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HR tech is evolving quickly -- more acquisitions are on the way
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2018 23:33
GUEST: Globally, HR technology is massive space, spanning everything from recruitment to performance reviews. One source pegs the value of this market at $400 billion. In the past two years, venture capital and private e...
5 cybersecurity leaders give startups 1 key piece of advice
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2018 22:15
GUEST: During Tel Aviv Cyber Week 2018, five global cybersecurity leaders gathered for an exclusive fireside chat, and I had the opportunity to moderate the discussion. The panel included Dave DeWalt, former CEO of McAfe...
Are we living in 'Westworld'? The rise of virtual influencers
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2018 22:05
GUEST: Lil Miquela has 1.3 million Instagram followers. It figures. She is a beautiful model with a unique sense of style. But, she is fake. Literally unreal -- a CGI "being." This sounds a lot like the HBO series Westwo...
Growing your company: Why the North Star metric works
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2018 20:15
GUEST: It's easy to dismiss the North Star metric as another management fad. But the principle of holding and following one metric above all the others is backed by several recent scientific studies.
Will location-based VR games like Mario Kart VR be lost to history?
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2018 19:25
ANALYSIS: I enjoy both virtual reality and Mario Kart games, so I’ve wanted to play Mario Kart VR ever since it was announced. Unfortunately, like 99.994 percent of the population, I would have to physically travel to ...
Why South Korea is 'crypto crazy' and what that means for the rest of the world
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2018 18:12
GUEST: South Korea is truly crypto crazy. While the country has less than 1 percent of the world's population, estimates indicate it is responsible for 30 percent of all cryptocurrency trading in the world. Steve Lim, CS...
3 challenges the Midwest still faces in attracting more venture capital
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2018 17:45
GUEST: If my home state of Ohio is any indication, the future is looking brighter for both venture capitalism and innovation in the Heartland. While states in the region have made great progress, challenges remain in cre...
How publishers and advertisers can balance privacy and monetization
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2018 16:15
If you’ve visited any website lately, you’ve noticed a pop-up that asks you to grant permission to collect data and notify you by email about updated privacy policies. That’s because of a new privacy and data prote...
PlayStation reclaims the crown for gaming industry spend on TV
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2018 15:10
GUEST: The console brand accounts for one-third of the total advertising outlay in June. GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company with attention and conversion analytics from more th...
HTC SteamVR 2.0 video takes a Vive Pro user through three rooms
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2018 12:34
It looks like Valve is preparing for the rollout of some big new SteamVR 2.0 features, and HTC has provided us with a glimpse of what to expect. Vive China President Alvin Wang Graylin took to Twitter yesterday to share ...
E3 2018: 4.4 million watched press events on Twitch and 15 million tweeted
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2018 01:01
The social media results are in for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show in Los Angeles in June, and the results show that it continues to be one of the biggest events of the year for gaming. T...
Unreal Engine windfall: Asset devs plan to pay off student loans and more
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2018 01:01
Epic shook up the payment model for its Unreal Engine Marketplace yesterday when it revealed it will now payout 88 percent of every sale to creators. This reduced Epic’s cut from 30 percent to 12 percent, and the compa...