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Collision Conference: Hulu Meets Amazon Thanks To Alecia
Nibletz - 13 Apr 2018 19:28
Alecia Vimala Launching Alecia A True Interactive Video Experience For Content and Shopping Imagine watching your favorite cooking show and simply clicking to purchase all of the ingredients for the recipe the host is ma...
Another Cambridge Analytica is out there, and we aren't ready to fight it
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2018 23:10
GUEST: Facebook got a lot of criticism over the Cambridge Analytica breach, and Zuckerberg vowed to do better in protecting users’ privacy in a full-page ad. But this is not the first time political campaigns have used...
Radical Heights heralds a new era of extreme Early Access
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2018 22:44
ANALYSIS: Radical Heights, a battle-royale shooter that teaches you the importance of saving money, is the latest release from developer Boss Key Productions. It is available now for free on Steam’s Early Access portal...
How LEGO Customer Service Wins Back Upset Customers: A Simple Recovery Approach Works Wonders
Forbes - 13 Apr 2018 22:13
What you can learn from LEGO's simple approach to customer service recovery.
Three Principles for Navigating and Mapping the "Connected" Customer Journey
Forbes - 13 Apr 2018 22:10
A better understanding of the brand's touchpoints, the customer's pain points and delights, and the quality of the overall experience can help set priorities, direct investments, and ultimately woo the connected customer...
3 Marketing Strategies Orca Is Using To Win Cooler Sales (That You Can Use Too)
Forbes - 13 Apr 2018 22:04
Selling high-end coolers could have been a daunting task, but ORCA has figured out a number of winning strategies for explosive growth. The co-founders share their top tips for entrepreneurs.
Apple leak memo leaks, threatening employee termination and arrests
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2018 21:22
For the second time in a year, Apple has issued a warning to “leaking” employees, only for the warning to leak to the public. Taking the form of a news story-like internal memo, the warning comes nearly six years aft...
Ovenly Has Found The Recipe For Creative Treats And An Inclusive Economy
Forbes - 13 Apr 2018 20:34
A growing NYC company has hiring practices as innovative as its baked goods.
Collision Conference Preview: DistantJob, Removing The Barriers In Recruitment
Nibletz - 13 Apr 2018 20:31
Distant Job, Remote Recruitment Made Easy What's worse when building a remote team? Management or finding the employees? So you need to grow your software development team but you are trying to keep up with the times and...
Collision Conference Preview: Manage Your Sales Flow With a Smarter Technology!
Nibletz - 13 Apr 2018 19:40
DocSend: Manage Your Sales Flow With a Smarter Technology! DocSend came onto the tech scene ready to raise it all and boy did they when they landed a whopping $1.7M shortly after being founded and then they came back in ...
ProBeat: My Facebook News Feed has been hijacked by Zuckerberg BFF spam
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2018 19:30
OPINION: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg didn’t concede much during his two hearings in front of the U.S. Senate this week. The most frequent solution he cited to the various problems raised was AI, but he admitted that w...
Tracy Walker Of McGuireWoods: 'You Have To Be Absolutely Dedicated To Excellence'
Forbes - 13 Apr 2018 19:30
Jonathan Harmon and Tracy Walker, McGuireWoods' chairman and managing partner, respectively, discuss the firm's processes of succession and post-merger integration, its culture, values and P&L, among other things.
Jonathan Harmon Of McGuireWoods: 'We've Got To Have A Strong Culture'
Forbes - 13 Apr 2018 19:29
Jonathan Harmon and Tracy Walker, McGuireWoods' chairman and managing partner, respectively, discuss the firm's governance, infrastructure, compensation model and strategy, among other things.
Steam Is The Leviathan Of PC Gaming
Forbes - 13 Apr 2018 19:10
The mega streaming service Netflix is to television entertainment as Steam is to PC gaming. Last year Steam's total revenue from paid game sales was a huge $4.3 billion. Needless to say, whether you've heard of it or not...
This Founder Couldn't Find A Resource For Her Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, So She Created One
Forbes - 13 Apr 2018 18:52
Solome Tibebu's story to becoming a leader in healthcare innovation, award-winning social entrepreneur, and advocate for mental health and diversity began with a blog - and a painful journey with obsessive-compulsive dis...
Collision Conference Preview: Bak USA, Computers For Education Made Right In Our Back Yards
Nibletz - 13 Apr 2018 18:48
Bak USA Is A Mission Focused Company Building Educational Computers Right In The USA While many of the top electronics and computer companies like Samsung and Toshiba, come from Asia, the United States has always had a s...
NWTRCC Wants Tax Day To Be Peace Day
Forbes - 13 Apr 2018 17:47
National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee schedules numerous events on and leading up to "Tax Day."
Star Wars: Battlefront II is getting Ewoks and a premium currency for cosmetics
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2018 17:30
EA announced details today for Star Wars: Battlefront II‘s next update, Night on Endor, which will come out for the multiplayer shooter on April 18 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It includes a new, limited-time Ew...
A Way Out passes 1 million sold
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2018 17:15
Hazelight Studios announced today that its co-op prison escape game A Way Out has reach 1 million copies sold. The Electronic Arts published title came out on March 23 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. A Way Out was a...
The DeanBeat: What we learned about the future of games this week
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2018 17:00
Each year, we hold our GamesBeat Summit event to gather the best thinking about where gaming is going. This week, at our fourth annual summit and 10th year of GamesBeat events, we heard dozens of intellectually stimulati...
A Year Of 3 Percent Economic Growth Shows No Signs Of Stopping
Forbes - 13 Apr 2018 16:42
Critics claimed that the economy would collapse after the 2016 presidential election, but the new administration's relief for businesses has left the economy looking rejuvenated instead.
Venture Atlanta Announces Dave DeWalt as Keynote Speaker, Opens 2018 Conference Registration
Venture Beat - 13 Apr 2018 16:26
PRESS RELEASE: With online registration now open for the Southeast's premier venture conference, Venture Atlanta announced today that Dave DeWalt will deliver the opening keynote at this year's conference. DeWalt is a Si...