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Revamping The Retail Automotive Customer Experience For Today's Customer Service-Obsessed Consumers
Forbes - 19 May 2018 23:24
If I were to make the mistake of asking whether you look forward to having your car serviced at an auto dealership, I expect you'd look at me as if I'd just grown horns. This isn't necessarily your car dealer's fault, or...
Why Doing What You Say Matters: Integrity Means Influence
Forbes - 19 May 2018 23:00What Elon Musk got wrong about the music industry
Venture Beat - 19 May 2018 21:10
GUEST: This week, Elon Musk weighed in on a much debated question: Are artists getting ripped off by big streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music? He says yes. Musk's opinions are kind of inherently interesting...
Why you should invest in Fresno and the Central Valley
Venture Beat - 19 May 2018 19:25
GUEST: As CEO of a startup, I've participated in several different accelerator programs — Boomtown in Boulder, Colorado, The Brandery in Cincinnati, Ohio, and The Plug & Play retail program in Sunnyvale, California. My...
Whistleblower: Bannon Sought To Suppress Black Voters With Cambridge Analytica
Forbes - 19 May 2018 18:58
Former parent-company employee Christopher Wylie told Congress that the firm aimed to discourage Black voters and other liberal-associated demographic groups.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 hands-on -- Multiplayer first impressions and videos
Venture Beat - 19 May 2018 17:02
Game publisher Activision and developer Treyarch took the wraps off Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 in a reveal event at a sprawling aircraft hangar on Thursday. I was there, along with hundreds of other press, influencers, ce...
Socially-Minded Beer Company Launches 13,000-Square-Foot Space For Impact Enterprises
Forbes - 19 May 2018 17:01
FINNovation Lab and Impact Hub MSP will run an incubator and co-working site open to a mix of for-profit and nonprofit social enterprises ranging from idea-stage founders to well-established businesses.
What is WPA3, why does it matter, and when can you expect it?
Venture Beat - 19 May 2018 16:15
WPA3, the newest security protocol from the Wi-Fi Alliance, improves on the outgoing WPA2 in four key ways. Here's what you need to know.
Why your next phone might be on your face or wrist, not in your pocket
Venture Beat - 19 May 2018 15:00
ANALYSIS: In the course of covering Apple, VR, and 5G for VentureBeat, I digest lots of small data points every day. Some of them arrive as complete stories — a product announcement, a major rumor, or a corporate devel...
Compound is an Wolfenstein 3D-style shooter in VR
Venture Beat - 19 May 2018 12:34
When people say VR is still in the PlayStation-era, they usually mean it figuratively; developers are still working out the language of this new medium one game at a time. Bevan McKechnie has taken that analogy quite lit...
Reaching Out - As Brexit Looms UK Angels Body Urges Investors And SMEs To Think Global
Forbes - 19 May 2018 12:12
Hosted in Liverpool the upcoming International Business Festival is taking place against the backdrop of the UK's withdrawal from the EU. The UK Business Angels Association is the event's investment partner. CEO Jenny To...
A Greek Island Pops Up In Downtown Shanghai
Forbes - 19 May 2018 10:37
Hellas House serves up authentic Culture, Hospitality and Cuisine
AI Weekly: Computing power is shaping the future of AI
Venture Beat - 19 May 2018 04:14
This week, OpenAI published an analysis that documents an explosion in compute power over the past six years, which is driving advances in artificial intelligence. Compute power used in the largest AI training runs, the ...
Defector is the VR spy adventure that riffs on '90s action flicks
Venture Beat - 19 May 2018 01:45
Twisted Pixel Games‘ Defector is a virtual reality game that pays homage to the over-the-top spy flicks of the ’90s: explosions, high-tech gadgets, espionage, shootouts, and more explosions. It’s the kind of game w...
AI decides: Is it Laurel or Yanny?
Venture Beat - 19 May 2018 00:40
Which is it: Laurel or Yanny? As it turns out, not all AI arrive at the same conclusion. Here's why.
News outlets object to how Facebook will label political ads
Venture Beat - 19 May 2018 00:30
In the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook made sweeping changes on what information it gives to users about political ads. But the changes will have consequences for more than just political groups —...
Gorogoa launches on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with a new level on May 22
Venture Beat - 19 May 2018 00:20
Jason Roberts’ Gorogoa is one of the most inventive puzzle games to come out in a long time, and the intrigue continues with a new level — sort of. Publisher Annapurna has released it on PC, iOS devices, and the Nint...