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13 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Achieve Success In 2018
Forbes - 26 Jan 2018 14:00
Developing your organization takes more than a good product idea and some grit. You need well-thought-out philosophies on how to handle daily business.
Epic Games is closing Paragon and offering refunds
Venture Beat - 26 Jan 2018 22:59
Epic Games‘ MOBA project, Paragon, is ending as the studio focuses on Fortnite. Paragon will shut down on April 26. Epic Games is offering refunds for all purchases from both platforms, PlayStation 4 and PC. Paragon la...
Apple chip maker TSMC plans 5-nanometer chips for 2020, 3-nanometer in 2022
Venture Beat - 26 Jan 2018 22:18
Apple’s chip manufacturer TSMC today broke ground on its first 5-nanometer fabrication facility in Taiwan, promising that 5-nanometer chips will be commercially available in 2020, with 3-nanometer chips planned for 202...
Social Entrepreneurs' Mission: Make Learning To Code Fun
Forbes - 26 Jan 2018 20:38
Startup Py uses such elements as gamification and personalization to make learning to program more accessible--and help students benefit from the opportunities those skills open up.
ProBeat: Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox are bringing back the browser wars
Venture Beat - 26 Jan 2018 20:30
This was a big week in browser news: Google launched Chrome 64 and Mozilla released Firefox 58 in the span of just over a day. But the timing isn’t what’s interesting (both browsers get new versions every six weeks o...
Washington State bill would ban sale of devices with hard-to-replace batteries
Venture Beat - 26 Jan 2018 20:28
Washington’s state legislature is moving quickly towards banning the sale of devices containing “difficult or impossible to remove” batteries, Motherboard reported today. With a potential start date of January 1, 2...
Blockchain Identity Pioneer Dominode™ Receives $1.3 Million to Build Definitive Solution for Verified Identity in Regulated Industries
Venture Beat - 26 Jan 2018 20:26
PRESS RELEASE: Dominode, a developer of verified identity solutions for regulated industries, has closed on a $1.3 million venture capital investment from New York-based Blockchange Ventures. This press release features ...
5 Monster Hunter: World tips for your beast-slaying adventure
Venture Beat - 26 Jan 2018 20:01
I’m not a Monster Hunter pro. Monster Hunter: World, which is out now for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, is the first time the series has captured my attention. It’s a fantastic action role-playing game that’s fun to ...
Eternally Optimistic: Owners Are Very Bullish On 2018
Forbes - 26 Jan 2018 20:00TCEA Preview: Recap Helps Students Ask Better Questions
Nibletz - 26 Jan 2018 19:35
Teachers Can Lead Classroom Discussions With Better Questions Thanks To Recap From The Creators Of Swivl. Every teacher wants to have the deepest, most thought provoking, inspiring and collaborative classroom discussions...
PlayStation Network is down again
Venture Beat - 26 Jan 2018 19:27
Sony’s gaming service is having a rough week as PlayStation Network outages continue into Friday. PS4 and PS3 players around the world have taken to social media to complain about encountering errors when trying to use...
The experts give a mixed outlook for game company acquisitions
Venture Beat - 26 Jan 2018 19:15
Is the next $10 billion game company acquisition right around the corner, or have all of the investors and acquirers moved on the more fruitful markets of Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain? Gaming has been around f...
5 ways Facebook's rumored video chat device Portal could use facial recognition
Venture Beat - 26 Jan 2018 18:59
If the reports are true, a Facebook video chat device named Portal is set to arrive in May that could help reshape the Facebook experience in the years ahead. It would likely be one of the first pieces of consumer hardwa...
Why We Need To Rethink Organizational Change Management
Forbes - 26 Jan 2018 18:44
This first post in this column argues that we need to challenge standard theory and practice of organizational change. This blog series will advance a crowd-sourcing approach to organizational change by presenting big id...
The DeanBeat: Games I want to play in 2018
Venture Beat - 26 Jan 2018 18:00
I sank to the bottom of the sea in my first stab at Microsoft’s Sea of Thieves. The closed beta started this week, and I played long enough to realize I won’t play that game for very long because I don’t have any f...
BlockEx raises over $24 million for its blockchain financial exchange platform
Venture Beat - 26 Jan 2018 17:30
EXCLUSIVE: Blockchain startups make the news for many reasons, not all of them good. Claims of scams, fraudsters, and charlatans are rife in the industry. So how does an investor know which ICO or token generation event ...
#MeToo #TimesUp What's Next? Holding Employers Accountable To Change Company Culture
Forbes - 26 Jan 2018 17:19
A company's standard reaction of firing a sexual harasser as soon as a news outlet discloses allegations doesn't address the systemic problem. Yes, the harasser needs to be accountable; so does the employer. Futures With...
How Terra Naomi Has Hustled Her Way To Success As A Professional Musician
Forbes - 26 Jan 2018 17:12
10 years ago, singer-songwriter Terra Naomi catapulted to fame and a record deal when a video she posted on YouTube went viral. Today, she's releasing a new album and working on a Broadway musical. Here, the working arti...
These are the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+
Venture Beat - 26 Jan 2018 17:05
EXCLUSIVE: Having opted against what would have been an uncharacteristic debut at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas — in teaser capacity or otherwise — Samsung is now gearing up to launch the 2018 ver...
Mastercard Offers Financial Tools For Gig Workers From Uber Drivers To Dog Walkers
Forbes - 26 Jan 2018 17:02
The gig economy with its variety of jobs that can run for hours or month and create variable income for workers, Mastercard is promoting financial tools to help individuals cope.
Pay Raises From Tax Cuts Are Fake Generosity
Forbes - 26 Jan 2018 16:35
Many companies have announced pay raises or bonuses to workers triggered by recent business tax cuts. The decisions are usually portrayed as beneficent behavior, but this is really fake generosity.
FETC 2018: Teachers From Across The Globe Are Learning and Teaching Coding With Tynker
Nibletz - 26 Jan 2018 16:30
With Tynker Teachers And Students Learn Coding Together. Coding in the classroom has been the big discussion over the past three years at just about every big edtech conference. Just this week coding in K-12 classrooms t...