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Two Mothers, Two Businesses, One Purpose
Forbes - 27 Feb 2018 03:00
When many entrepreneurs are focused on their next round of funding, two women were inspired by their roles as mothers to start their own respective companies. Wanting to create the world in which they would like their ch...
How Earned Media Unlocked $2 Million And The US Market For This Eco Company
Forbes - 27 Feb 2018 23:51
Hoodlamb is a sustainable European fashion brand that has grown to over $2 million through organic and earned media. In 2017, they launched in the USA. They explain how PR has helped them succeed.
Amazon acquires smart doorbell maker Ring, reportedly for over $1 billion
Venture Beat - 27 Feb 2018 23:39
Amazon has acquired Ring, maker of smart home doorbells, cameras, and security systems, GeekWire reports. The company was acquired for more than $1 billion, according to Reuters. The acquisition may be announced later to...
Back When I Knew Everything
Forbes - 27 Feb 2018 22:56
Like a lot of young people I was pretty sure I knew it all, and it turns out that I didn't. Not even close. Not surprisingly, that caused me to make a few missteps. Thankfully just a few, and I learned from each of them....
Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann on the inspirations for The Last of Us
Venture Beat - 27 Feb 2018 22:47
Neil Druckmann of Naughty Dog is one of the creative forces behind the popular Sony PlayStation games like the Uncharted series and The Last of Us — both of which have swept some of the biggest awards in the game busin...
Samsung Galaxy Note9 will likely include Bixby 2.0 voice assistant
Venture Beat - 27 Feb 2018 22:26
Samsung Mobile chief DJ Koh has revealed Samsung’s Galaxy Note9 will likely include version 2.0 of the company’s Bixby AI assistant. The news was shared at a press conference following the release of its flagship S9 ...
Spearhead Games: From leaving AAA to making a time-traveling Columbo
Venture Beat - 27 Feb 2018 22:02
SPONSORED: Presented by Intel Like a lot of the indie studios that have cropped up over the last few years, Spearhead Games' founders, Atul Mehra and Malik Boukhira, were originally AAA developers. The pair met when they...
Trick A Journalist -- The Next 'Innovation' In Email Marketing
Forbes - 27 Feb 2018 21:58
My inbox keeps falling into the grasps of one aspiring PT Barnum after another. Look at this charmer.
Why This New Company Believes the Key to Engagement Starts With Asking Good Questions
Forbes - 27 Feb 2018 21:48
Audience engagement and one's "attention time" is the metric to watch. Yet engagement is a concept many companies struggle with, especially as they try to build brand in a noisy world. InTELLects is placing their bet on ...
Watch Fortnite: Battle Royale running in 4K and 60 FPS on Xbox One X
Venture Beat - 27 Feb 2018 21:26
Epic continues to roll out updates for its last-player-standing shooter Fortnite: Battle Royale, and the latest patch has it running at 60 frames per second and a 4K resolution at the same time on the Xbox One X. This is...
Asus announces ZenFone 5 series smartphones
Venture Beat - 27 Feb 2018 21:07
Asus has announced three new smartphones today at a press event in Barcelona that comprise its new ZenFone 5 series. The press event is being held as part of Mobile World Congress. The event is ongoing. We’ll update wi...
This 17-Year-Old Entrepreneur Created A Subscription Box To Empower Youth Of Color
Forbes - 27 Feb 2018 20:17
To combat negative stereotypes and media underrepresentation, this young entrepreneur took matters into her own hands by creating a monthly subscription box connecting youth of color to inspiration and empowerment.
All eyes on the 5G prize as troubled telecom industry gathers for MWC 2018
Venture Beat - 27 Feb 2018 20:16
The 5G future is arriving faster than many had predicted. For a struggling telecom industry, it still can’t arrive fast enough. The mobile industry has left behind an era of easy growth, driven by smartphone and tablet...
Chrono Trigger time-warps from SNES to Steam today
Venture Beat - 27 Feb 2018 19:29
Surprise, role-playing game fans on PC! Square Enix released Chrono Trigger on Steam today. Chrono Trigger first came out for the Super Nintendo in 1995. It was a collaboration between Square (home of Final Fantasy) and ...
T-Mobile will ready 30 cities for 5G in 2018, including New York and Los Angeles
Venture Beat - 27 Feb 2018 19:21
Briefly taking the stage at a Mobile World Congress dominated by 5G news, T-Mobile today announced that it will build out its upcoming 5G network in 30 cities during 2018, specifically including New York, Los Angeles, Da...
Forfeited Deposit Income Ordinary Not Capital Gain
Forbes - 27 Feb 2018 19:12
Hotel purchased from George Steinbrenner where Yankees stayed during spring training, subject of dispute about capital gains treatment of forfeited deposits.
Google and NCAA team up on March Madness AI competition with $100,000 in prizes
Venture Beat - 27 Feb 2018 19:00
Google and the NCAA have teamed up on a $100,000 competition to see who can predict the best March Madness outcomes with machine learning.
An Approach 'Essential To Creating Robust, Sustainable Cyber Security'
Forbes - 27 Feb 2018 18:51
In my experience, most organizations relegate cyber governance to the I.T. staff because their leadership sees cyber security as a technology issue. These leaders fail to appreciate that a cyber security incident can hav...
Is Traditional InfoSec Marketing Even Necessary? - CISO/Security Vendor Relationships
Forbes - 27 Feb 2018 18:47
CISOs are repeatedly saying that they don't respond to traditional marketing ploys. The way to get to them is through relationships. If that's true, why even bother with traditional security marketing?
Hearthstone's Molten Giant is receiving the rare un-nerf
Venture Beat - 27 Feb 2018 18:45
Blizzard Entertainment announced a raft of changes coming to its hit digital card game Hearthstone when the Year of the Raven launches later in 2018. But one card is receiving something more. Molten Giant is getting rede...
Hearthstone's Year of the Raven isn't bringing any changes to Arena ... yet
Venture Beat - 27 Feb 2018 18:45
With the Year of the Mammoth giving away to the Year of the Raven, changes are in store for Hearthstone. In addition to a set rotation that has Whispers of the Old Gods, One Night in Karazhan, and Mean Streets of Gadgetz...
Hearthstone's Year of the Raven will change cards and quest rewards, test in-game tournaments
Venture Beat - 27 Feb 2018 18:45
Blizzard Entertainment revealed changes coming to its hit digital card game Hearthstone with the launch of the next annual Standard cycle, the Year of the Raven. The Year of the Raven will launch when the next, unannounc...