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The DeanBeat: 10 predictions for games in 2017
Oculus’ ‘Dear Angelica’ VR film debuts at Sundance Film Festival
Talking Tom maker Outfit7 confirms it has been sold to United Luck Consortium for $1 billion
How to watch Donald Trump’s inauguration online (drinks sold separately)
Samsung will reportedly blame Galaxy Note7 fires on poorly made batteries
‘Beauty in a box’ subscription startup Birchbox to open brick-and-mortar store in Paris
Mail.ru Group acquires Warface publishing rights for North America and Europe
U.S. regulators say driver in fatal Tesla crash had 7 seconds to react
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Obama’s parting gift to foreign entrepreneurs: A new way to stay in the U.S.
Apple’s Beats1 lineup is still one big experiment
Tehran will host its first regional Middle East game conference
BotBeat Weekly: This week’s top bot stories
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with ebooks, automatic recycle bin emptying, power slider
U.S. gaming industry earned $30.4 billion in 2016, up from 2015
PitchBook: 2016 saw more private equity tech investments than in past 15 years
2016 NPD: Call of Duty No. 1, Battlefield No. 2 on 2016’s list of best-selling games
Twitter testing new layout for Moments
December 2016 NPD: Final Fantasy XV shows it has a new recipe for franchise’s sales
Wooden Sugr Cube speakers to get Amazon’s Alexa
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4 areas ripe for making money with AI
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New players look to dominate e-commerce in 2017
ModDrop hopes to reignite interest in the Torchlight games through mods
IBM quarterly revenue falls 1.3% to $21.77 billion despite growth in cloud-based services
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How AI helps marketers invest in the right ads
Atlassian expects Trello to generate just $4 million in revenue this fiscal year
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Customer support: Unleash your superpowers with AI (VB Live)
Super Mario Run drops from U.S. top 50 grossing iOS apps (update)
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3 questions marketers should ask before investing in AI
Westworld is full of sex and violence, but the show’s Google Home bot won’t talk about it
Silicon Studio adapts Graphine’s texture software for console, PC, and VR development
Stripe hires former Obama global entrepreneurship advisor to lead Atlas outreach
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