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Mindset Matters: Capturing The Disability Narrative For The Next Wave Of Business Innovation
Forbes - 8 Aug 2019 22:42
This column looks at the need for capturing a new narrative of disability and integrating into the lexicon of business thought.
Human Things' Genki Covert Dock is a tiny Nintendo Switch charger and dock
Venture Beat - 8 Aug 2019 17:00
The Genki Covert Dock uses gallium nitride to create a much smaller, more power-efficient dock and charger for the Nintendo Switch
Lead Like Barry Manilow: Five Powerful Lessons From A Consummate Pop Artist
Forbes - 8 Aug 2019 16:45
If you want to be a more effective leader, do these five things. Barry Manilow does, and it's why he is so successful.
Eight Foolproof Strategies To Make Customer Service Training More Powerful
Forbes - 8 Aug 2019 03:53
Eight strategies to increase the power and effectiveness of your customer service training, intended to add meaning to the effort for all involved and to provide results that are powerful and lasting, from customer servi...
Blizzard nets more Hearthstone and World of Warcraft players while Overwatch keeps stable
Venture Beat - 8 Aug 2019 23:00
World of Warcraft and Hearthstone had more players in the second quarter of 2019 than in the first, but Overwatch was flat.
Activision bets on higher results with dual launch of Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Mobile
Venture Beat - 8 Aug 2019 22:54
Activision Blizzard will drive the Call of Duty franchise higher with the combination of its Modern Warfare core title and Call of Duty: Mobile.
Groupon acquires Presence AI to bolster booking capabilities with AI
Venture Beat - 8 Aug 2019 22:51
Ecommerce company Groupon has acquired AI booking startup Presence AI to bolster its booking capabilities. The terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
Apple adds Macs, Watches, and Apple TVs to $1 million bug bounty program
Venture Beat - 8 Aug 2019 22:34
Apple has paid researchers to protect iPhones and iPads from mass security exploits for three years, and now it's ready to pay for Mac, Watch, and TV bugs.
Destiny 2 moves its PC home from Battle.net to Steam on October 1
Venture Beat - 8 Aug 2019 22:23
Bungie announced today that Destiny 2 will be making its PC move from Battle.net to Steam on October 1
12 Reasons You Ran Out Of Time At Work
Forbes - 8 Aug 2019 21:39
Nobody likes falling behind on a big project and letting their boss, colleagues, customers or clients down. If you find yourself chronically playing catch-up, it's time to reevaluate why this keeps happening.
The Future of Work is Distributed, But Not Easy. One Company Shares Their Playbook.
Forbes - 8 Aug 2019 21:36
Operating in a distributed fashion is increasingly viable, but it nonetheless remains very hard to get right. Most companies that try it still fail. I spoke with Zapier co-founder and CEO Wade Foster to learn how they ma...
Samsung confirms Galaxy Note10 won't support Gear VR headset
Venture Beat - 8 Aug 2019 21:35
The affordable VR headset doesn't work with Samsung's latest and largest smartphones, suggesting that the accessory is running out of time.
Google's AI learns how actions in videos are connected
Venture Beat - 8 Aug 2019 21:01
A Google team proposes a technique that taps "correspondences" between similar actions to learn representations well-suited for temporal understanding
DeepMind's new AI tracks Serengeti herds from images alone
Venture Beat - 8 Aug 2019 19:12
DeepMind today detailed AI systems it's developing to help study the behavior of animal species in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park.
GitHub's Actions gets continuous integration support and workflow suggestions
Venture Beat - 8 Aug 2019 19:10
GitHub Actions can now support continuous integration, workflow suggestions, and other updates ahead of general availability in November.
Cybersecurity and compliance startup Securiti.ai emerges from stealth with $31 million
Venture Beat - 8 Aug 2019 18:00
Cybersecurity and compliance solution startup Securiti.ai today emerged from stealth with $31 million in venture capital, it revealed.
Nexon grows revenues thanks to FIFA, MapleStory, and Dungeon & Fighter
Venture Beat - 8 Aug 2019 17:40
Nexon revealed its earnings today for the second quarter of 2019, a period that ended on June 30.
Alexa gets better at understanding your requests
Venture Beat - 8 Aug 2019 17:36
In a new paper, Amazon scientists describe a machine learning technique that bolsters classification accuracy in natural language systems.
Samsung's Galaxy Note10 makes a 5G nightmare come true: Confusion
Venture Beat - 8 Aug 2019 17:33
Instead of making the purchasing decision easy for first-time 5G customers, Samsung is releasing models that won't fully support U.S. carriers' 5G networks.
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince releases on October 8
Venture Beat - 8 Aug 2019 17:10
Publisher Modus Games announced today that Trine 4 will release on October 8 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC.
The Best Business Books To Inspire Passion and Attain Goals
Forbes - 8 Aug 2019 17:00
If the spark has gone out of your working life, these 7 books will help you rekindle the flame.
NHS creates AI Lab to tackle health care challenges
Venture Beat - 8 Aug 2019 16:07
The U.K.'s National Health Service announced the creation of an AI Lab to tackle some of the biggest challenges in health care with machine learning.