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Why Don't Marketers Understand Consumers Better?
Forbes - 22 Apr 2018 16:01
Greg Portell, Partner Consumer Products and Retail at AT Kearney, provides perspective on the mistakes that marketers make when trying to understand their consumers.
This Hot Trend Could Make Freelancing A Lot More Fun -- And Meaningful
Forbes - 22 Apr 2018 14:07
As companies duke it out in the war for talent, more realize they need to pay more attention to attracting great free agents.
India's Economy On Track To Beat China
Forbes - 22 Apr 2018 03:14
India's economy gains momentum, as China's growth slows down.
How To Build A Sustainable, Supportive Community Around Your Work
Forbes - 22 Apr 2018 23:46
"Community" is a buzzword these days when it comes to offline and online brand recognition and marketing. It's associated with notions of fandom, a strong following and consistent support from a built-in network. But bei...
The 3 most valuable applications of AI in health care
Venture Beat - 22 Apr 2018 23:33
GUEST: Artificial intelligence could prove to be a self-running growth engine for the health care sector in the not-so-distant future. A recent report from Accenture analyzed the “near-term value” of AI applications ...
GamesBeat Summit 2018 lightning talks: From making games in Pakistan to building communities
Venture Beat - 22 Apr 2018 21:10
Our recent GamesBeat Summit 2018 event featured an eclectic mix of lightning round talks, where our speakers were challenged to give a speech about something compelling in just five minutes. It’s not easy to make a com...
Cryptocurrency miners hacked my blog
Venture Beat - 22 Apr 2018 20:08
GUEST: A few weeks ago, I was alerted by email that someone had logged into the admin console of one of my blogs. It was around 11:30 PM, and I was getting ready to go to sleep. Since I'm the only admin on my blog, I was...
How Chicago can make its tech community more attractive for investors
Venture Beat - 22 Apr 2018 19:25
GUEST: Until recently, most venture capitalists were reluctant to invest in startups outside the Bay Area. I know because half the VCs I pitched when I started my company turned me down because of my location. From a per...
One year after ICO mania, these big-money projects are delivering
Venture Beat - 22 Apr 2018 18:08
GUEST: The ICO mania we saw last year escalated rapidly. The ICO that signaled to me that things were about to get out of control was the Gnosis raise in April. The company’s concept of a decentralized prediction marke...
GamesBeat Visionary Award winner Rand Miller on pioneering new game experiences
Venture Beat - 22 Apr 2018 16:15
Rand Miller has been making games for decades. The CEO of Cyan is best known for making — with his brother Robyn Miller — the pioneering computer games Myst and Riven in the 1990s. They embraced a brand new medium, t...
2018 Top Tools And Websites For Small Businesses
Forbes - 22 Apr 2018 16:10
As a business owner, it's crucial that I am able to tackle challenges, all while managing people, tasks, and finances. These are my go-to resources for making that possible. They are either fairly inexpensive, or worth t...
Luxury Wine Tourism Goes Digital With Wine Paths
Forbes - 22 Apr 2018 15:06
With a straightforward website and vast global network, Wine Paths promises to unlock exclusive experiences at iconic vineyards, restaurants and hotels in wine regions around the world.
Beamdog's Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition takes up the community mantle of the original
Venture Beat - 22 Apr 2018 15:00
FEATURE: Neverwinter Nights marked a transition for the Dungeons & Dragons-style of video game. It was the first game that used the then-new 3rd Edition rules. It's one of the first major role-playing releases of the pos...
Why a Big U.K. Pub Chain Shut Its Social Media Accounts...And Other Small Business Tech News This Week
Forbes - 22 Apr 2018 13:00Oculus's handling of personal data is an 'existential crisis'
Venture Beat - 22 Apr 2018 12:34
Facebook is overhauling the Oculus privacy policy and terms of service as the company prepares to launch its first standalone VR headset. The change comes amid new European privacy regulations and an international moveme...
Hire ground: How Fetcher uses AI to help companies headhunt the best candidates
Venture Beat - 22 Apr 2018 12:28
The workforce crisis is looming, a situation that could hit the global economy to the tune of $10 trillion, according to some studies. The crux of the problem relates to a mismatch between supply and demand, with some ec...
IBM outlines the 5 attributes of useful AI
Venture Beat - 22 Apr 2018 07:19
GUEST: A few weeks ago, a dejected CTO told me it took his team three weeks to build a machine learning model. I told him a model in just three weeks sounded great, and he agreed. So why the long face? Because eleven mon...
State and Federal Fraudulent Transfer Law Diverge Over Exempt Property In Vorhes
Forbes - 22 Apr 2018 06:31
A U.S. District Court has held that even though homesteaded property may be exempt property and thus not a fraudulent transfer under applicable Iowa law, a transfer of that same property could be set aside as a fraudulen...
Arden's Wake shows how Penrose is getting better at telling stories in VR
Venture Beat - 22 Apr 2018 04:03
The fourth production from VR studio Penrose, Arden's Wake: Tide's Fall, is debuting at Tribeca and it touches upon well-worn territory for this team. Namely, it's a story about the relationship between parent and child,...
The Middle East is fertile ground for esports
Venture Beat - 22 Apr 2018 01:41
GUEST: When we talk about the geography of esports, many names spring to our mind: big supporting countries like South Korea, USA, Sweden and competitive titles with big international recognition like Counter-Strike: Go,...
Valve acquires Firewatch developer Campo Santo
Venture Beat - 22 Apr 2018 00:20
Indie studio Campo Santo announced today that it’s joining Valve. Its 12-person team will be moving to Washington, and the acquisition will not affect its upcoming game In the Valley of Gods or ongoing support for its ...