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Fujitsu signs deal to integrate Box cloud storage into its enterprise software

Jun 08, 7:40AM

Box CEO Aaron Levie Box just inked one of its biggest deals in Asia so far as it focuses on international growth. Fujitsu, one of Japan’s largest IT services providers, announced today that it has made a strategic partnership with the cloud-storage company and will integrate Box into its enterprise software. Read More



Opera's power-saving mode lands in its stable release channel

Jun 08, 6:59AM

opera-powersaver-baner-630 A few weeks ago, Opera announced a new feature for its browser on Windows and OS X that aims to make the batteries in your laptop last longer. Until now, this feature was only available in Opera’s beta release channel; today, it is graduating to the stable version. The company claims that this new feature (together with Opera’s built-in ad blocker) can extend your battery life by… Read More



Amazon will pump $3B more into its Indian marketplace as it competes with Snapdeal and Flipkart

Jun 08, 5:30AM

Shutterstock Amazon package Amazon plans to put $3 billion more into its Indian e-commerce site, said founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. The investment was announced Tuesday evening at the U.S.-India Business Council’s 41st Annual Leadership Summit in Washington D.C., where Bezos and other business leaders met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Read More



Rakuten to exit the UK, Austria and Spain as global retrenchment continues

Jun 08, 4:57AM

rakuten Rakuten is downsizing its international presence once again after Japan’s top e-commerce firm announced plans to shutter its e-commerce businesses in the UK, Spain and Austria. Read More



Astronauts have entered an inflatable habitat on the space station for the first time

Jun 08, 3:23AM

BEAM full expansion This week, astronauts successfully entered the International Space Station’s first inflatable habitat. .@Astro_Jeff enters @BigelowSpace #BEAM for first time to collect air sample and set up sensors.https://t.co/57FUupjcHN — Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) June 6, 2016 Wearing a mask and a headlamp, NASA astronaut Jeff Williams opened the hatch to the Bigelow Expandable… Read More



The battle for the post-digital world

Jun 08, 1:00AM

gboard Marketing in a post-digital world was a major theme of the 2016 Forrester Research Marketing Forum. At the event, analyst Carl Doty defined the post-digital world as one in which digital is embedded in our daily lives. In that context, he described the evolution of marketing: pre-digital marketing meant using mass media in a one-to-many approach; digital marketing was about data-driven,… Read More



Silicon Valley shows its primary colors

Jun 07, 11:26PM

clinton-trump-sanders2 Chris Sacca, an early investor in Twitter, Uber and Instagram, also bet early on Clinton, contributing to her campaign in July 2006. Bill Gates and Sheryl Sandberg both contributed to Clinton in 2007 before becoming major donors to President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. And Carl Icahn, the investor who has endorsed presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, was previously… Read More



Celonis takes $27.5M led by Accel, 83North to grow the market for big data process mining

Jun 07, 11:01PM

Celonis founders How do big businesses optimize IT-driven processes? Often by hiring management consultants to cast an expert eye over digital traceries and deliver recommendations for improving core operations like logistics and production. But Munich-based B2B SaaS startup Celonis reckons software can do a better job of flagging up areas where there’s room for business optimization. Its… Read More



Is Formula E the future of racing?

Jun 07, 10:58PM

On the grid at the 2016 Long Beach Formula E race There are only two races left in Formula E’s second season, making this as good a time as any to review whether electric racing is the future of motor sports. I tend to think it is the future, but there are some definite growing pains to be worked through. Some good reasons for Formula E to be the future of racing: It’s electric. Electric cars, along with hybrids, plug-in hybrids… Read More



Review: Leica's X-U is a pricey adventure camera

Jun 07, 10:14PM

20160606_115220 There’s a first time for everything, even for the German camera manufacturer of fame: Leica. Read More



Questions you need to ask your VC

Jun 07, 10:00PM

questions Most entrepreneurs focus on the hard economics of the deal when they negotiate with investors: percentage ownership, valuation, preferences and other terms. Those things are all important — but so is the soft stuff, especially in today’s volatile market. Read More



Google's VR prototypes give you charming and strangely expressive googly eyes

Jun 07, 9:48PM

daydreamheader How best to represent a person in virtual space? A square with their avatar picture on it? Too Slack. A custom face crafted with a million sliders? Too Second Life. A 3D scan of their face? Too “Lawnmower Man.” Then perhaps… a cartoon representation of the headset the user is wearing, with giant googly eyes on the front? You, my friend, are crazy like a fox. Read More



Secret's founder returns with Bold, a Medium for enterprise

Jun 07, 8:26PM

David Byttow Bold David Byttow learned just how much goes unsaid inside companies while he was running Secret. Blasting private information out publicly causes harassment, which led Secret to flame out and give investors back some of their money. But now Byttow is channeling his insight into a new startup called Bold, which he tells me is a “platform for writing long-form content at work. Use cases… Read More



Google's new app makes your iOS Live Photos less shaky and more awesome

Jun 07, 8:20PM

loop 2 By design, most people don’t really think about Apple’s Live Photos. You take your still photos as you always would, and iOS captures extra footage and makes a little animation out of it. Sometimes these animations are amazing – little free gems that you never would’ve nabbed otherwise. Often, they’re blurry, shaky messes that you won’t want. Google just… Read More



Good for PoC launching to identify inclusive tech companies

Jun 07, 8:05PM

women of color It’s hard to know which tech companies will be good to work for, until you’re actually there. Sure, there’s Glassdoor, but that doesn’t let you see what it’s like to work somewhere if you’re a person of color — especially since most tech companies are predominantly white. Enter Good for PoC. Founded by Amélie Lamont, the woman of color who accused… Read More



T-Mobile thanks customers with a new freebies app that hasn't worked all day

Jun 07, 7:22PM

TmobileTuesdaysLogo_low Hey T-Mobile, this is not how you go about thanking your customers! Yesterday, the mobile operator announced its latest “un-carrier” move – this time, its latest gimmick involves giving away stock to T-Mobile customers and the launch of an app called “T-Mobile Tuesdays” that’s full of freebies. Unfortunately, that app has been down all day as… Read More



The unsexiest trillion-dollar startup

Jun 07, 7:17PM

Flexport Steve Jobs went ballistic when public shipping manifests leaked the existence of the iPhone 3G. That’s about the only time something exciting happened in the freight forwarding business. The circulatory system of the global economy is a trillion-dollar industry, yet no one really talks about it, or builds tech for it. That’s what makes freight such a massive disruption opportunity… Read More



Software is still eating the world

Jun 07, 7:00PM

softwareworld Marc Andreessen penned his famous “Why Software Is Eating the World” essay five years ago. Today, the idea that “every company needs to become a software company” is considered almost a cliché. But while the inclination to not be “disrupted” by startups or competitors is useful, it’s also not exactly practical. Read More



Google launches new certification program for software development agencies

Jun 07, 5:35PM

unnamed (14) Google today announced a new certification program for development agencies. The idea behind the program is to recognize agencies that “have undergone the required training and have demonstrated excellence in building Android applications,” a Google spokesperson tells us. In total, 13 agencies in India, Russia, U.K. and U.S. have already been certified since Google first… Read More



Tivoli Audio's founder launches a Kickstarter campaign for his new company's internet radios

Jun 07, 5:26PM

Como Audio Over the past several years, Massachusetts-based Tivoli Audio has made a name for itself with high-end internet radios, combining classic aesthetics with online connectivity that lets users, say, listen to region NPR stations from around the country, among other things. Back in March, the company’s founder Tom DeVesto (who also helped lead Cambridge Soundworks, once upon a time)… Read More




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