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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki: Three Ways Tech Companies Should Improve Diversity
Forbes - 10 Apr 2018 15:23
In an interview with Forbes Media executive vice president Moira Forbes, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki outlines what steps 'any company' can take to improve workplace diversity and bolster the inclusion of women and minorit...
How Three Roommates In The Dotcom Bubble Bust Ended Up Running A $100 Million VC Firm
Forbes - 10 Apr 2018 17:00
Some roommate situations lead to lifelong friendships. At Conductive Ventures, it led to a new $100 million venture capital fund.
Why Co-Leadership is The New Strategy for Company Growth
Forbes - 10 Apr 2018 16:56
Co-leading boosts productivity, limits bad decision-making, and reduces stress. It also doubles your capacity for creativity and innovation.
Survive Your First Year of Teaching? 3 Smart Ways to Spend Your Summer
Nibletz - 10 Apr 2018 23:45
If you managed to make it through your first year of teacher relatively unscathed, you should give yourself a much-needed pat on the back. After all, it's common knowledge that roughly half of all teachers don't make it ...
Zuckerberg to Senate: 'My position is not that there should be no regulation'
Venture Beat - 10 Apr 2018 22:31
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared today before nearly half of the U.S. Senate to respond to questions related to monopoly and regulation, to explain what Facebook is doing to protect democratic processes around the w...
7 Mindsets That Undercut Your Mental Strength And Resilience
Forbes - 10 Apr 2018 22:30Gaming's 'Black Panther moment' is coming, but it won't be like the film
Venture Beat - 10 Apr 2018 22:25
Gamergate may have cast a long shadow across the game industry, but thanks to the #metoo and #timesup movements — and a little film called Black Panther — the tide is shifting, according to panelists at today’s Gam...
Ex-PlayStation boss Andrew House: Consoles have a bright future
Venture Beat - 10 Apr 2018 21:55
Andrew House is no longer at Sony, but he still thinks that consoles like the PlayStation 4 have big future ahead of them. House spoke for the first time since leaving Sony’s PlayStation group, coming onstage at our Ga...
IoT device pairing raises privacy concerns for home AI
Venture Beat - 10 Apr 2018 21:10
GUEST: Thanks to smart speakers like the Amazon Echo and Google Home, having artificial intelligence-powered devices in your home is no longer the novelty it might have been just a few years ago. Reflecting the devices�...
Medical Device Startup Confirms B2B Sales Strategies
Forbes - 10 Apr 2018 20:36
Behind every B2B sales success you will find a value proposition consisting of the same basic rule: Create bottom-line value for your customers and they will give value in return.
EA Motive's Jade Raymond shows how triple-A has changed since Assassin's Creed
Venture Beat - 10 Apr 2018 20:11
Electronic Arts has a couple of new properties in the works, such as Anthem from BioWare. Another project is in production at EA Motive, which is the studio that industry luminary Jade Raymond is overseeing. During a fir...
Former Shutterfly CMO Gets Once-In-A-Lifetime Gig As CEO Of IfOnly
Forbes - 10 Apr 2018 19:35
Boris takes the helm as CEO of IfOnly as the company announces their Series D round led by Mastercard and joined by many others.
The rise of 'massively personal online role-playing' games is nigh
Venture Beat - 10 Apr 2018 19:23
Computer science doesn’t just solve technical issues when it comes to making games. This is one of the many takeaways from the discussion between Improbable chief creative officer Bill Roper and StoryPHORCE CEO and fou...
Twitter endorses the Honest Ads Act
Venture Beat - 10 Apr 2018 18:43
The Honest Ads Act, a recently introduced piece of legislation that would require large social platforms to keep more diligent records about who is buying political advertisements, now has endorsements from two Silicon V...
How to check if your Facebook data was compromised by Cambridge Analytica
Venture Beat - 10 Apr 2018 18:18
If you want to check whether your Facebook data was compromised by Cambridge Analytica, this tool will show you whether you, or one of your friends, used the "This Is Your Digital Life" app.
Debunking 3 of the biggest myths about Midwest tech
Venture Beat - 10 Apr 2018 18:15
GUEST: In the past four years, a slew of articles have been published comparing the Midwest tech scene to Silicon Valley: in 2014, 2015, 2016, and ending with a recent one from the New York Times. While well-intentioned,...
How Bobo's Oat Bars Got Into Stores Nationwide Without Losing Its Homemade Appeal
Forbes - 10 Apr 2018 17:36
Beryl Stafford followed her instinct and bootstrapped her healthy treat company to success.
Want Better Customer Experience? Combine CRM And Customer Feedback
Forbes - 10 Apr 2018 17:35
Customer feedback is necessary for many parts of business, but only if it's accessible to everyone. Here are a few reasons why you should integrate your feedback into your CRM.
Conductive Ventures debuts with $100 million fund for enterprise hardware and software
Venture Beat - 10 Apr 2018 17:30
Conductive Ventures announced it has raised a $100 million venture capital fund to invest in enterprise software and hardware companies. The fund is led by experienced venture capitalists Carey Lai and Paul Yeh. The fund...
ISTE 2018 Preview: Clever Simplifies Technology In The Classroom
Nibletz - 10 Apr 2018 17:24
If There Was An OS For Classrooms, You Would Want It To Be Clever. The advantages to having technology in the classroom are limitless. We all know that technology is driving learning, provides a better way to get content...
The Stillness of the Wind returns to a lonely apocalyptic goat farm
Venture Beat - 10 Apr 2018 17:00
Indie designer Coyan Cardenas is going back to the farm with The Stillness of the Wind, a sequel to his 2017 game, Where the Goats Are. Once more, it’s you and your animals in a lonely, dreamy landscape burnished with ...
JPEG XS is a new VR video streaming format optimized for 5G and Wi-Fi
Venture Beat - 10 Apr 2018 16:57
Best known for its eponymous and ubiquitous photo standard, the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) has announced JPEG XS, a new video compression standard designed to stream lossless videos, VR content, and games ov...