Netflix’s huge global push needs a local touch
U.S. activist investors finding fewer opportunities; compromise more common
Intel reaffirms its diversity commitment, even with 12,000 layoffs coming
Toshiba will reportedly replace CEO Muromachi as early as June
Guest
How to make your mobile gaming marketing campaign burst a success
Verizon reportedly set to make Yahoo’s short list of potential acquirers
Feature
The Foo Show is already exploring the future of virtual media
Nintendo’s Miitomo is beating Facebook at gathering personal data
Despite restructuring and job cuts, Intel beats quarterly earnings targets
Quora begins testing ads on ‘small number’ of question pages
Yahoo’s Q1 2016: $1.09B in revenue, $0.08 EPS — but who cares? It’s all about the sale
Intel to lay off 12,000 and take $1.2B restructuring charge
AWS comes out with 80TB version of its Snowball storage server
TrapX Security reaps $5 million from Strategic Cyber Ventures
AWS Device Farm now lets you get remote access to phones and tablets
Airbnb revamps its mobile app with neighborhood travel guides and a matching algorithm
Threat Stack raises $15.3 million for its cloud-based security tech
Hearthstone’s Whispers of the Old Gods expansion launches April 26
Pyre is the next gorgeous game from Bastion, Transistor developer
Analysis
3 reasons why Netflix could eventually offer downloads for offline access
Former Kabam COO Chris Carvalho carves a niche as a game startup adviser
Mafia III gets an October 7 release date
Lucky’s Tale creator Paul Bettner to speak on VR at GamesBeat Summit
Uber provides more support to deaf drivers with its latest nonprofit partnership
VB Insight
‘We’ll probably get Obama.’ VentureBeat’s new VB Engage podcast sets its sights high
Netflix promises 100 hours of HDR programming by August, more by 2017
Apple unveils new faster MacBook that’s also now available in rose gold
Android malware was flat in 2015: Under 0.15% of devices limited to Google Play apps were infected
Clever’s new badges help K-2 students access apps on its education platform
China overtakes Japan for No. 2 in iOS app revenue
LinkedIn’s updated Recruiter app launches with new insights to find the right candidates
Kony and Cognizant join forces to drive new class of mobile enterprise solutions
eBay Enterprise merges with Innotrac to become ecommerce operations giant Radial
Trinity Capital Investment announces first quarter 2016 results
Theranos criminal probe is latest twist in Silicon Valley startup’s fall from grace
Mobile messaging giant Viber announces end-to-end encryption and PIN-protected hidden chats
Ohio woman charged after livestreaming friend’s rape on Twitter’s Periscope
Vimeo woos developers with white-listed API access program
