GamesBeat 2015 snares Magic Leap’s Graeme Devine as a new speaker – VentureBeat

Our latest speaker, Graeme Devine looks like a character from Game of Thrones. The chief creative officer and vice president of games at Magic Leap is one more among the cast of characters from gaming who will talk at our GamesBeat 2015 conference at the Grand Hyatt…

Microsoft says Windows 10 now on 75 million devices – News On 6

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Vancouver’s high-tech hurdle: Attracting top-level talent – The Globe and Mail

From left: Version One Ventures CEO and founder Boris Wertz, BuildDirect president and CEO Jeff Booth, Vision Critical founder and president of corporate innovation Andrew Reid, Hootsuite CEO and founder Ryan Holmes, Shoes.com chairman and co-founder Roger Hardy, Plentyoffish CEO and founder Markus Frind, and…

How Video Is Enhancing Heat Mapping for Retailers – RIS News (blog)

In today’s retail environment, heat maps often are used to understand customer behavior in relation to a store’s layout. And now, video capabilities are turning heat-mapping data up a notch. While heat mapping allows retailers to understand where customers walk within a store, video allows…

Vancouver entrepreneurs turned around a struggling online platform – The Globe … – The Globe and Mail

The challenge When James Clift and his team at WorkStory Inc. bought the online résumé and portfolio platform VisualCV, it had over 200,000 members. Having those members already in place sounded like a dream come true for the young startup, but with only 1,000 active…

Avis Budget Group Inc. : Avis Budget Group and Southwest Airlines Sign New … – The Wall Street Transcript

Avis Budget Group Inc. Tickers: CAR CAT WBC PCAR EMR TRN JBHT HUBG  June 25, 2015 PARSIPPANY, N.J., June 25, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avis Budget Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:CAR) today announced that it has entered into an expanded, new multi-year partnership marketing agreement with Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) which will enable the Company…