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Brazilian Parcel Logistics Startup Mandaê Raises USD $7.1 Million Series B from World Bank Group's IFC, UPS, Mercado Libre and Others to Reinvent Parcel Logistics
Venture Beat - 2 May 2018 16:26
PRESS RELEASE: Mandaê announced it has closed a USD $7.1 million Series B round led by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group. Other participants include UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, Mercado Libre Fund, Tekton Ventures...
Cambridge Analytica To Shut Down After Being 'Villified' In Facebook Backlash
Forbes - 2 May 2018 23:43
The lately controversial British data firm said it will cease operations after weeks of heavy criticism for its work linking Facebook and U.S. politics.
Datasheets could be the solution to biased AI
Venture Beat - 2 May 2018 23:10
GUEST: In a recent conversation, Facebook AI research scientist Moustapha Cissé told me, “You are what you eat, and right now we feed our models junk food.” Well, just like you can’t eat better if you don’t know...
Spotify shares sink almost 9% following first earnings report
Venture Beat - 2 May 2018 22:47
Spotify may be offering a lesson about the downsides of its unconventional approach to its IPO earlier this year. After several weeks of relative calm, the company saw its stock price plummet as investors appeared spooke...
Zynga's active users surge thanks to Poker, Words with Friends, and CSR Racing 2
Venture Beat - 2 May 2018 22:06
The days of Zynga’s awkward transition from Facebook gaming to mobile seem behind the company as it reports another strong quarter of growth and its best active user numbers in over four years. Zynga released its finan...
Zynga founder Mark Pincus reduces voting power after changing stock
Venture Beat - 2 May 2018 22:05
Zynga announced today that its founder Mark Pincus is converting his high-voting shares in the mobile game company to Class A common stock. As a result, Pincus’s overall voting rights at Zynga will drop from about 70 p...
Nintendo's new president hopes silver bullet will blast iOS and Android game sales into Switch territory
Venture Beat - 2 May 2018 21:44
Nintendo’s leaders have won plaudits — and some criticism — for thinking differently about games than its competitors, so it’s perhaps no surprise that incoming Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa isn’t planni...
Executive Onboarding Note: How Xerox's New CEO John Visentin Can Survive His Hot Landing
Forbes - 2 May 2018 21:10
Combine attributes of executive onboarding and crisis management in a hot landing.
Google Maps Platform arrives with pay-as-you-go billing, free support, and Cloud requirement starting June 11
Venture Beat - 2 May 2018 21:01
Google Maps Platform promises streamlined API products, a simplified customer experience, a single pricing plan with pay-as-you-go billing, free support, a single console, and new industry solutions. The catch? Starting ...
Cambridge Analytica is shutting down
Venture Beat - 2 May 2018 20:42
Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm that was reported to have improperly obtained the Facebook data of up to 87 million Facebook users, is shutting down. Nigel Oakes, the founder of SCL Group, Cambridge Analytic...
5 Personality Traits The Best Business Loan Applicants Have In Common
Forbes - 2 May 2018 20:09
The best business loan borrowers have a lot in common--and you can take cues from their applications to increase your chances of approval. Not only will you up your odds of getting the funding you're looking for, but a b...
Why Likability Is A Boss Trait: 6 Takeaways From 'The Myth Of The Nice Girl'
Forbes - 2 May 2018 19:25
In our latest "Boss Moves Book Club" pick and panel, "The Myth of the Nice Girl," Fran Hauser unpacks "the nice girl persona" and explains why it's possible to be nice and assertive. Spoiler alert: the tough girl doesn't...
Facebook is using Instagram photos and hashtags to improve its computer vision
Venture Beat - 2 May 2018 19:00
Facebook today revealed that, using 3.5 billion publicly shared Instagram photos and their accompany hashtags, its computer system has achieved new advances, with a 86 percent accuracy rate when used on ImageNet, a well-...
Selling Your Business In 3 To 5 Years? Buy Another Company Now - Part 4
Forbes - 2 May 2018 18:32
The owner of every middle market company will see the multiple at which private equity firms are buying companies and think that is the multiple that they will receive. This discussion will help you evaluate acquisition ...
Collision 2018: When You Have Business Questions Ask Brien
Nibletz - 2 May 2018 18:17
We Spoke With Peter and Lindsay From Ask Brien at The Collision Conference There are a lot of places to turn to on the internet when you have questions. When you have easy questions you simply ask Google. When you have c...
Collision 2018: So You Want To Find A Dog Person? Try Dig, The Dog Dating App
Nibletz - 2 May 2018 18:13
Make Sure Your Next Flame Is A Dog Person With Dig, The Dog Dating App I used to have this friend named Matt. He is definitely NOT a dog person. He told me that he broke up with the sweetest, coolest girl he had ever bee...
IDC: Smartphone shipments down 2.9% in Q1 2018, Apple gains on Samsung
Venture Beat - 2 May 2018 18:09
Apple’s lead over Samsung lasted only for a quarter, as the duo swapped back to their consistent worldwide smartphone spots: Samsung in first and Apple in second. The trend continues: Samsung dominates the first three ...
T-Mobile says Sprint and fixed 5G will let it challenge cable companies
Venture Beat - 2 May 2018 18:03
Ignore T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray’s earlier statements on the “double yawn” concept of using 5G wireless technology to replace cable-based broadband and TV services. Now that a merger with Sprint is in the works, T-M...
Google announces investment program to back digital assistant startups
Venture Beat - 2 May 2018 18:00
Google said today it wants to supercharge digital assistant platforms by investing in companies that help in development of such services. The company made the announcement in a blog post attributed to Nick Fox, vice pre...
Collision 2018: We Talk With MapWize About The Maps In The Collision App
Nibletz - 2 May 2018 17:34
MapWize Powers Indoor Maps Including The Collision Conference App We’re on the ground at The Collision Conference where nibletz.com has been the #1 Google News source for the largest independent startup event in North ...
Collision Conference Kicks Off With Announcement They're Moving To Canada Eh!
Nibletz - 2 May 2018 17:31
Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrove Announces Collision Conference Moving To Toronto For 2019 Collision will be held at the Enercare Centre, Toronto, Canada, in 2019, Paddy Cosgrave, CEO and co-founder of Web Summit, and The R...
Is The Ideal Entrepreneur Right Brain Or Left Brain?
Forbes - 2 May 2018 17:22
If you're a creative who's struggling to get your business to take off, let me assure you it's got nothing to do with your talent and has everything to do with a missing piece of the puzzle that you might not even know i...