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How To Succeed When Facing Digital Disruption

Jan 19, 1:00AM

digitalocean In a digital economy, companies are constantly faced with opportunities, challenges and threats. Business changes are critical to successfully navigate in this environment, but there are plenty of pitfalls to watch for along the way. The digital economy provides huge opportunities to build a niche and excel, but companies must get out of any pre-digital mindsets to recognize those opportunities. Read More



Europe's Newest VC Is Cocoon Networks, A $713M Fund Backed By Chinese Investors

Jan 19, 12:24AM

chinese new year in london As stocks in China continue to see a lot of volatility, some tech investors from the country are setting up a £500 million ($713 million) fund in London and are looking to back startups here. Cocoon Networks, as the new group is called, is backed by China Equity Group and Hanxin Capital, and plans to invest in UK and European startups in areas like fintech, the creative industries and… Read More



Slack CEO Pays Tribute To Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jan 18, 11:57PM

recode - stewart butterfield Ahead of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield shared a touching note with employees about Dr. King, the civil rights movement and why the collaboration software’s office is closed today. With Butterfield’s permission, Slack engineer Erica Baker shared the note externally “not only because it touched [her] heart,” she wrote on Medium,… Read More



Magic Bus Aims To Magically Ease Silicon Valley Commuter Woes With City-To-City Transportation

Jan 18, 10:25PM

Magic Bus Magic Bus is a new startup out of Y Combinator that hopes to end many Bay Areas commuter’s slow, soul-crushing daily drive down the 101 with a scheduled, WiFi-enabled, private bus system to transport them anywhere from San Francisco all the way down to Sunnyvale. There are a number of startups focused on carpooling in the Bay Area – Chariot, Shuddle and even Uber and Lyft among… Read More



Twitter's Latest Dedicated Celebrity Apps Supercharge Moments

Jan 18, 10:21PM

Screen Shot 2016-01-18 at 1.33.54 PM In verified blue checks we trust.  Twitter has never forgotten the power that its influencers possess, though they often haven’t utilized their sway as successfully as they could. Twitter is now looking to give its A-list celebrities better tools to show their fans love while conveying their own #personalbrands on the site. This has value across the site but especially adds a… Read More



Why Big Companies Keep Failing: The Stack Fallacy

Jan 18, 10:00PM

jenga Stack fallacy has caused many companies to attempt to capture new markets and fail spectacularly. When you see a database company thinking apps are easy, or a VM company thinking big data is easy  — they are suffering from stack fallacy. Stack fallacy is the mistaken belief that it is trivial to build the layer above yours. Read More



16 Apple Security Advances to Take Note of in 2016

Jan 18, 8:30PM

Apple Logo and Brass Padlock Apple has long been known for providing an exceptional user experience. But many might not realize that over the past few years, they’ve been pushing the infosec envelope, by making advanced security options accessible to everyday users. While not all of these features are new in El Capitan, here are 16 features that Apple has built into OS X that every user has simple access to. Read More



More Money For India's On-Demand Economy: Swiggy Raises $35M For Food Delivery

Jan 18, 6:28PM

Screen Shot 2016-01-18 at 18.10.53 India has a big appetite for on-demand startups at the moment, and today one of the hopefuls in the food category has raised some money to supersize its business. Swiggy, a restaurant delivery startup that claims to be the largest in India after passing Rocket Internet-backed Foodpanda last month, has raised $35 million in a Series C round. The funding, which brings the total raised up to… Read More



Second Home Raises $10.7M From Yuri Milner, Martin Lau, Index And Plans Lisbon Home

Jan 18, 5:33PM

interior view3 Co-working spaces and membership clubs with a heavy tech bent have proliferated across the planet in recent years as the industry itself has exploded, and startups look to find flexible spaces to work. But not many have gone for such an eclectic mix of fashion, designers, startups and investors (among others) as Second Home, the club and work space created by Rohan Silva (former adviser to the… Read More



The List Of Crunchies Presenters Is On Fire This Year

Jan 18, 5:00PM

crunchies-text Each year, the startup community comes together in the name of innovation to celebrate the highlights, accomplishments and feats of brilliance of the past year. John Oliver once called it “the biggest group of high-functioning nerds.” We call it the 9th Annual Crunchies Award Show. Read More



