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How To Give Charitable Gifts - And Avoid Paying Tax - In 2018
Forbes - 12 Feb 2018 21:26
There was a ton of excitement about the new tax law passed at the end of 2017, but the changes brought about by the law will certainly impact your charitable giving. How can you continue to give to your favorite cause, w...
What Sequoia's Mike Moritz doesn't understand about startups in China
Venture Beat - 12 Feb 2018 02:54
GUEST: Sequoia Capital was the second most active VC in China in Q4 2017. Its local team is well respected and has good insights. Yet, in an op-ed for the Financial Times last month, Sequoia Chairman Mike Moritz surprisi...
9 Must-Watch TED Talks That Will Make You A Better Entrepreneur
Forbes - 12 Feb 2018 01:59
If you're striving for business and personal success, check out these popular TED Talks. They'll provide you with insights and strategies that can help you become a better entrepreneur.
Ubisoft plans to make fewer games after a decade of annual releases
Venture Beat - 12 Feb 2018 23:16
Assassin’s Creed took a year off in 2016 for the first time after having at least one new blockbuster-sized release per year since 2009. But despite some strong sales for 2017’s Assassin’s Creed: Origins, Ubisoft i...
Verizon will lock all new phones to thwart theft and fraud
Venture Beat - 12 Feb 2018 22:52
Top U.S. wireless carrier Verizon will temporarily network-lock all of the mobile phones it sells in an effort to deter theft and fraud, according to a Cnet report today. The move comes after years of a more relaxed poli...
Why Getting Fired Can Be The Best Thing For Your Career
Forbes - 12 Feb 2018 21:52
Whatever the reason, getting fired will make you rethink what you really want to do with your life.
Is Your Company SDG Ready Compared To Its Competitors?
Forbes - 12 Feb 2018 21:08
Long-term challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity and demographic change shape the competitive landscape, creating new opportunities and risks that companies must address today to remain competitive tomorrow...
Ubisoft's Tom Clancy brand has over 60 million players
Venture Beat - 12 Feb 2018 21:01
Ubisoft owns the Tom Clancy brand name, and that investment is continuing to pay off for the French publisher. The company revealed today that its various Tom Clancy game communities have a total of 60 million unique pla...
Ethisphere: Dell, Microsoft, and Salesforce are among the world's most ethical companies
Venture Beat - 12 Feb 2018 20:35
Ethisphere released its 2018 list of the most ethical companies in the world today, which include Microsoft, LinkedIn, Salesforce, Intel, and Dell. The New York City-based institute named 135 companies in total, spanning...
Amy Conway-Hatcher Of Baker Botts, On Corporate Culture, Scandal And Leadership's Fiduciary Duty
Forbes - 12 Feb 2018 20:03
Amy Conway-Hatcher, a partner in the Corporate Investigations & Government Enforcement Practice of Baker Botts speaks about organizational culture, its role in today's corporate scandals and leadership's fiduciary duty t...
Mark Cuban Invests In The App Revolutionizing Student Loan Debt
Forbes - 12 Feb 2018 19:55
Shark Tank's Mark Cuban invests $250,000 in App startup that is making change from change.
Assassin's Creed: Origins pushes Ubisoft to $889.4 million in sales for holiday quarter
Venture Beat - 12 Feb 2018 19:52
Ubisoft reported that Assassin’s Creed: Origins gained a following with players during the holiday quarter, pushing the French video game publisher to $889.4 million (€725.0 million) in sales for the third fiscal qua...
Ubisoft is the Nintendo Switch's top third-party publisher
Venture Beat - 12 Feb 2018 19:41
Ubisoft revealed during it financial report today for the third quarter for 2017-2018 that it is the top third-party publisher for Nintendo’s Switch. Ubisoft’s Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is Switch’s top third-...
Blockchain Disrupts Adult Industry And Sextech
Forbes - 12 Feb 2018 19:24
Now why would blockchain be relevant to the adult industry? For the same reason third world countries are - they are underserved. The adult industry may just be the use case to drive the mass scale adoption we need in cr...
Blockchain Disrupting An Underserved Industry - The Adult Industry
Forbes - 12 Feb 2018 19:24
Now why would blockchain be relevant to the adult industry? For the same reason third world countries are - they are underserved. The adult industry may just be the use case to drive the mass scale adoption we need in cr...
AMD releases first Ryzen-Vega combo chips for desktops
Venture Beat - 12 Feb 2018 19:15
Advanced Micro Devices released the first Ryzen chips that combine graphics with a central processing unit (CPU) for desktop computers. The accelerated processing units (APUs) combine a Radeon Vega graphics processing un...
Apple HomePod review: Only Siri fans should consider this bass bomb
Venture Beat - 12 Feb 2018 18:41
REVIEW: Apple’s “smart speaker” HomePod was released last Friday, and if you’re considering buying one, you’ve probably already read our earlier coverage — and perhaps visited an Apple Store to hear one for y...
Google's AI chips are now open for public use
Venture Beat - 12 Feb 2018 18:17
Google’s Cloud Tensor Processing Units are now available in public beta for anyone to try, providing customers of the tech titan’s cloud platform with specialized hardware that massively accelerates the training and ...
SXSW Accelerator Preview: Parents and Kids Are Going To Love Goalsetter
Nibletz - 12 Feb 2018 18:10
SXSW Startup: Goalsetter Makes Saving and Gifting For Kids, Simple Goalsetter is the future of saving and gifting for kids. At the same time, this amazing, new, platform will help kids learn the value of saving and the v...
Let It Die hacks and slashes its way to 4 million downloads
Venture Beat - 12 Feb 2018 18:04
Let It Die has reached the 4 million downloads milestone, according to developer Grasshopper Manufacture and publisher GungHo Entertainment. Let It Die is a free-to-play hack-and-slash action game for the PlayStation 4 t...
How A Mother And Daughter Built A Cookie Business That Helped Heal Their Lives
Forbes - 12 Feb 2018 18:04
Inspiring lessons from business owners and authors Laura and Susan Stachler who built a successful cookie business that helped them heal.
Today's Must-Reads For Entrepreneurs: Why In-N-Out Burger Pays Store Managers $160,000 A Year
Forbes - 12 Feb 2018 17:35
News and insights from around the Web, including why companies paying tax-cut bonuses are wasting their money and why one mall is actually expanding.