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GUEST: You can't go one day without reading that “xyz” is a new platform startup or that established market leader “abc” is now a platform company. It's the strategy du jour, lauded by executives, sales, and mark...

GUEST: In Q1 2018, global digital health and healthcare IT funding set a new all-time record for funding in a quarter, and the sector shows no signs of slowing down. This is an area my research firm, Mercom, actively tra...

Swedish fintech iZettle announced last week that they intend on selling shares and launching an IPO in order to raise SKr2bn by listing on Nasdaq Stockholm. With plans to increase revenue by 40 per cent a year, iZettle a...

GUEST: While 2017 was a strong year for Midwestern startup exits in general, a deeper analysis demonstrates that Chicago in particular is among the nation's leading cities for top exits and IPOs over the past five years....

A U.S. District Court has overruled a Bankruptcy Court's approval of a compromise whereby the Bankruptcy Trustee would get 80% of $4.3 million repatriated from a Cook Islands trust with a domestic trust for the debtor's ...

While little girls are empowered to shatter glass ceilings rather than fit into glass slippers, how can moms raise their boys to be strong, brave, kind, and future role models? Michelle Kennedy, founder of the app Peanut...

European fintech unicorn TransferWise will be launching their borderless debit card in Canada, allowing users to hold multiple currencies on one card. TransferWise's borderless debit card has been popular in the UK, allo...

GUEST: The labor market is hot. Really hot. LeBron James hot. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its "Employment Situation" report last week, and it shows the number of job openings recently hit an all-time high of ...

Reflex, By Explore Learning, Is The Best Math Fact System Available and It’s Fun Explore Learning is known for their Gizmos, a collection of hundreds of activities that teachers can quickly implement in the classroom t...

GUEST: Sony extends its grip on the TV ad market for the seventh month, and a new name appears in the top 5 spenders. GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company with attention and conv...

Finally, the secrets to getting approved to refinance your student loans.

In April 2018, the monthly inflation rate in Venezuela reached a new high of 234%. At this rate, prices doubled every 17.5 days, and unless the government dumps the bolivar and replaces it with the greenback, this hyperi...

At last month's Reboot Develop conference in Croatia, Oculus encouraged VR developers in attendance to release their content on every platform, and not as exclusives to one headset. Matt Conte, the dead of development en...

The latest financial statements for Red Bull's flagship Formula One team show that it made a $10.3 million net profit in 2016 which was the highest recorded by any outfit in the series. So why did its parent end up in th...

Thanks to Walmart Canada and publishers wanting to avoid getting buried, the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show has already begun for the GamesBeat Decides podcast. The event may not open until June 12, but that do...

(Reuters) — NASA said on Friday it will send a small helicopter to Mars as part of the U.S. space agency's 2020 mission to place a next-generation rover on the Martian surface, marking the first time such an aircraft w...

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Virtual reality arena shooter Conjure Strike is all about zapping your enemies and conquering their bases. It’s the first game from The Strike Team, which grew out of Oculus‘s three-month incubation program Launch Pa...

Founded by two women over 50, lifestyle tech firm Gardenuity plays matchmaker and concierge for aspiring gardeners, analyzing zip codes and local weather to connect people to plants, and offering support to its customers...

The AI Weekly usually dives deep into a single subject, but with Microsoft and Google hosting their annual developer conferences, this is no ordinary week. Each conference — here's everything from Microsoft's Build and...