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Why This Globetrotting Jewelry Buyer Quit Her Job To Become A Social Entrepreneur
Forbes - 1 May 2018 04:23
After traveling to exotic global destinations as a jewelry buyer, this entrepreneur took a leap of faith and launched her own jewelry line with a social mission.
Three Painful Lessons Learned From Working With A Bad Sales Prospect
Forbes - 1 May 2018 15:50
There are few things in business more frustrating than a bad sales experience. Here are three lessons I took away from a deal gone bad.
Mergers, Partnerships And Code Swapping Highlight The Tangled Web Of By-The-Seat Private Airlines
Forbes - 1 May 2018 15:31
It was a busy April for the handful of semiprivate airlines and May is beginning with a merger.
Steve Ballmer on life after Microsoft
Venture Beat - 1 May 2018 23:35
Steve Ballmer has gone from being the biggest Microsoft cheerleader to the world’s most enthusiastic owner of a sports team. He retired from Microsoft in 2014, but then he became the owner of the LA Clippers NBA basket...
Everything Facebook announced at F8 2018
Venture Beat - 1 May 2018 23:25
Compared to last year’s event, which showed off tech that allowed people to hear through their skin and helicopters that delivered fiber optic cable, this year’s F8 conference was a more subdued affair. Facebook CEO ...
9 pitfalls to avoid in building a successful machine learning program
Venture Beat - 1 May 2018 23:10
GUEST: During my past two decades working in the IT field, I’ve seen artificial intelligence technologies move from conceptual to practical — with machine learning techniques at the forefront, becoming more accessibl...
Apple's Q2 2018 earnings call: iPhone X was top seller all quarter
Venture Beat - 1 May 2018 23:05
Apple released record second-quarter 2018 financial results today and once again hosted a live question-and-answer session for financial analysts to speak with Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri. We’re covering th...
Facebook Instant Games launches in-app purchases on May 7
Venture Beat - 1 May 2018 23:00
Facebook continues to try to entice gamers and game developers into its ecosystem, this time by adding a new way for devs to monetize on its Instant Games platform: in-app purchases. At its F8 developers conference today...
Successful Exit: BIP Capital CEO Mark Buffington On What Works And What Doesn't
Forbes - 1 May 2018 22:52
The relationship between investors and startups is like a marriage according to BIP Capital CEO & Co-Founder, Mark Buffington who says it's critical that both sides are clear on what to expect.
A Bearish Sign For Facebook -- Aging
Forbes - 1 May 2018 22:43
The aging of Facebook's user base is a bearish sign for the company's long-term growth.
Apple reports record Q2 2018 revenue of $61.1 billion on sales of 52.2 million iPhones
Venture Beat - 1 May 2018 22:32
Apple reported its second quarter 2018 financial results today, posting quarterly revenue of $61.1 billion on sales of 52.2 million iPhones, 9.113 million iPads, 4.078 million Macs, and $9.190 billion in services. The co...
This Woman Is Working To Make Salons Better For Stylists
Forbes - 1 May 2018 22:24
When Rivera's son was eight weeks old, she opened the doors to her own salon in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She named it Phenix in his honor.
Facebook wants to bring people on VR tours of their memories
Venture Beat - 1 May 2018 22:07
Annual conferences hosted by tech giants can generate lots of headlines — some predictable, some surprising. At F8 2017, the company shared experiments for hearing with your skin and writing with your brain. This year,...
Oculus Go launches with flagship social apps TV, Venues, and Rooms
Venture Beat - 1 May 2018 21:45
Oculus’s latest virtual reality headset, the Oculus Go, is now available for purchase and will launch with over 1,000 apps on its platform. At Facebook’s F8 developer conference today, the VR group showed off how use...
State of Decay 2's technical beta is live
Venture Beat - 1 May 2018 21:17
State of Decay 2 is one of the biggest upcoming game releases, and developer Undead Labs is running an early test right now to ensure the launch goes well. You can get into the “technical beta” now by signing up on t...
Workplace by Facebook launches 50 SaaS integrations and bot directory
Venture Beat - 1 May 2018 20:07
Workplace by Facebook today announced the introduction of integrations with more than 50 software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings like Jira by Atlassian, Microsoft Sharepoint, Kronos for HR, and other solutions. Facebook f...
Facebook and Instagram users can now share to Stories directly from GoPro and Spotify
Venture Beat - 1 May 2018 19:53
Facebook is working with apps on building integrations that will allow users to share their content directly to Stories on Facebook and Instagram. Facebook chief product officer Chris Cox made the announcement today duri...
Facebook is getting into the dating game
Venture Beat - 1 May 2018 19:48
Facebook today announced plans to bring dating services to the Facebook app. Dating on Facebook will utilize Facebook’s social graph to identify potential matches. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said people won’t be matched wit...
Facebook introduces built-in NLP for Pages
Venture Beat - 1 May 2018 19:42
Facebook today announced it will bring natural language processing (NLP) integration to Facebook pages, which automatically draws language from a Page’s inbox to create AI that answers the questions your customers or f...
Oculus Go review -- Mobility makes it a powerful experience
Venture Beat - 1 May 2018 19:39
REVIEW: Facebook’s Oculus division has been working on making virtual reality into an easier, more accessible, and hassle-free experience. The result is the Oculus Go, which you can use with no PC connection and no wir...
Facebook and Sketchfab partner to bring free 3D models to AR Studio
Venture Beat - 1 May 2018 19:30
As part of Facebook’s goal to make the camera its core augmented reality platform, the social media giant today announced that it is partnering with Sketchfab to bring more 3D models to AR Studio, its desktop app that ...
Facebook brings augmented reality to Messenger bots
Venture Beat - 1 May 2018 19:30
Last year at F8, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook is on a mission to make the camera the first augmented reality platform, starting with AR Spaces and AR Studio. Progress toward that goal continued today with an update ...