss is now in charge of all Xbox game efforts
Venture Beat - 17 Jan 2018 23:00
Microsoft has promoted Matt Booty, a leader in the Minecraft games business, as corporate vice president of Microsoft Studios, making him one of the top game executive reporting to his boss, Phil Spencer, executive vice ...
December 2017's top 10 Minecraft Marketplace creations: Blockception repeats at No. 1
Venture Beat - 17 Jan 2018 22:31
EXCLUSIVE: Minecraft is the best example of Microsoft’s modern approach to gaming platforms. The publisher acquired the block-building phenomenon and developer Mojang in 2014 for $2.5 billion, and it has since shaped t...
Tech Check: Why Navigate Corp. Uses The Tech It Uses
Forbes - 17 Jan 2018 22:20
This week, we're doing a Small Business Tech Check with Robert Kathol, Founder, CEO, and President of Navigate Corporation. How do you compare?
Understanding AI's strengths and weaknesses in the workplace
Venture Beat - 17 Jan 2018 22:10
GUEST: Much of the conversation about tech in the workplace centers on jobs that will be replaced by AI, as well as the technology’s impending effects on workplace dynamics. Without question, this is a revolution in th...
Twitch brings in a team of executives to oversee deployment of new features
Venture Beat - 17 Jan 2018 22:00
Twitch is getting a new chief operating officer and some new vice presidents to help it continue to develop and launch community products on a steady schedule. The company, which now calls itself a “social video servic...
Apple will pay $38 billion U.S. repatriation tax on $245 billion in overseas profits
Venture Beat - 17 Jan 2018 21:12
A small surprise was nestled in the middle of Apple’s announcement of a $350 billion contribution to the U.S. economy today: Apple confirmed that it will repatriate the giant pile of cash it has held overseas. Accordin...
Google promises to fix Home-induced Wi-Fi woes on January 18
Venture Beat - 17 Jan 2018 20:44
Google announced today that it would start rolling out a fix tomorrow for an issue Android users have encountered with devices like the Home smart speaker clogging up a network. It’s supposed to fix a software bug that...
Apple ups U.S. manufacturing fund to $5 billion, expects to create 20,000 new jobs over 5 years
Venture Beat - 17 Jan 2018 20:38
Building on prior announcements of its plans to invest in U.S. manufacturing and job creation, Apple today announced that it will increase its Advanced Manufacturing Fund from $1 billion to $5 billion, create 20,000 new ...
Comcast previews tech for on-demand viewing of Winter Olympics
Venture Beat - 17 Jan 2018 20:30
Comcast Cable is gearing up to push viewers to its wide variety of on-demand and live programming for the upcoming Winter Olympics. It’s going to be a combination of traditional and digital TV. Comcast has been working...
FETC Preview: Bak USA, Purpose Built Computers For Education, With Heart
Nibletz - 17 Jan 2018 20:13
Bak USA Is A Mission Focused Computer Company Building Computers For School, With Purpose. When you think Danish companies and kids what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Lego right? Well of course Lego will be at ...
In These Reflexively Cynical Times, It Pays To Be An Optimistic Skeptic
Forbes - 17 Jan 2018 20:09
Thoughtful skepticism is a healthy entrepreneurial trait, whereas cynicism can lead to a certitude that blinds entrepreneurs to the truth
Slack launches private shared channels for more discreet conversations between businesses
Venture Beat - 17 Jan 2018 20:00
Slack calls its channels for group chat and project management the workplace of the future, and today announced that channels shared between two companies can now be set to private. Even team administrators won’t be ab...
Google Search will start ranking faster mobile pages higher in July
Venture Beat - 17 Jan 2018 19:34
Google today announced a new project to improve its mobile search results: Factoring page speed in its search ranking. As the company notes, page speed “has been used in ranking for some time” but that was largely fo...
Popup Dungeon shows off its 'build your own dungeon' tool
Venture Beat - 17 Jan 2018 19:30
Popup Dungeon is a roguelike dungeon crawling role-playing game, which is nothing new -- but this one includes a customization tool that enables players to modify the game’s characters, weapons, abilities, and enemies....
Fortnite: Battle Royale's map is getting a big update for its 40 million players
Venture Beat - 17 Jan 2018 19:19
Epic Games announced today that an updated map for its hit shooter Fortnite: Battle Royale is coming on January 18. Fortnite: Battle Royale is a free-to-play game available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. While the o...