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SXSWedu Preview: ProjectPals Is Your Playbook For Project Based Learning
Nibletz - 19 Feb 2018 16:15
Project Pals Is A Visual Collaboration Platform For Project Based Learning Project based learning isn’t just a fun way to teach kids different curriculum and concepts it’s also a proven way to drive learning that’s...
Dreamscape's Alien Zoo VR experience embraces the human desire to explore and learn
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2018 08:19
When I arrive at the upscale Westfield Century City mall in Los Angeles, I only know the broad background of Dreamscape Immersive. It is a startup funded partly by Steven Spielberg and partly by AMC, with plans to open u...
How To Get Over Your Fear Of Self-Promotion
Forbes - 19 Feb 2018 00:43
It's common for entrepreneurs to feel uncomfortable promoting themselves thinking their friends and acquaintances will find them annoying or salesy. Here are 4 ways to overcome those fears for good.
Power to People - A Data Startup Aims To Help Fix Britain's 'Broken' Energy Market
Forbes - 19 Feb 2018 21:52
Competition in Britain's energy market has been declared 'broken' by an influential committee of MPs, partly with consumers who are deterred by complexity of the tariff system. Labrador sees a away to drive competition b...
How Artificial Intelligence Will Soon Change Your Life
Forbes - 19 Feb 2018 21:23
You: "Hey Google, can you tell me what article I should read today?" Google Assistant: "How about this one?"
Moss's PSVR fairy-tale adventure launches February 27
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2018 21:15
Polyarc is ready to put its virtual reality storybook to print. The studio originally intended to release its adorable VR adventure game Moss during the holidays last year, but pushed the launch date back. It’s now deb...
How This Entrepreneur Uses Her Lowest Moment As Fuel
Forbes - 19 Feb 2018 20:46
Determined to create a better life, not only for herself but for other women in her community, Stephens founded Pink Productions, and online platform and network that helps support women in achieving their goals.
After Twitter kills Mac app, third-party developers drop prices
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2018 20:20
Twitter’s unexpected discontinuation of its free eponymous Mac client late last Friday hasn’t gone over well with Mac users, even though it rated an abysmal 1.7 out of 5 stars before it disappeared from the Mac App S...
Twitch Prime rolls out new indie game program
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2018 20:13
Twitch is launching its new Indie Amplifier program to signal boost indie games on its livestreaming platform. Twitch Prime members will be able to pick an indie game and get it for free. The platform has also partnered ...
Four future 2018 Headlines Created by The New Tax Law
Forbes - 19 Feb 2018 18:29
Small businesses don't begrudge big business their tax cut. But they should be treated the same as any other business entity.
VictoryVR Returns To Austin For SXSWedu
Nibletz - 19 Feb 2018 18:20
After Being Chosen as Acer’s VR Partner For TCEA, VictoryVR Returns To Austin Texas A Month Later For SXSWedu Even though some VR in education companies are becoming near to the point where they’re too big for their ...
SK Telecom will demo 5G social VR, self-driving cars, and hologram AI at MWC 2018
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2018 18:05
South Korea’s largest mobile provider — SK Telecom — announced today that it will debut “social virtual reality” and multiple 5G demonstrations, including “hologram AI,” at its 2018 Mobile World Congress bo...
Newzoo: Nintendo could reap billions from subscriptions, digital sales, and mobile
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2018 18:00
Nintendo had spectacular growth in 2017, with revenues growing 172 percent to $9.2 billion from a year earlier. That’s good enough to push the Japanese publisher and hardware maker into the top 10 gaming companies by s...
Bootstrapping A Lifestyle Brand: How We Self-Funded The 125 Collection
Forbes - 19 Feb 2018 18:00
We thought hard about how we wanted to approach financing our business and simply put, we wanted full control. Don't get us wrong, using investors definitely has its perks. However, we wanted complete control and ownersh...
Amazon, Berkshire & JPMorgan Can Fix Healthcare With Technology - And By Studying Winners
Forbes - 19 Feb 2018 17:51
Amazon, Berkshire and JPMorgan can fix healthcare with scale, subsidies, an incentivized provider network -- and technology. They should follow the leaders.
America's Farmers Are Growing STEM Education In Rural Communities
Nibletz - 19 Feb 2018 17:40
America’s Farmers Want To Get Rural Students Excited About STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are driving the careers of the future. Students in today’s K-12 schools are preparing for STEM careers ...
A New Study Says Business Loans Help Startups Grow. Personal Loans Don't
Forbes - 19 Feb 2018 17:15SXSW Accelerator Preview: Ushr Is Ushering In Next Generation Maps For Autonomous Vehicles
Nibletz - 19 Feb 2018 16:55
First To Market, Ushr is Ushering In Next Generation Maps For Autonomous Vehicles The ability to have a pocket sized GPS for driving, public transit and even walking directions, at your beck and call, was a phenomenon in...
Tangelo Games is targeting social casino games at Spanish-speaking players
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2018 16:15
We wrote about Vicenç Martí back in 2012 when he won the Who’s Got Game competition at our GamesBeat 2012 conference. He was running Akamon, a company that made social casino games for Latin America and Southern Euro...
Auctus is bringing blockchain tech to the $36 trillion retirement plan market
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2018 16:00
Retirement planning is not the sexiest topic in the world, but we all have to think about it at some point. And it is a significant business. Depending on which research firm you quote, we’re talking about a $36 trilli...
SXSW Accelerator Preview: goKid Takes The Headache Out Of Carpooling
Nibletz - 19 Feb 2018 15:35
SXSW Startup: goKid Is The Answer For All Busy Parent Car Poolers Parenting school aged children in this day and age can be tough. Scheduling can be a complete mess. We live in a time and place where, in a majority of ho...
Lacking Respect? These Habits Can Shape Your Small Business Culture
Forbes - 19 Feb 2018 15:09
Even the language you use shapes your small business culture.