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Microsoft joins Hyperledger blockchain technology community
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2019 19:27
Microsoft is joining the Hyperledger open source community for blockchain projects today, the latest move by a tech giant toward blockchain applications.
Twitter: Here's who won the attention war at E3 2019
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2019 22:05
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) drew more than 66,000 people to Los Angeles last week. But the real battle for attention is onliine.
Salesforce announces a Customer Data Platform to unify all marketing data
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2019 16:58
The goal is to create one view of the customer, regardless of whether customers are connecting via web, social, mobile, phone, in-store, and so on.
Sir Richard Branson And Director Toby Wosskow On The Urgent Message Behind 'Sides Of A Horn'
Forbes - 18 Jun 2019 02:41
"You cannot talk about poaching without talking about poverty, inequality, or corruption. The suffering of the animals is closely linked to the suffering of people, and Toby really brings that across."
Sextech Company Sues NYC's Subway for Discriminatory Ad Censorship
Forbes - 18 Jun 2019 23:17
Sextech company Dame Products is suing the MTA for forbidding them to advertise. The event adds another chapter to the female founder-led ongoing battle to access advertising platforms that consistently reject and censor...
Elon Musk has solved Tesla's problems using video games
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2019 23:10
Elon Musk is a gamer, which makes him inherently good and gracious. And now he's turning his cars into giant consoles just because!
The One Question Every Entrepreneur Should Ask Themself
Forbes - 18 Jun 2019 22:01
Harry Hopkins was one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's closet and more productive advisors. He served as the U.S. Secretary of Commerce in 1939 and 1940 and as a liaison between the US, Russia and Great Britain durin...
What Makes SBA Loans So Appealing To Small Businesses?
Forbes - 18 Jun 2019 21:32
For many small businesses, an SBA loan is their ticket to the kind of business loan typically reserved for big, well-established businesses.
IBM's AI can predict which patients are likely to develop malignant breast cancer within a year
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2019 21:25
Researchers at IBM have developed a model that can predict the development of malignant breast cancer in patients within a year.
World of Warcraft's huge Rise of Azshara update launches on June 25
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2019 20:23
Blizzard announced today that the Rise of Azshara update for World of Warcraft will go live on June 25.
How Nvidia and Volvo plan to drive the autonomous truck industry
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2019 19:33
Nvidia and Volvo Group announced a plan to collaborate on self-driving trucks in multiple commercial truck industries.
New York Entrepreneurs: Nine Ways To Get Honest Client Feedback
Forbes - 18 Jun 2019 19:15
Learn what your customers are looking for and how you can provide it with these feedback tips from Forbes New York Business Council experts.
You Are Not Your Results
Forbes - 18 Jun 2019 19:11
A few years ago I was attending a conference when the speaker said something that rocked my world. "You are not your results." As it sunk in, my head started to spin. But that's my identity. My results. What I've built. ...
Google's Safe Browsing service gets its own Chrome extension
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2019 19:00
The Suspicious Site Reporter Extension lets users report sites to Google Safe Browsing, and Chrome has a new warning to protect users from deceptive URLs.
Udacity launches nontechnical AI product manager nanodegree
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2019 19:00
Udacity is launching a nontechnical AI course for product managers to learn how to add AI to their products and use AI to identify opportunities.
Cruise open-sources Webview, a tool for robotics data analysis
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2019 19:00
Cruise, the autonomous driving research and development division of GM, open-sourced Webviz, a web-based data analysis tool for robotics applications.
Crushing Your Competition Through Customer Service Kindness
Forbes - 18 Jun 2019 18:57
It's entirely possible to vaporize your competition, one customer service interaction at a time. It's a simple concept, but a profoundly effective strategy. Here's how to go about it.
Call of Duty Endowment is increasing job placement for veterans
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2019 18:35
After a decade, the Call of Duty Endowment is hitting its stride when it comes to placing veterans into good jobs. Since 2012, the nonprofit group funded by the profits from Activision Blizzard’s popular Call of Duty v...
One Giant Leap For Mankind: Managing The Global Refugee Crisis From Space
Forbes - 18 Jun 2019 18:16
As refugees pour into the world, they--and the organizations created to help them--are global in scope and require a global solution. For years, aid organizations have looked at how to best manage refugee crises, though ...
Top 200 Apps Made $13 Billion In Q1 2019; iOS Apps Earn 64% More Than Android
Forbes - 18 Jun 2019 18:07
Mobile revenue grew over 30% annually from 2014 to 2019.
8 Criteria To Benchmark The IPO Class Of 2019
Forbes - 18 Jun 2019 18:00
Lately we have seen a flood of new initial public offerings (IPOs) and more are on the way. The question on many minds is whether this is an opportunity to get in on a Facebook or Amazon on the ground floor, or will this...
From 'Mess' To 'Leadership Success': Scott Miller, FranklinCovey EVP and Program Host, Bares All
Forbes - 18 Jun 2019 18:00
It's the small things--the soft skills--that can make a giant difference in a leader's success.