Neura, A Privacy-Focused Platform For The Internet Of Things, Raises $11M Series A

Jan 18, 5:00PM

shutterstock internet of things Neura, a platform that helps users personalize connected devices while guarding their data, will promote its new software development kit after raising a $11 million Series A. The round was led by AXA Strategic Partners and Pitango Venture Capital, with participation from Liberty Israel Venture Fund and Lenovo Group. Read More



Atlas, The Humanoid Robot, Could Become Your Android Butler

Jan 18, 4:46PM

the-jetsons-1280ajpg-6473d5_1280w Here’s to good old Atlas, the walking humanoid robot. He walks, he runs, he carries heavy loads and now – as part of a calibration program – he can do chores around the house. This video shows the team at IHMC Robotics running calibration tests on Atlas. These tests let the operators understand how he moves in the world and what they need to do to tweak his motions. For… Read More



Powering Up A New-Old-Stock PS/2 Model 30

Jan 18, 4:31PM

GzoyEqD I am a big fan of watching old stuff work again and video takes the proverbial IBM cake. The PS/2 Model 30 came out in the early 1990s and was one of the first machines with an Intel 286 CPU, a 10Mhz monster that could run Sierra games like a champ. And here it is springing to life as if Toad The Wet Sprocket was still big. The important thing is that this is a new-old-stock unit which means… Read More



European Antitrust Chief Eyeing Tech Giants' Hold On Data

Jan 18, 4:15PM

European competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager - Google antitrust The European Union’s competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, has fired a warning shot about the competition risks posed by dominant tech platforms that harvest vast amounts of personal data, suggesting big data operators such as Google might in future be considered in breach of the region’s competition rules based on their data holdings. Vestager was giving a speech at… Read More



Donor Data Is The New Currency Of Presidential Candidates

Jan 18, 4:00PM

binarymoney As we head into the presidential primaries, there is no question big data and analytics will play a major role in targeting voters, driving contributions and ultimately determining who will be the next president. As we have transformed into a data-driven society and economy, this is to be expected. Read More



Wahanda Rebrands To Treatwell, Eyes Up U.S. Entry

Jan 18, 4:00PM

Screen Shot 2016-01-18 at 14.15.31 Wahanda, the European hair and beauty marketplace that Japan’s Recruit Holdings majority acquired last year for $117 million (at a $240 million pre-money valuation), is getting a makeover of its own. Today the company has rebranded to Treatwell. The name comes from an acquisition made in June 2015 to expand its services in Holland, Germany and Belgium. The name change and brand… Read More



Accel's Fred Destin On Why Startups Fail And Founders Get Fired

Jan 18, 3:05PM

highres_155151822 Fred Destin on the main reasons startups fail and founders get fired; how he analyzes the VC/Founder relationship (with what he calls ‘founder intimacy’); his experience as a board member and investor at rocketship, Deliveroo, and why most VCs are assholes. Read More



Wrapify Is A Startup Paying Drivers To Wrap Their Car In Ads

Jan 18, 3:00PM

501359_488144_1449078347234-e1449504876137 Owning a car is expensive. Gas, insurance, and other miscellaneous car-related costs add up, and mean that in some cities it’s already cheaper to replace your car with ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft. One startup, Wrapify, is trying to buck this trend by putting money back into the pocket of car owners. The 6 month old-old startup pairs drivers willing to wrap their car… Read More



London's Black Cabs Turn To Crowdfunding To Fight Uber

Jan 18, 2:34PM

London black cab The battle between London’s black cabs and upstart incomer Uber has been a relatively subdued affair thus far — aside from the odd scuffle and some roadblocking demonstrations last year. Not for Brits the violent displays of anger seen over the channel in France last summer. Read More



The Potential Problems And Profits For Netflix In Africa

Jan 18, 1:00PM

Screen Shot 2016-01-18 at 7.45.13 AM Netflix is now in Africa. In one fell swoop, CEO Reed Hastings took the company’s presence from 0 to 54 countries on the continent with his CES global expansion announcement. The move was a surprise to Africa and its nascent video-on-demand (VOD) markets. Previous Netflix statements had only indicated South Africa as a maiden entry point. Read More




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