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How To Win At Expected Loss: Preparing For CECL
Forbes - 28 Mar 2018 15:00
CECL is an outgrowth of the 2007-2008 financial crisis post-mortem and is a huge deal.
These 13 Visual Artists Will Brighten Your Work Day
Forbes - 28 Mar 2018 04:40
When the work week gets tough, the tough need bright shapes, loud patterns and provocative prints.
Google To Acquire Startup Tenor As Mobile GIF-Sharing Explodes
Forbes - 28 Mar 2018 00:51
Google is acquiring the mobile GIF keyboard and search engine Tenor in a move that should help the advertising giant bolster its search data and offer its marketers an increasingly popular advertising format. Both compan...
Betabrand: Who's Calling the Shots On Fashion?!
Forbes - 28 Mar 2018 23:23
Discover why BETABRAND is one of the businesses driving both the talk and the practice of change within the fashion industry.
Advice For Entrepreneurs On Board Management: Mind The Information Gap
Forbes - 28 Mar 2018 22:53
As CEO, you will be tempted to de-prioritize your Board in lieu of other initiatives that seem more important. But one, simple conversation with a mentor led me to realize that a Board can be the pivotal difference betwe...
How This Self-Care Entrepreneur Ditched Work Guilt For Wellness
Forbes - 28 Mar 2018 22:46
"So many of us operate on autopilot, you know?"
April 2018 Xbox Games With Gold -- The Witness and Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2018 22:04
Each month, anyone with an active Xbox Live Gold subscription can claim up to four games that will all work with their Xbox One. This is part of Microsoft’s efforts to maintain high participation in its $10-per-month (...
How Taking Time For Tea Turned Into A Business For This Founder
Forbes - 28 Mar 2018 21:37
Sashee Chandran always thought that when she grew old and retired she'd own her own tea shop. But while she was working at a technology company, Chandran came across a tea-related problem that she didn't want to wait for...
Sensor Tower: ARKit apps rack up over 13 million downloads in 6 months
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2018 21:35
It’s been over six months since Apple rolled out its augmented reality framework ARKit in September, and ARKit apps have been downloaded over 13 million times. Games are still leading the way, comprising 47 percent of ...
Facebook simplifies privacy settings following data misuse
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2018 20:28
(Reuters) — Facebook has adjusted privacy settings to give users more control over their information in a few taps, it said on Wednesday, after an outcry over a whistleblower’s allegations that members’ data was us...
Google Home can now connect with Bluetooth speakers for multiroom audio
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2018 20:19
A Google Home smart speaker can now be paired with a Bluetooth speaker that wasn’t made by Google, and a Bluetooth speaker can be paired with a group of Google Home speakers. The new feature is available for all three ...
Xiaomi doesn't wow me with the price of its Windows gaming laptop
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2018 20:03
One of the biggest Android device manufacturers in China is expanding into the gaming PC space. Xiaomi, which makes high-end smartphones, announced its Mi Gaming Laptop this week. But unlike its smartphones, this Xiaomi ...
Apple CEO warns users to encrypt data, dismisses 'beauty contest' for next campus
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2018 19:21
Following yesterday’s education-focused Apple media event in Chicago, CEO Tim Cook returned to Lane Tech College Prep High School today for a taped interview with Recode, which tweeted key details from the conversation...
Developing financial wellness tools with artificial intelligence (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2018 18:58
VB LIVE: Research shows that consumers want an interactive digital financial coach, but most are still stuck with static online banking. Discover how the industry's most innovative companies are using AI and machine lear...
Meet The Founder Fighting Hunger With Technology
Forbes - 28 Mar 2018 18:44
When she graduated from college, Komal Ahmad continued to look for a solution to the hunger all around her. She wanted to be able to connect businesses that had quality excess food to organizations and people that could ...
8 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Offset Income Volatility
Forbes - 28 Mar 2018 18:24
In this adaptation from his new book, Workarounds, Doug Freeman offers ways entrepreneurs can diversify during times when business is slow.
Google Surveys now lets market researchers target consumers in 46 new markets
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2018 18:22
Google has announced that its Surveys market research product can now be used to target consumers in nearly 60 markets. Prior to now now, Google Surveys has been available to researchers in any country; however, their av...
Questions To Ask Coops Before You Buy
Forbes - 28 Mar 2018 18:20
Questions To Ask Coops Before You Buy
This Social Entrepreneur In Haiti Shares Start-Up Advice For Motivated Millennials
Forbes - 28 Mar 2018 18:04
The Millennial Impact Report shares new insights about the next generation's passion for solving global issues. Based on these findings, a social entrepreneur from Haiti shares her wisdom to support these motivated Mille...
Siren unveils socks with microsensors that detect diabetes problems
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2018 18:00
San Francisco-based Siren has unveiled socks with microsensors woven in that can detect whether a person faces a diabetic foot problem. The company is also announcing it has raised $3.4 million in seed funding from DCM, ...
Google Hire now automatically recommends past candidates for new gigs
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2018 18:00
Google added a feature to its Hire service today designed to help recruiters find past job candidates who weren’t the right people for a previous position but might fit a new gig at a company. When recruiters open a ne...
Asana launches timeline tool for companies to visualize project tasks
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2018 18:00
Asana, the productivity and task-management startup cofounded by Facebook co-creator Dustin Moskovitz, has launched a new feature designed to let businesses map out their projects and see how each part fits together. To ...