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LG V40 review -- five cameras can't make up for iterative hardware
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 23:00
REVIEW: The LG V40 ThinQ, the latest flagship from Korean electronics giant LG, is finally here. It packs Qualcomm’s top-of-the-line Snapdragon 845 system-on-chip, a bright and colorful OLED screen, and an ultra-loud s...
LG's Watch W7 smartwatch promises 100 days of battery life
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 23:00
The LG V40 ThinQ isn’t all LG announced at its event in New York City today. It also took the wraps off the LG Watch W7, a smartwatch that’s something of a hybrid. Rather than make due with just a color touchscreen, ...
Chicago's startups continue to lead the nation in returns
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 22:30
GUEST: Today, PitchBook revealed its 2018 Chicago VC Ecosystem report, released in conjunction with ChicagoNEXT's Chicago Venture Summit. This report finds that Chicago continues to outpace every other U.S. venture ecosy...
Upwork shares leap 40% as CEO calls IPO 'beginning of a new chapter'
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 22:05
Freelancing platform Upwork’s IPO received a hearty welcome on Wall Street as its public debut on the markets capped an unlikely journey for this survivor of the original dot-com bubble era. In early trading, Upwork’...
Apple will most likely debut new iPads and Macs in late October
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 21:24
ANALYSIS: Apple doesn’t hold events every October, but when it does, they tend to be important — not as important as its September iPhone events, but an opportunity to spotlight significant new iPad and/or Mac develo...
Deleting Facebook? You now have 30 days to change your mind
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 20:50
Facebook now gives users who decide to delete their accounts a 30-day grace period to change their minds, the Verge reported. This is a 16-day increase over the previous 14. A Facebook spokesperson told the Verge that th...
Do you have what it takes to win the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Showcase?
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 20:39
VB EVENT: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been the Hot Topic for a while now. Everyone's writing about it breathlessly: it's the future of business, kicking nerdy data analytics in the face as it takes a quantum leap in...
Indiana Jones' lost gaming adventure returns on GOG
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 20:06
The Nazi-killing superarchaeologist is back. GOG has just released Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine on its game distribution service for $6. This is the first time the game has been on a digital storefront. Now, fa...
Civis Analytics uses predictive modeling to find Houston areas that need more Hurricane Harvey relief
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 19:30
EXCLUSIVE: Last year, Hurricane Harvey caused an estimated $125 billion in damage to the state of Texas, with Houston being one of the cities hit hardest. Now, the city government is still grappling with one of the most ...
Google Assistant developers can now sell subscriptions
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 19:00
Starting today, developers creating voice apps for Google Assistant can make more visual experiences and sell subscriptions directly to users during conversations with the Assistant on Smart Displays, smartphones, and Ho...
Razer Huntsman Elite review -- A luxury keyboard
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 18:16
A $200 keyboard is unnecessary. You can get a great mechanical gaming keyboard for $70. You can add RGB LED for a bit more. And really what else do you need? Well, Razer has some ideas about that, and it put them into it...
Keysight spurs 5G and 6G research with 'largest' NYU Wireless donation
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 17:28
NYU Wireless announced it has received the largest donation in its history, courtesy of Keysight Technologies. The organizations have a clear purpose in mind: to create next-generation 6G cellular technologies and furthe...
Honda steers $2 billion into GM's Cruise self-driving cars
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 17:05
(Reuters) — Honda will invest $2 billion and take a 5.7 percent stake in General Motors’ Cruise self-driving vehicle unit, to jointly develop self-driving vehicles for deployment in ride services fleets around the wo...
Kittyhawk raises $3 million to expand drone use for insurance inspections
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 16:00
Drone operations management company Kittyhawk today announced the closure of a $3 million funding round led by strategic investor Travelers, a home and property insurance company. The funding will be used to expand Kitty...
Palo Alto Networks to acquire cloud security startup RedLock for $173 million
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 15:55
Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks has announced plans to acquire Menlo Park-based cloud security startup RedLock in an all-cash deal worth $173 million. Founded in 2005, Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cyberse...
Independent 5G test praises Verizon's speed and wireless performance
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 15:23
Verizon’s 5G cellular network is only two days old, but given all the hype over the next-generation wireless standard, it’s no surprise that independent testers are already trying to determine whether it lives up to ...
Super Mario Party review -- It's finally fun again
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 15:00
REVIEW: Mario Party is due a renaissance. It hasn’t felt all that much different since it debuted on the Nintendo 64 way back in 1998. You now have motion controls and online multiplayer, and in the tabletop world, hun...
IronSource lets app developers measure ad marketing channel effectiveness
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 15:00
IronSource is launching a new way for app and game developers to accurately measure ad revenue on the user level and then link that data to the marketing channel that brought in that specific user. The mobile monetizatio...
Jam City encourages mobile gamers to vote in midterm elections
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 14:00
Mobile game publisher Jam City wants players to get out to vote for the U.S. midterm elections, and it’s partnering with the national, nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization When We All Vote to drive online voter reg...
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K adds HDR and remote with IR device control
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 14:00
It’s been two years since Amazon revamped the Fire TV Stick, an HDMI dongle running an entertainment-centric variant of the retailer’s Fire OS operating system, and the intervening months have seen the launch of both...
Wi-Fi Alliance rebrands 802.11ac as Wi-Fi 5, picks 802.11ax as Wi-Fi 6
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 14:00
The Wi-Fi Alliance today announced a significant rebranding of the “802.11” Wi-Fi standards that have long served as a source of potential confusion for users: Going forward, the current 802.11ac standard will be kno...
Truebill lands $5 million to help people manage their money
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2018 13:30
Keeping control of your finances can mean the difference between being able to afford that daily avocado toast or struggling to pay rent. Millennials already have a wide range of financial pressures to deal with, so anyt...