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Quiz Date Live lets you compete in a livestreamed trivia dating game
Venture Beat - 13 Feb 2019 17:00
Just in time for Valentine's Day, Quiz Date Live is debuting today as a dating trivia app, inspired by live games like HQ Trivia.
New Apple subscription services alone don't justify a March event (updated)
Venture Beat - 13 Feb 2019 20:30
Apple's media events are typically big deals, including announcements worth rounding up journalists from across the world. Are subscription services enough?
Creating A Compelling Company Culture? Pay Attention To What ISN'T Being Said.
Forbes - 13 Feb 2019 17:18
A deep dive into how what's not being said, how you feel and what your assumptions are, can influence your culture
Game Workers Unite org calls for Activision CEO's job after layoffs
Venture Beat - 13 Feb 2019 23:46
A game-unionization organization is trying to start the #FireBobbyKotick campaign on social media. Activision laid off 800 workers amid record revenues.
Why Sweden Is Deporting High-Skilled Labor Migrants
Forbes - 13 Feb 2019 23:16
In Sweden, high-skilled migrants are being deported by the Migration Agency on the grounds of small technical mistakes. Swedish businesses say these expulsions are exacerbating an already serious labor shortage, especial...
Is Your Brand Ready To Win Hearts On Valentine's Day?
Forbes - 13 Feb 2019 23:11
Valentine's Day is an important retail opportunity for brands of all sizes. Is your brand doing what it takes to make the most of it?
The RetroBeat: Tales of Vesperia is the best JRPG you can play on Switch
Venture Beat - 13 Feb 2019 23:10
If you have a Switch and want a good JPRG experience, you should pick up Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition.
Ubisoft continues to tease Rainbow Six: Siege's Burnt Horizon content
Venture Beat - 13 Feb 2019 21:21
Ubisoft is planning to reveal Operation Burnt Horizon on February 17 during its Six Invitation esports event. But it has some sneak peeks in the meantime.
Google commits $13 billion for U.S. datacenters and offices in 2019
Venture Beat - 13 Feb 2019 20:56
Google says that for the second year in a row, it's growing faster outside the Bay Area than in it. Here's where the company will be investing in 2019.
Affinity raises $26.5 million to manage relationships with machine learning
Venture Beat - 13 Feb 2019 19:45
Affinity, a San Francisco startup that uses machine learning to help surface valuable relationships, has raised $26.5 million.
How to build digital products that people love
Venture Beat - 13 Feb 2019 19:38
Fabric shows how a startup can wake up one morning, have an idea, and quickly launch a product or feature that has a dramatically positive customer impact.
A Pause For Breath? - Early Stage Investment Into U.K. Fast Growth Companies Falls
Forbes - 13 Feb 2019 19:02
Investment in U.K. startups remained substantial in 2018, but was down on the previous year, with angel funding showing a particular weakness. Is this just a temporary blip or is a more worrying picture emerging?
Mobcrush livestreams reach an actual 160.4 million gamers in the U.S.
Venture Beat - 13 Feb 2019 19:00
Mobcrush, the mobile livestreaming service, for instance, reaches more than 160 million social media users in the United States.
The Six Best British Towns In Which To Launch A New Business
Forbes - 13 Feb 2019 18:09
New research suggests these towns are the best locations in which to launch a start-up business in the UK in 2019
Slack launches Block Kit to make it easier to build apps
Venture Beat - 13 Feb 2019 18:00
Slack announced general availability of Block Kit for building visually appealing apps and introduced Block Kit Builder for app design and prototype tests.
Why Focusing On The Customer Experience Is Your Best Bet
Forbes - 13 Feb 2019 17:39
Brands who are losing customers and market share should turn their attention to the experience a customer has with the brand rather than the price or location. Here are ways brands can create an overall better experience...
Why You Should Think Carefully About Hiring Based On Likeability
Forbes - 13 Feb 2019 17:16
Is hiring people you like a sensible approach to take as you build your company?
China is building a 5G smart highway for autonomous cars and AI traffic monitoring
Venture Beat - 13 Feb 2019 16:27
China's 5G highway will start by testing smart toll stations and move on to traffic predictions from big data and support for self-driving cars.
7 Qualities All Thought Leaders Should Have
Forbes - 13 Feb 2019 16:10
All thought leaders must subscribe to a set of philosophies that has an undeniable internal logic.
Amazon Echo owners can now add their own voice apps to the Alexa Skill Store
Venture Beat - 13 Feb 2019 16:00
Amazon is making voice apps created by Echo owners with the easy-to-use Skills Blueprint available in the Alexa Skills Store.
Adobe rolls out new Experience Manager with Smart Tags for video, Visual Search, Smart Crop, and more
Venture Beat - 13 Feb 2019 16:00
Adobe's revamped Experience Manager has plenty of machine learning-driven enhancements in tow, like Smart Tags for video and Smart Crop.
Xnor.ai debuts edge AI that runs on solar power
Venture Beat - 13 Feb 2019 16:00
Xnor.ai today introduced a device capable of running state of the art computer vision algorithms on the edge with a small solar cell and no battery.