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Take-Two delays 'highly anticipated' 2K franchise ahead of E3
Venture Beat - 16 May 2018 23:34
Take-Two publishing label 2K Games has something new in the works that it just had to push into its fiscal 2020, which begins April 2019. In its latest earnings report, Take-Two chief executive Strauss Zelnick explained ...
CEMEX Ventures Invests in Mexican Startup
Venture Beat - 16 May 2018 23:26
PRESS RELEASE: CEMEX Ventures announced today that it invested in PRYSMEX, a Mexico-based startup that offers a solution capable of detecting and helping to prevent workplace accidents through the Internet of Things and ...
Indie Beauty Gold Rush Continues With Clean Makeup Brand Kosås Receiving Series A Funding
Forbes - 16 May 2018 23:23
The investment frenzy in indie beauty continues with Kosås announcing their Series A funding. How did this clean makeup brand built an empire from four flattering lipsticks?
Assessing the role AI will play in your company's future
Venture Beat - 16 May 2018 23:10
GUEST: The field of artificial intelligence has enjoyed tremendous progress over the past few years. Thanks to a number of advances, both technological and algorithmic, a new wave of AI applications is forming, turning w...
AT&T: We're OK with T-Mobile/Sprint merger, planning for hyper-accurate 5G GPS and VR parks
Venture Beat - 16 May 2018 23:07
Some observers flinched when Verizon said it doesn’t care about the pending merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, but AT&T CEO John Donovan offered a more nuanced and optimistic explanation of the same sentiment: 5G has creat...
Senate votes to reinstate net neutrality
Venture Beat - 16 May 2018 22:30
(Reuters) — The U.S. Senate voted 52 to 47 on Wednesday to reverse the Federal Communications Commission decision in December to repeal landmark 2015 net neutrality rules, but it still faces an uphill battle. The margi...
Choosing An Executor For Your Estate
Forbes - 16 May 2018 22:30
Few choices in life rarely have a single "right" decision. However, when it comes to naming an executor of your estate, there are many ways to get it wrong.
This Woman Created A $6 Billion Titan And You've Never Heard Of Her
Forbes - 16 May 2018 22:19
Annie Murray saved a fledgling startup called Clorox, which is now a multi-billion dollar business
Is Podcast Marketing Right For Your Business?
Forbes - 16 May 2018 21:47
Podcast marketing is a booming business. Expert Seth Greene shares tips to get the most out of this new medium.
Watch Drive.ai demo its self-driving car service
Venture Beat - 16 May 2018 20:45
Last week, autonomous car startup Drive.ai announced a self-driving pilot would launch in Frisco, Texas in July. Today, the company gave a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the program’s underlying technology. A newly publi...
How A Better Understanding Of Guanxi Can Improve Your Business In China
Forbes - 16 May 2018 20:30
An overreliance on guanxi is a convenient excuse for not doing the hard work to convince customers, employees and partners of the business benefits of cooperating. Guanxi is not magic dust.
Battlefield V name confirmed as EA sets May 23 reveal
Venture Beat - 16 May 2018 20:18
Back in March, I reported that Electronic Arts was planning to launch Battlefield V later this year. The publisher has now confirmed that name in a tweet and a tease from The Daily Show‘s Trevor Noah, who is going to h...
5 Things You Didn't Know About The NYC Venture Scene
Forbes - 16 May 2018 19:49
The NYC venture scene has completely changed over the last few years. Yet, many tech founders and investors have yet to catch up to the hype, having a misconception on how the NYC venture scene works. Looking to move to ...
OnePlus 6 launches with 6.28-inch display and all-glass body, on sale May 22 starting at $529
Venture Beat - 16 May 2018 19:00
OnePlus officially unveiled one of its worst-kept secrets today, as the Chinese smartphone company lifted the lid on its latest flagship device. In the build up to today’s launch event in London, countless leaks surfac...
OnePlus launches fast-charging Bullets Wireless earphones for $69
Venture Beat - 16 May 2018 18:32
It’s OnePlus 6 launch day in London today, but ahead of the main event, the Chinese smartphone company launched a surprise first product. The company unveiled its first ever wireless earphones called the OnePlus Bullet...
When To Do Free Work And How To Never Do It Again
Forbes - 16 May 2018 18:28
"FREE" is one of the worst marketing strategies service-based business owners continually buy into. I believe experts should get paid what they are worth I am not a fan of "free", but everything has it proper time and pl...
Shenmue III isn't coming out in 2018 because, well, it's Shenmue
Venture Beat - 16 May 2018 18:23
At the 2015 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, Sony invited Shenmue creator and former Sega developer Yu Suzuki on stage to announce that he was making Shenmue III as a crowdfunding project on Kickstarter. Tha...
How An Ex-pat American Imported Her Love of Vintage to Milan
Forbes - 16 May 2018 18:08
For American, JJ Martin, her love of vintage designs and clothing, once misunderstood by her adopted city of Milan, has now been embraced by the Milanese and fully realized into a complete luxury lifestyle brand.
Apple might finally include fast USB-C chargers with 2018 iPhones
Venture Beat - 16 May 2018 18:01
Since the earliest days of the iPhone, Apple has bundled every model with a small five-watt USB wall charger. A new report says that will change this year, as Apple is said to be preparing a much higher-speed USB-C charg...
SRI International joins DARPA program to teach AI 'memory' recall
Venture Beat - 16 May 2018 18:00
SRI International, creator of Apple’s Siri, has joined the Lifelong-Learning Machines research program from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the innovation arm of the U.S. Department of Defense. S...
Next 10 Ventures creates $50 million fund for content creator economy
Venture Beat - 16 May 2018 18:00
YouTube helped build the “creator economy,” or people who get paid for a living to entertain us with their videos. Now a former YouTube executive, Benjamin Grubbs, has created Next 10 Ventures, a $50 million operatin...
YouTube will use Content ID data to display full music credits and link to the official videos
Venture Beat - 16 May 2018 18:00
YouTube is to begin surfacing more song and artist information for videos that are hosted on the YouTube platform. The Google-owned video-streaming giant has long offered a service called Content ID, which automatically ...