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FIGS Cleans Up With The 4th Largest Raise For A Female-Founded Company In 2017
Forbes - 23 Jan 2018 19:58
With a $65 million cash infusion from film magnate Thomas Tull, FIGS is ready to transform the medical apparel industry.
AMD hires former Nvidia Tegra exec and Synaptics leader to run its graphics chip division
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2018 23:15
Advanced Micro Devices is appointing two seasoned executives to lead its graphics chip division at a critical time in its competition with rivals Nvidia and Intel. Mike Rayfield, a former executive at Micron and Nvidia, ...
Musk's Multibillion-Dollar Tesla Comp Plan Is Shrewd Marketing Amid Rocky Patch
Forbes - 23 Jan 2018 20:46
Targeting a market cap of $650 billion over the next decade, Tesla's compensation plan for its CEO, much like the man himself, looks larger than life.
Zylo Secures $9.3M Series A Led by Bessemer Venture Partners
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2018 17:26
PRESS RELEASE: Zylo, the leading enterprise SaaS optimization platform, today announces completion of a $9.3 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Salesfor...
Darkest Dungeon on Switch can be felled! It can be beaten!
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2018 03:46
Darkest Dungeon is all about dreary, maddening catacombs and stressful encounters with death-worshiping cultists. But I have to say that I’m finding it quite nice to spend time with on my Nintendo Switch. Red Hook Stud...
Company Culture: How To Build It On A Budget
Forbes - 23 Jan 2018 02:25
Developing a strong culture can be vital, helping a company attract, engage and retain talent and avoid the negative consequences of a weak or toxic work environment. Even entrepreneurs with limited budgets can take step...
How Dropbox Is Promoting Greater Collaboration In Enterprise Businesses
Forbes - 23 Jan 2018 04:31
Dropbox, most widely recognized for its popularity as a consumer cloud storage platform, is expanding its offering to Dropbox Enterprise, a product that aims to provide businesses an effective platform to collaborate and...
Verizon CEO: We'll switch to 5G standard when it's final, but won't wait for it
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2018 23:36
Verizon’s CES announcement of a small-scale U.S. 5G rollout in 2018 may have been met with a mix of uncertainty and disbelief, but CEO Lowell McAdam was unambiguous in a conference call today: 5G is indeed coming this ...
Shadow of the Colossus's 4K remake looks too good
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2018 22:46
I’ve just started playing the Shadow of the Colossus remake on PlayStation 4 Pro, and I’m worried that the game has lost some of its magic in the translation to its new ultra HD resolution. Developer Bluepoint Games ...
Google launches enterprise-grade G Suite for Education
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2018 21:49
Google announced today that universities and other large educational institutions will have a new version of its G Suite productivity service tailored just for them. Called G Suite Enterprise for Education, the service w...
Apple will reportedly differentiate iPhone 9 and iPhone 11 with screens and rear cameras
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2018 21:38
After releasing the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X in 2017, Apple will reconfigure its lineup with three new models, according to reliable KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Instead of offering two midrange iPho...
Facebook will roll out privacy center globally to give more users control ahead of EU law
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2018 20:50
(Reuters) — Facebook will make it easier for its more than 2 billion users to manage their own data in response to a tough new European Union law that comes into force in May, the social network's Chief Operating Offic...
Mariah Hanson: How She Built A Successful Music Festival For LGBTQ Women
Forbes - 23 Jan 2018 20:44
What does it take to build an event attended by over 15,000 women annually for over two decades? I asked the founder of the Dinah, one of the world's largest events for lesbians and women of all backgrounds, about her ex...
PUBG Corp. announces where its $2 million in charity money is going
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2018 20:15
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds enabled its players to support charity by purchasing keys to unlock crates during its prerelease Early Access phase on Steam last year, and now developer PUBG Corp. is revealing how it’s...
Nick Hanauer Wants You To Know Everything You Know About Economics Is Wrong
Forbes - 23 Jan 2018 20:15Udacity opens applications for flying car nanodegree program
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2018 20:00
Flying cars are no longer the stuff of science fiction, as numerous companies work toward making private urban aviation transport a reality. This was evidenced at CES 2018 in Las Vegas earlier this month. Against that ba...
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire will have a physical version distributed by THQ Nordic
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2018 19:45
THQ Nordic announced today that it has entered a distribution deal with publisher Versus Evil for Obsidian Entertainment’s Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. Deadfire raised more than $4.4 million on the crowdfunding si...
Cooperatives May Provide End Run Around Limitations On 20% Business Deduction
Forbes - 23 Jan 2018 19:35
Although inserted into tax bill to benefit agriculture, cooperative dividends may vastly expand applicability of the 20% business deduction under Section 199A.
Apple reportedly orders touch panels for new 13-inch entry-level MacBook
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2018 19:34
Will Apple release a new entry-level 13-inch MacBook with a touch screen this year? If a report from the hit-and-miss supply chain publication DigiTimes can be believed, the answer’s yes. But it might not be the touchs...
Google Play now sells audiobooks, includes voice support for Google Assistant
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2018 19:30
Ever since Google ditched Android Market in 2012 and brought all its digital media content into a single marketplace, Google Play has emerged as the go-to place for apps, movies, TV shows, magazines, music, games, and bo...
What You Need to Know Before Promoting Your Next Sales Manager
Forbes - 23 Jan 2018 19:20U.S. skiers and snowboarders are using VR to train for PyeongChang Winter Olympics
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2018 19:00
For the past couple of years, virtual reality training startup Strivr has been working with the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association (USSA) team to train athletes for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The startup worked with ...