Startup News
Are Healthcare Enterprises Buying Silicon Valley's Evangelistic Sell?
Forbes - 11 Oct 2019 04:46
Silicon Valley's "fake it 'til you make it" ethos is championed as "the evangelistic sale." Success requires the right customers -- are they out there?
David Gaider's Summerfall Studios is staging a musical in video game form with Chorus
Venture Beat - 11 Oct 2019 23:02
David Gaider's Summerfall Studios is making something never tried before in video games -- a musical. Chorus is their stab at pulling it off.
Riot Games asks League of Legends esports players to not discuss politics during broadcasts
Venture Beat - 11 Oct 2019 22:45
Riot Games said that esports players participating in the 2019 League of Legends World Championships should not discuss personal views during broadcasts.
Tech Power-Couple's $39 Million Mansion Is Priced To Hit San Francisco Record. Can It?
Forbes - 11 Oct 2019 21:52
Tech power-couple Michael and Xochi Birch are selling their Pacific Heights estate.
AI Weekly: In China, you can no longer buy a smartphone without a face scan
Venture Beat - 11 Oct 2019 20:30
China will soon require that phone customers submit to a facial recognition scan to verify their identity. It's a drastic expansion of an existing policy.
Fortnite Chapter 2 apparently leaks via Apple's app store
Venture Beat - 11 Oct 2019 20:25
Epic Games is evidently lining up a change for its biggest game, as images of Fortnite Chapter 2 leaked on Apple's App Store in the Italian language.
ProBeat: Google's 'accessibility first' tech helps everyone
Venture Beat - 11 Oct 2019 19:30
Google Maps now has detailed voice guidance, designed with "accessibility first" -- an approach first shown off at Google's I/O 2019 developers conference.
Five Things To Ask Your Network When Seeking A Trusted Local Vendor
Forbes - 11 Oct 2019 19:15
Finding the right teams to work with can be tricky. Here are some things to keep in mind when you're ready to begin your search.
Nomad Base Station Pro promises Apple AirPower-style 18-coil Qi charging
Venture Beat - 11 Oct 2019 17:14
While Apple's AirPower was publicly cancelled earlier this year, the multi-Qi coil charging concept behind it lives on in a fancier new design from Nomad.
Xor raises $8.4 million for AI-powered job candidate recruitment and screening
Venture Beat - 11 Oct 2019 17:00
Xor, a startup developing a chatbot that handles job candidate recruiting and screening, has rasied $8.4 million in venture capital.
How criminals are playing the gaming industry and what you can do about it (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 11 Oct 2019 16:50
There's real money to be stolen from games and gamers and the number of threats just keep growing. Learn how to fight back in this VB Live event.
Killer Queen Black had to adapt to leave the arcade
Venture Beat - 11 Oct 2019 16:45
Killer Queen Black isn't just a port, it is an adaptation of the arcade original. It had to change to work in a very different environment.
What to expect at 2019's Made by Google event: Pixel 4, Pixelbook Go, Nest Mini, and more
Venture Beat - 11 Oct 2019 16:30
Google is hosting a hardware event on October 15 in New York City. Here's what we expect to see -- besides the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL.
How Smite esports helps keep 30 million players engaged with the game
Venture Beat - 11 Oct 2019 16:15
Hi-Rez Studios invested heavily in Smite's esports ecosystem, and it is paying off. Players who watch Smite esports are more engaged with the game.
Amazon explains how Alexa learns new languages
Venture Beat - 11 Oct 2019 16:01
In a blog post, Amazon details two new internal tools it's using to help bootstrap the development of AI models in new langauges.
How Kustomer Is Helping Power The Direct To Consumer (DTC) Retail Revolution In Customer Service and Support
Forbes - 11 Oct 2019 15:48
The rapidly trending Direct to Consumer (DTC) movement in retail is powered in part by customer support platform Kustomer. A visit with CEO Brad Birnbaum by customer service consultant Micah Solomon.
Star Citizen Alpha 3.7 adds caves for spelunking
Venture Beat - 11 Oct 2019 15:00
Cloud Imperium Games has released its quarterly update of the alpha version of its Star Citizen science fiction game universe.
Answering The Question, 'How Do You Help People Too Poor For Microloans?'
Forbes - 11 Oct 2019 15:00
The group of founders who launched Upaya recognized that by carefully selecting entrepreneurs to back Upaya could indirectly create jobs for those living in extreme poverty, allowing them to lift themselves out of it.
Nintendo Switch Brain Age followup gets January launch in Europe
Venture Beat - 11 Oct 2019 14:44
The Brain Age followup Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch is heading to Europe. Nintendo still hasn't confirmed an American release, yet.
Google gets Android phone makers' backing in fight against EU antitrust ruling
Venture Beat - 11 Oct 2019 14:21
Google's fight against an EU antitrust fine received a boost after Europe's second-highest court allowed Android phone makers to intervene in the lawsuit.
Making Meeting More Successful: 11 Key Components
Forbes - 11 Oct 2019 14:15
Meetings can be an excellent way of sharing information and generating ideas, but they can also be a waste of everyone's time. Here are a few ways you can better handle meetings, from the planning stage to actions taken ...
You should put all of your game captures on Google Photos
Venture Beat - 11 Oct 2019 14:11
Google Photos is an ideal place to keep your game captures. It has unlimitd storage and a feature that will automatically create montages from your content.