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The Lobby connects Wall Street aspirants with insiders
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2018 23:03
EXCLUSIVE: Not everyone has a family member or college buddy working at a top investment bank, which can make it harder to break into the industry. The Lobby wants to help these candidates by connecting them directly wit...
EA is weathering Star Wars: Battlefront II selling only 9 million copies
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2018 23:47
Electronic Arts reported financials for its fiscal third quarter ended December 31 that were slightly below what analysts expected, as its marquee game, Star Wars: Battlefront II, sold only 9 million copies during the ho...
Star Wars: Battlefront II microtransactions returning soon after sales come up short
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2018 23:47
Microtransactions are coming back to save Star Wars: Battlefront II. EA has sold 9 million copies of the Star Wars shooter worldwide, according to an interview with Electronic Arts chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen...
EA's Battlefield 1 hits 25 million players thanks to DLC and discounts
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2018 23:19
Electronic Arts announced today that Battlefield 1 has reached 25 million players. The news was in its Q3 report for the financial year 2018. The first-person shooter launched in October 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One,...
Razer's Seiren Elite mic attempts to deliver pro audio without the extra equipment
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2018 22:46
Razer is hitting the game-broadcaster market hard with its recent product launches, and that continues with its new Seiren Elite USB microphone. This $200 mic is shipping now, and Razer is positioning it as a USB alterna...
World of Warcraft devs on creating level-scaling and Allied Races
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2018 22:30
World of Warcraft is preparing for the Battle for Azeroth. But even before the massively multiplayer online role-playing game’s seventh expansion launches later this year, Blizzard Entertainment has been adding a lot o...
Amazon's Alexa can now send text messages
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2018 22:23
Amazon’s Alexa is now able to send SMS messages to a contact in a user’s smartphone, a company spokesperson told VentureBeat today. At launch, text messages can only be sent with smartphones running the Android opera...
Death Coming brings pixel art soul-harvesting puzzles to iOS in February
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2018 22:15
The Grim Reaper eventually arrives for us all -- whether you’re on PC or mobile. Next Studio’s darkly comic puzzler Death Coming will launch on iOS this February. In Death Coming, players are the Grim Reaper’s appr...
5 projects using AI to combat global inequality
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2018 22:10
GUEST: Artificial intelligence promises to improve human welfare and make the world a safer, more meaningful, and more educated place. However, a real and imminent fear is that biased AI will deepen inequalities. Smarter...
Yes, Co-Working Spaces Can Work For You
Forbes - 30 Jan 2018 22:01
Coworking is booming as a new generation of entrepreneurs, freelancers, and corporate organizations re-think the overhead costs of business, the value of collaborative work, and work/life balance.
Lambda School, where students don't pay until they land a $50,000 tech job, graduates its first class
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2018 21:45
While the tech industry offers some of the highest-paying and fastest-growing jobs in the U.S., obtaining one is still out of reach for many Americans. Particularly for those who are looking to make a career change, it�...
With Boardshare Any Teacher Can Have An Interactive Display
Nibletz - 30 Jan 2018 21:18
TCEA Preview: Boarshare Is The Affordable Interactive Classroom Display To Drive Student Success If you’ve spent any time walking around any major edtech conference you’ve probably been wowed and amazed at some of th...
Safety Measures Are Everywhere
Nibletz - 30 Jan 2018 21:17
The news may have us convinced that we are living in dark and dangerous times. However, because of major technological advances, we are much safer than we realize. Safety precautions are everywhere and many are mandated ...
Astound launches to automate employee service requests with AI
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2018 21:15
EXCLUSIVE: A new startup called Astound emerged from stealth today with a big vision: to cut down on service requests using artificial intelligence to drive automation. The company’s overall goal is to help employees a...
U.S. government investigates whether Apple violated securities laws with iPhone slowdown updates
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2018 20:39
Apple is now under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission to determine whether the company’s iPhone-slowing software update violated securities laws, according to a Bloom...
Effects Of Taking The Outside-In Perspective In Management
Forbes - 30 Jan 2018 20:37
By working with the board, the outside-in perspective can enlighten them to take the independent and objective view of the activist in order to find the middle ground. Company management gets displaced when they are abst...
Tim Schafer, Rami Ismail, Nolan Bushnell earn Game Developers Choice Awards honors
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2018 20:36
The Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) will be handing out accolades to Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, Vlambeer founder Rami Ismail, and Double Fine Productions founder Tim Schafer. It’s the award show’s 18th year, ...
My Biggest Mistake Going Freelance And How To Fix It
Forbes - 30 Jan 2018 20:21
Ready to go freelance? The big mistake that can hold you back.
Cashing In On Your Life Experience
Forbes - 30 Jan 2018 20:16
These three people make money by sharing their wisdom and their life experience. Here's how they do it and why they do it.
Selling Your Business In 3 To 5 Years? Buy Another Company Now
Forbes - 30 Jan 2018 20:13
As you consider selling your company in 3 to 5 years, the last think on your mind is buying another firm. But, it might be the single best financial decision you ever make regarding your business.
Pinterest hires Google's Chuck Rosenberg to lead visual search team
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2018 20:00
Pinterest today announced it has hired Google computer vision research lead Chuck Rosenberg to be the company’s head of computer vision and lead its visual search engineering team. During his nearly 15 years at Google,...
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth preorders give you a level 110 character and Allied Races
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2018 20:00
Blizzard Entertainment has opened orders for World of Warcraft’s next expansion, Battle for Azeroth. And buying the game early gives you access to some goodies right now. While Battle for Azeroth will launch later this...