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2016 Will Be The Year Of The Sales Stack

Nov 14, 8:00PM

always-be-closing Selling is a competitive sport, and quota-seeking salespeople are the athletes of that sport: They are scored and compared, there are frontrunners and underdogs and there are winners and losers. Confronted by today’s more informed customer who has readily available competitive, pricing and rating data, salespeople are facing unprecedented pressure to perform — they are expected to… Read More



FanDuel And DraftKings Fight Back, File Lawsuits Against NY Attorney General

Nov 14, 6:36PM

NYC_-_New_York_County_Supreme_Courthouse After NY’s Attorney General ordered DraftKings and FanDuel to cease and desist all operations in the state, the two companies have responded, filing lawsuits seeking an injunction against the order. “Today, we have taken decisive legal action to prevent a unilateral, misinformed and legally misguided attempt by the New York Attorney General to act as “judge, jury and… Read More



Review: Brilliant Bicycle, A Bike That Thinks Outside The Box

Nov 14, 6:10PM

brilliant5 When my Brilliant Bicycle arrived in the mail last week, I had a minor epiphany: I’ve never actually purchased a bike on my own before. When I was young my parents chose my bike, and though I spent a few months on a borrowed bike in Europe, I have very little knowledge when it comes to making bike-based purchasing decisions. Sure, some folks have been cyclists since before the… Read More



At GitHub You Don't Need No Stinkin' Office, But There Is A Nice One If You Do

Nov 14, 4:45PM

GitHub offices If you want to work for GitHub, the software development collaboration hub built on the open source Git project, you have to be independent and able to work outside the confines of what most organizations would consider normal operational guidelines. You don’t have to come to the office. In fact, you are encouraged to work where you want in the world at whatever timing makes sense for you. Read More



The Influence Of Education On The 3D Printing Industry

Nov 14, 4:00PM

3d printer classroom You probably don’t own a 3D printer yet. Like computers in the early 1980s, it’s an intriguing new technology that hasn’t quite found its place in the home. However, schools and universities are proving to be a petri dish of innovation, where there is an existing space for experimentation and practical application, as well as palpable enthusiasm for the technology among… Read More



Evernote's Freshly Minted COO Linda Kozlowski Is Leaving The Company

Nov 14, 3:05PM

evernote Evernote made a name for itself as the platform where you could store your ideas and notes for life, and beyond. But the same permanence does not apply to the people who work there. We’ve confirmed through multiple sources that Linda Kozlowski, Evernote’s COO, has put in her notice and will be leaving the company by the end of this year. It’s the latest in a series of… Read More



The Culling Of The Herd

Nov 14, 2:00PM

dead-unicorn I don’t care about valuations. But I do care about the tech industry as the most powerful means for the promulgation of new / cool / interesting / important technology; and the tremors running through the industry of late, as the so-called “unicorns” begin to tremble and quake, are hard to ignore. Evernote. Dropbox. Square. Theranos. Snapchat. IPO down rounds. Read More



Tech Infrastructure In The Developing World

Nov 14, 7:00AM

towersindia More than a billion people do not have access to cellular networks, three billion people live without phones and five billion people do without Internet access. While billions became connected to phone and Internet networks over the past decade, huge numbers of people are still underserved by these networks. The existing telecom and Internet infrastructure faces a tremendous challenge in… Read More



500px Launches Its Photo Sharing And Licensing Platform In China

Nov 14, 5:32AM

great wall of china 500px, the photography platform where users post and share, as well as buy and sell photos, has become the latest Western technology company to enter China. The Toronto-based startup launched a localized version of its service in China — 500px.me — this week, following an initial trial period. Read More



The Last CrunchWeek

Nov 13, 11:44PM

crunchweek-4-3 Hello friends, and welcome to the very last CrunchWeek. After a three-year run, this little show is over. Sometimes things change. Regardless, it was a pleasure to send off this particular ship into the void flanked by Megan Rose Dickey and Matthew Lynley, two humans that I hold in the highest regard. Read More



How Video Streaming Services Could Save The Music Industry

Nov 13, 11:00PM

Pandora Music Record companies, advertising firms, film studios, and television networks are all being forced to change the way they think about doing business in the age of the internet. Read More



Influencer Marketing Startup Mavrck Raises $5M

Nov 13, 9:33PM

mavrck influencers Mavrck, a startup that helps marketers recruit customers to create promotional content, has raised $5 million in Series A funding. There are plenty of other companies working on influencer marketing, but Mavrck co-founder and CEO Lyle Stevens said they usually identify influencers without helping brands “activate” them, or they’re focused on how to “rent”… Read More



Tim Cook On Apple Employees Refusing To Let Black Students Enter Store: Customer Respect Is The Foundation Of Everything Apple Does

Nov 13, 9:09PM

Earlier this week, Apple Store employees at the Highpoint Shopping Centre in Melbourne, Australia, asked a group of black students to leave the store because they worried they might “steal something.” Apple has since apologized to the students, and Apple CEO Tim Cook recently sent out a company-wide email, obtained by BuzzFeed, in which he called what happened (see below) an… Read More



How "Failing Forward" Can End In A Lawsuit

Nov 13, 9:00PM

gavel Can you imagine a world where an entrepreneur could be sued for refusing to give up? A world where starting over could attract a lawsuit? We live in that world. It has happened before, and it will happen again. Startups die, but the entrepreneurial spirit dies hard. After a failure, some founders may want to work on an entirely new project, but others refuse to let go, and give the same… Read More



Fallout 4 Is More Powerful Than Porn

Nov 13, 8:57PM

19699687834_d9130c1c04_k Pornhub, an internet web portal site for videos of people that are naked doing things, which I have never ever visited, ever, shared some interesting traffic. Speaking of things I don’t do, a game called Fallout 4 came out on the 10th. And that’s where Pornhub’s story begins… Read More



Snapchat Now Sells Selfie Lenses For $1

Nov 13, 8:36PM

Looksery Acquired Snapchat recently launched selfie lenses after acquiring Looksery. Every day, a new lens is added and an old one is removed from the current lineup of seven. The company now also showcases around 30 other lenses that you can buy for 99 cents and keep forever. Read More



Apple's App Store Gets A Smarter Search Engine

Nov 13, 8:20PM

ios-appstore-search A number of mobile app developers and industry observers recently noticed a significant change in the way the Apple App Store’s search algorithms are returning results. Developers say that, following a series of shifts that took place beginning on November 3, app search results now appear to be more intelligent and far more relevant – especially among the top results – than… Read More



Let's Have A Chat About Virtual Reality

Nov 13, 7:32PM

4668833794_919627ddd3_b “Virtual reality” according to Wikipedia: Virtual reality (VR), which can be referred to as immersive multimedia or computer-simulated life, replicates an environment that simulates physical presence in places in the real world or imagined worlds and lets the user interact in that world. Virtual realities artificially creates sensory experiences, which can include sight, hearing… Read More



EVE Online Maker CCP Games Raises $30 Million For VR Games

Nov 13, 7:27PM

Eve Online CCP Games, the company behind the massively multiplayer online roleplaying game EVE Online, just raised another $30 million from Novator and NEA. But this time, the funding round isn’t about supporting the 12-year-old MMORPG, it’s all about virtual reality games. Read More



Instructure Up 8% From IPO, CEO Sees "Huge Renaissance" In EdTech

Nov 13, 6:03PM

instructure Instructure, the Utah-based educational technology company, went public on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. After pricing at $16, shares were up 8 percent by early afternoon trading. Instructure builds educational software for both K-12 education and corporate learning. The Blackboard competitor says it has over 10 million users of its products in over 25 countries. Read More




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