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Boston Startup Signs Up Millions For Lower Prescription Drug Costs
Forbes - 13 Aug 2019 04:55
SingleCare, headquartered in Boston, offers a savings card for prescription drugs that has attracted millions of users in just four years.
How To Win The Inner Battle Everyone Faces Leading Major Change
Forbes - 13 Aug 2019 17:00
I've noticed that revolutionary change leaders bring certain "raw materials" to the table that enable them to lead change well: voice, ideas, passion, discontent, and conviction. But with these come an inner battle to ba...
Google devises conversational AI that works better for people with ALS and accents
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2019 23:27
Google AI researchers today shared details about Project Euphonia, a speech-to-text transcription service for people with speaking impairments.
So You Started A Business. Now Can You Lead It?
Forbes - 13 Aug 2019 20:45
As a company founder, you spend hours working on what you love. When your company grows, will you give all this up to keep running the company? Business coach and host of the From Founder to CEO podcast,Todd Uterstaedt h...
How Your Compensation Structure Can Affect Your Divorce
Forbes - 13 Aug 2019 20:23
How you fare financially in your divorce could depend on your understanding of how various types of income are treated and how you time the filing in relation to these considerations. Can you protect an upcoming bonus fr...
OpenSpace raises $14 million for AI platform that visually tracks construction projects
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2019 20:17
OpenSpace uses artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically create navigable 360-degree photos of construction sites.
Trump's China tariffs will expand to phones, laptops, and game consoles in December
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2019 20:10
A 10% tariff on consumer electronics like AirPods and the Apple Watch begins September 1 while tariffs for iPhones and MacBooks begin December 15.
Oculus VR cofounder Nate Mitchell is leaving Facebook
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2019 19:22
Yet another of Oculus' key people is leaving Facebook: Nate Mitchell says he's going to be taking time to travel, spend time with his family, and recharge.
Challenging Fears: Six Worries Young Entrepreneurs Faced When First Starting Out
Forbes - 13 Aug 2019 19:15
There are a lot of things to worry about when you're first starting a business: How do you reach your audience? How much should you charge? What are the best ways to manage your time? Here are some of the concerns succes...
Book review: 'AIQ' explains machine learning fundamentals using human history
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2019 18:16
Artificial intelligence can be confusing stuff. The book AIQ by statistics professors Nick Polson and James Scott explains the basics in plain English.
American consumers are worrying more about Amazon's power, a new CNBC survey finds
CNBC - 13 Aug 2019 18:03
There's been a steady slide toward pessimism among the American public when the topic is Amazon. Whether influenced by politics or not, the changing attitudes may reflect a changing understanding of their role as consume...
Brick & Mortar Ventures launches $97 million construction tech venture fund
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2019 18:00
Construction technology is a big thing, which is why Brick & Mortar Ventures has raised a $97 million fund to invest in building innovations.
Toxic Employees Can Have Deadly Consequences For Your Business
Forbes - 13 Aug 2019 17:32
One rotten apple spoils the barrel, and one unhappy employee can ruin an entire workforce. Learn how to manage problematic employees and minimize their damage to your company and workplace morale.
This Amateur Photographer Made Over $1 Million From His Hobby
Forbes - 13 Aug 2019 16:08
You don't always need a million dollar business idea to make a million dollars. Sometimes you can turn a hobby into your next million dollar venture.
Nomadic takes location-based VR into Asia
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2019 16:00
Nomadic is taking its virtual reality location-based centers, built on the foundation of Vertigo's successful Arizona Sunshine game, to Asia.
MaryLee Sachs Urges Business Leaders To Make Inclusion--Not Just Diversity--Their Goal
Forbes - 13 Aug 2019 15:52
As business leaders strive to make their organizations more diverse places, they need to go further and push for full inclusion.
Parallels Desktop 15 for Mac supports DirectX 11, Catalina, and Sidecar
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2019 15:50
Corel is introducing Parallels Desktop 15, an update that will bring DirectX 11 to the popular Windows emulator.
Quake director Tim Willits explains why he's joining Saber Interactive
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2019 15:31
Former id Software game director Tim Willits is the new chief creative officer at Saber Interactive. He will oversee games like World War Z and more.
Clumio raises $51 million for cloud-hosted data backup and recovery tools
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2019 15:30
Cloud data backup and recovery startup Clumio raised $51 million in venture capital for its suite of cloud-hosted enterprise tools.
How To Avoid Following Your Strategy Off A Cliff
Forbes - 13 Aug 2019 15:30
It's a question of balanced focus, not complete exclusion
Snap debuts dual-camera Spectacles 3 glasses to create 3D AR content
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2019 15:22
The maker of Snapchat has revealed its third-generation camera wearable, now with dual cameras for 3D AR capture and a much steeper price tag than before.
Nvidia trains world's largest Transformer-based language model
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2019 15:00
Nvidia said it has trained the world's largest Transformer-based models and achieved the fastest training and inference for Google's popular BERT model.