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How To Spot The Next McDonald's And The Next Starbucks
Forbes - 4 Jul 2018 15:37
Dunkin Brands and Chipotle could be the next Starbucks and McDonald's.
Small Is Big Again In Franchising
Forbes - 4 Jul 2018 23:36
Is the timing right for new players in franchising that can relate to their local market and connect with customers socially? It appears to be...small is big again in franchising!
Albert Technologies raises $18 million for AI platform that automates marketing campaigns
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2018 20:33
In case you missed the memo, artificial intelligence (AI) is now encroaching into just about every facet of our lives, from recruitment and cybersecurity to ecommerce and even reputation management. But creativity is one...
Celebrate the Fourth of July with video game fireworks
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2018 19:01
It’s Independence Day in the United States, and we are celebrating the only way we know how: eating and drinking too much while an ambulance rushes our uncle to the emergency room after he blew his fingers off with an ...
Tokenized Securities Are Not Secured By Delaware Blockchain Amendments
Forbes - 4 Jul 2018 18:35
The Delaware Blockchain Amendments which authorize the use of distributed ledger technology for the issuance and transfer of shares does not provide blanket authority for shares of stock of a Delaware corporation to be t...
Uber returns to Finland after transport law reform
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2018 18:17
(Reuters) — Uber will re-start its ride-hailing business in Finland on Wednesday after a one-year pause, it said, seeking to benefit from the country's transport law reform. The U.S. company has come under pressure fro...
SONM uses blockchain to create a decentralized computing power marketplace
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2018 17:30
Cloud computing has revolutionized the way we use applications and store data, but the majority of SaaS products in use today sit on a small number of centralized servers. So what if we decentralized the cloud or, even b...
RetroBeat: Day of the Tentacle is my favorite patriotic game
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2018 17:15
Day of the Tentacle is a wacky PC point-and-click adventure game from 1993. It’s about a trio of teenagers who have to save the world from a mad scientist’s pet tentacle. It may not seem like a good fit for the Fourt...
Unexpected Method Of How To Write Your Unique Brand Offering
Forbes - 4 Jul 2018 17:03
Think you're in a so-called oversaturated market? Luckily, there are ways to stand apart from the competition. You're probably already distinct in your own mind, but the challenge is capturing that difference & getting i...
OpenStreetMap now lets you edit maps with Microsoft's Bing Streetside imagery
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2018 15:44
OpenStreetMap (OSM), the crowdsourced mapping project that lets anyone update and edit online maps, has announced that it now supports Bing Streetside imagery in its online iD editor. This represents a notable developmen...
Skyrim director Todd Howard: Why triple-A games are better when you don't play it safe
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2018 15:15
Todd Howard is racking up the awards, the latest being the Industry Legend honor at the Gamelab event in Barcelona. And it’s with good reason, as Howard has had a great run in his 25 years at Bethesda Game Studios, whe...
This Veteran Seeks To Reinvent The Employment Ecosystem For Salaried Careers
Forbes - 4 Jul 2018 15:00
This veteran is working to reinvent the hiring process for skilled labor, especially in the growing tech sector. Working with formerly incarcerated, he's finding success.
WhatsApp says collective action required to combat the spread of misinformation in India
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2018 14:58
(Reuters) — Facebook's WhatsApp messenger service has responded to a call from India's technology ministry to curb the spread of false information on its platform, saying such a task required a partnership between the ...
Britain's £40 Million Video Game King Lives As A Medieval Knight
Forbes - 4 Jul 2018 13:19
The CEO of Oxford's Rebellion Developments lives a secret second life, as a British medieval knight.
Genderless Makeup Brand Jecca Is L'Oréal's Latest Startup Squeeze
Forbes - 4 Jul 2018 12:49
Inspired by the transgender community, unisex makeup brand Jecca is now part of the L'Oréal beauty accelerator at Station F, Europe's biggest incubator. "Most beauty brands focus on cis women or males, but there is obvi...
Despite Promoting Patriotism On The Internet, Budweiser Fails To Generate Fireworks With Its Fans
Forbes - 4 Jul 2018 12:02
The Belgium-owned brewing company posted 85,000 social media messages about Independence Day in the past five years yet drinkers' response goes flat.
ISAI raises $175 million fund to help French entrepreneurs scale up
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2018 11:35
Paris-based venture capital fund ISAI today announced it has closed a later-stage fund of $175 million to help French startups expand. While France has seen an explosion in startups and early-stage funding, the governmen...
Inside Tesla's Model 3 production sprint
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2018 05:14
(Reuters) — Chief Executive Elon Musk barked at engineers on the Fremont, California assembly line. Tesla tapped workers from other departments to keep pumping out the Model 3 electric sedans, disrupting production of ...
Baidu partners with Intel's Mobileye to enhance Apollo self-driving platform
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2018 05:00
At the 2018 Baidu Create developer conference in Beijing, Baidu announced it's partnering with Intel to integrate and deploy Israeli developer Mobileye's technology into Project Apollo, Baidu's autonomous vehicle soluti...
Baidu unveils Kunlun AI chip for edge and cloud computing
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2018 04:30
Baidu today unveiled a new chip for AI, joining the ranks of Google, Nvidia, Intel, and many other tech companies making processors especially for AI. Kunlun is made to handle AI models both for edge computing on devices...
Teardown: The Coolest Cooler of Them All
Forbes - 4 Jul 2018 02:39
A teardown of the Coolest Cooler - one of the highest funded Kickstarter campaigns in history - unveils the product design decisions that impacted costs, manufacturability and time to market.
Ubisoft is finished with 'finite experiences'
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2018 01:33
Your experience with Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege never has to end, and Ubisoft is looking to bring that ongoing, long-lasting relationship to all of its games going forward. In an interview posted to its news blog,...