June 16, 2017
Nostalgia still marks the way forward for Nintendo
Nostalgia sells. No one knows that better than Nintendo. Much of the company’s intellectual property is well past the 30 year mark at this point, and yet it…
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June 15, 2017
VR’s killer app: business services
Enterprise adoption is trumping entertainment uses and will spring VR and AR into the mainstream. Read More Powered by WPeMatico
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Entelo steps up its AI game with $20M Series C
The race to crown a winner in the AI-powered recruiting software space is on. With both Workey and Mya nabbing rounds in the last few weeks, the timing…
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Slack is reportedly raising another huge $500M round of funding
Slack is in the midst of raising another $500 million in financing at what could be a $5 billion valuation — money it will likely critically need as…
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Mobile gaming company Scopely raises $60M
Scopely just announced that it has raised $60 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Revolution Growth, a firm led by former AOL executives Steve…
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Snap taps its IPO price as it continues to crash
Update: It happened! Snap fell down to its IPO price (for a few seconds) of $17 per share after its continued steady march south over the past several…
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Lyft sets goal of 1 billion autonomous electric rides per year by 2025
Lyft has set itself some concrete goals for its renewed commitment to the Paris climate agreement, in spite of Trump’s announcement that the U.S. as a nation would…
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Musical.ly gets into original content with new shows from Viacom, NBCU & Hearst
Lip-syncing social network Musical.ly is getting into original content, thanks to new deals with Viacom, NBCU and Hearst, which will bring short-form video series to the app. However,…
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Microsoft Pix can now turn your iPhone photos into art, thanks to artificial intelligence
Microsoft is rolling out an update to its AI-powered photo editing app, Microsoft Pix, that aims to give Prisma and others like it some new competition. While the…
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Facebook requests input on hard questions about censorship and terrorism
How should Facebook decide what’s allowed on its social network, and how to balance safety and truth with diverse opinions and cultural norms? Facebook wants your feedback on…
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