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Zynga's Q1 2021 bookings of $720M are up 69% from a year ago
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 22:05
Zynga beat analysts' expectations today, reporting stellar bookings and revenues in the first quarter ended March 31.
Open source time-series database operator Timescale raises $40M
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 16:09
Timescale, the company behind the open source time-series database TimeScaleDB, has raised $40 million in a series B round of funding.
Metacore secures $179.9M in credit from Supercell for casual games
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 23:17
Mobile game studio Metacore has raised $179.9 million in funding from Supercell to continue developing its casual mobile games.
Netskope: Lack of collaboration can block digital transformation
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 23:10
When security and network teams don't work well together, digital transformation efforts suffer, Netskope said in its survey on collaboration.
EA acquires Super Mega Baseball dev Metalhead
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 22:41
Electronic Arts announced today that it has acquired Metalhead Software, the studio behind the Super Mega Baseball series.
5 awesome jobs you need to see if you're looking for a change
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 22:25
We've been highlighting some brilliant opportunities every week, to help you narrow down your job search.
Zynga agrees to buy mobile ad and monetization firm Chartboost for $250 million
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 22:05
Mobile game publisher Zynga has agreed to acquire mobile ad and monetization firm Chartboost. The price of the deal wasn't disclosed.
How A Leading B Corp Supports Systems Change To Help Create A Better World
Forbes - 5 May 2021 22:03Wrike: Hybrid work requires collaboration and project management tools
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 21:50
Remote work is not going away. Enterprises should invest in collaboration and project management tools to support hybrid workers, Wrike said.
Hard-hit restaurants rush for a lifeline as $28 billion in grants go up for grabs
CNBC - 5 May 2021 21:11
The National Restaurant Association estimates that from March 2020 through April of this year 110,000 restaurants have closed either permanently or long-term.
Financial giant S&P taps Snowflake for better cloud data distribution
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 20:10
Warren Breakstone, managing director of S&P Global Market Intelligence, discusses why the company adopted the Snowflake cloud data platform.
Google launches Agent Assist for Chat in preview
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 19:30
Google's Agent Assist for Chat, which is now in preview, provides call center agents with recommendations to help customers address problems.
Speech recognition system trains on radio archive to learn Niger Congo languages
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 18:55
Researchers at Stanford and GNCode created a new dataset and model trained from radio archives of 'low-resource' African languages.
Gamescom announces online-only festival in August, reversing hybrid event plan
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 18:03
Reversing a plan announced in March, Gamescom has decided to focus on an online-only event at the end of August.
Biden's $80 billion plan to beef up IRS audits may target wealthy small business owners
CNBC - 5 May 2021 17:15
President Joe Biden wants to increase funding for the IRS by $80 billion to boost enforcement for tax evasion. The move may spark more small business audits.
Riot Games will launch Wild Rift esports tournament in late 2021
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 17:00
Riot Games will launch League of Legends: Wild Rift esports tournament in late 2021. The move is an endorsement for mobile esports.
Resident Evil: Village review -- Find your courage
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 17:00
Resident Evil: Village is going to make fans of the franchise happy, especially those who aren't cowards like me.
The gaming industry's 'duty of care' in keeping players safe
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 16:42
Leaders from Roblox, Fair Play Alliance, and Accenture discussed digital civility and challenges as games lean into the mainstream.
Cisco integrates with Box to reduce friction in Webex collaborations
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 16:00
Box partners with Cisco to tackle integration costs for companies with workflows spanning the two cloud platforms.
A Year After Lockdown: Latest Data On The State Of Small Business And Entrepreneurship
Forbes - 5 May 2021 15:24Linux Foundation launches open source agriculture infrastructure project
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 15:00
The Linux Foundation has launched AgStack, a new open source digital infrastructure project aimed at the agriculture industry.
Alkymi Patterns tool uses AI to extract data from documents
Venture Beat - 5 May 2021 15:00
Business intelligence platform Alkymi's new Patterns product leverages AI and machine learning to identify data in documents and emails.