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What Will It Take For Bitcoin To Replace The Dollar In Everyday Transactions
Forbes - 24 Feb 2018 04:21
60.3% of cryptocurrency holders see cryptocurrency volatility as the most important barrier of using cryptocurrencies in everyday transactions.
Walmart's problem isn't Amazon -- it's a lack of interest in who its customers are
Venture Beat - 24 Feb 2018 22:10
GUEST: This week investors held a collective freakout over the fact that Walmart's online sales grew at just 23 percent over the fourth quarter of 2017, down from 50 percent the previous quarter. They tanked Walmart's st...
LG V30S ThinQ features hardware upgrades, Vision AI, and Voice AI
Venture Beat - 24 Feb 2018 21:28
At Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona this weekend, LG will be unveiling the LG V30S ThinQ. We got a peek at the release a bit early — here is everything we know, minus pricing and release details. As the name imp...
Why Ethereum weathered the cryptocurrency downturn better than Bitcoin
Venture Beat - 24 Feb 2018 20:25
GUEST: If 2017 was a dream for cryptocurrency enthusiasts, 2018 has been a swift return to reality. The value of Bitcoin, which increased over 1,000 percent last year, has decreased by close to 30 percent so far this yea...
With An Increase In Online Shopping, Prepare For An Increase In Data Breaches
Forbes - 24 Feb 2018 19:17
Is your online store at risk of a cyberattack? Here is how you can protect your customers' information from online theft.
When Kylie Jenner Costs Your Company $1.3B Dollars
Nibletz - 24 Feb 2018 19:15
One Tweet From Kylie Jenner Sent Snap’s Stock Into A Tailspin It’s no secret, the world is upset with Snapchat over their most recent update. Millions of Snapchat users were happy with the way the app functioned, fri...
Behind the Magic Leap and Weta Workshop alliance
Venture Beat - 24 Feb 2018 19:10
Little by little, Magic Leap is pulling back the veils on the mixed reality technology that it has been developing since 2011. The Florida company has raised more than $1.4 billion for its technology from investors like ...
Ontario, Canada Tries Out Impact Investment With A Local Bent And An Experimental Approach
Forbes - 24 Feb 2018 18:24
VERGE Breakthrough Fund, a new impact investing fund, focuses on loans to social and environmental enterprises in Southwestern Ontario. It's also a sign of growing interest in impact investing with a local focus and an e...
How Cuphead came to be, and what it means for games
Venture Beat - 24 Feb 2018 18:02
The fairy tale of Cuphead and its developer Studio MDHR continued this week as the debut game from a debut studio won three major awards at the prestigious DICE Awards in Las Vegas. Maja Moldenhauer humbly said on stage ...
Executive Onboarding Note: Stuart Whiley CEO ASC
Forbes - 24 Feb 2018 16:00Pluto's goal: becoming the Discord of VR
Venture Beat - 24 Feb 2018 13:34
If I'm not playing a game that I'm supposed to write about then chances are I'm either playing something for fun, talking about games with friends, or thinking about games while I do other things. This goes for both VR a...
MWC 2018 Preview: Go Global, Speak Local With Travis Blue
Nibletz - 24 Feb 2018 12:55
Travis Blue From The Creators Of The Travis Translator Helps Young People Connect in 60 Languages, In Real Time Travis is a global company that’s breaking down language barriers through the use of technology. Their fir...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with more proactive Windows Update
Venture Beat - 24 Feb 2018 08:52
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with a small but important change to Windows Update. This build is from the RS4 branch, which represents the next Windows 10 update the company has yet to announc...
Why I Won't Hire A Ninja / How The Rockstars Have Taken Over
Forbes - 24 Feb 2018 03:06
You invite a 'rockstar' to give an opinion, and the first thing they do is tell you what you're doing wrong. Trust them-they know what you should do. Or do they? What if being a guru is the exact opposite of knowing what...
Blockchain could transform in-game economies
Venture Beat - 24 Feb 2018 02:40
GUEST: I've always been fascinated by a game's ability to replicate real-world systems. Social interactions, weather systems, and even nuanced economies are re-created digitally with almost alarming accuracy. This has al...
AI Weekly: AI is hunting the world's deadliest killer
Venture Beat - 24 Feb 2018 02:35
Earlier this week Google and Verily Life Sciences shared the latest advance in computer vision to identify signs of heart disease. With an accuracy of 70 percent, early results from the AI trained on retinal scan images ...
This Is How Lisa Sugar Built Company Culture at PopSugar
Forbes - 24 Feb 2018 00:49
Being an entrepreneur means more than developing a product or service that fills a need. Lisa Sugar, founder of global media empire PopSugar, explains how the simple values that propelled her brand from the start color e...
People are using glitches in Super Mario Odyssey's Balloon World
Venture Beat - 24 Feb 2018 00:46
Nintendo updated Super Mario Odyssey with new, free content yesterday. This introduced the Balloon World online mode that enables players to have fun with an asynchronous hide-and-seek mode. Players can either hide a bal...
Meet This Teacher-Turned-Founder Using Tech To Make History For Minority Students
Forbes - 24 Feb 2018 00:38
Her experience in the museum combined with the lack of resources she saw in the classroom, led her to found her own venture, Curated x Kai. The business uses virtual and augmented reality to bring people of color access ...
Somewhere: The Vault Papers's conspiracy plays out in texts and on Google Maps
Venture Beat - 24 Feb 2018 00:15
Somewhere: The Vault Papers teases the possibility of an immense conspiracy unfolding -- but the only way you can find out more is through texting. French developer Norseman Interactive has teamed up with publisher Playd...
How To Own Your Truth And Use Fear As A Tool Toward Freedom And Impact
Forbes - 24 Feb 2018 00:13
This communication strategist overcame her traditional views of success to create a life of freedom and impact. Now she helps others own their truth (and their BS) while creating and protecting their magic - in life and ...