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Burst breaks you out of your filter bubble on Reddit
Apr 04, 5:19PM
One of the many accusations about the trouble with Facebook – amid its data privacy concerns and enabling of Russian trolls – is that it keeps people locked into echo chambers where access to other viewpoints are limited. This is a common problem across social media, people are beginning to realize. A new app called […]
Millennials could be the answer to government malaise
Apr 04, 4:30PM
Millennials are on the move. And they're moving to cities. According to CityLab, the number of 25- to 34-year-olds will increase each year in the United States through 2024, rising from 44.1 million in 2015 to 47.6 million in 2024. This is the time of life when millennials are most likely to live in urban areas. Why does this matter?
April Underwood is now Slack's chief product officer
Apr 04, 4:22PM
Former Twitter product lead April Underwood is getting another promotion this morning, now rising to the role of chief product officer of what aims to be the dead-simple employee communications platform Slack, according to Fortune. Underwood previously served as director of product at Twitter, where she worked for five years before joining Slack as its […]
Facebook rewrites Terms of Service, clarifying device data collection
Apr 04, 4:00PM
Facebook is spelling out in plain English how it collects and uses your data in rewritten versions of its Terms of Service and Data Use Policy, though it’s not asking for new rights to collect and use your data or changing any of your old privacy settings.The public has seven days to comment on the […]
Skimlinks CEO & founder Navarro moves on, hands reigns to new CEO
Apr 04, 3:45PM
Founders don't always see a startup all the way through to an "exit". It happens a lot more often than you realise. In fact, it's quite often the case in Silicon Valley, despite the mythic status the ‘founder story’ has attained there in recent times. So it's actually a sign of maturity that founders in […]
Amazon is bringing hands-free Alexa to Fire 7 and Fire HD 8 tablets
Apr 04, 2:44PM
Amazon is bringing “hands-free” access to Alexa – a feature currently found on its flagship Fire HD 10 tablet – to the rest of its Fire tablet line, the company announced this morning. Starting this week, owners of either the Fire 7 and the Fire HD 8 (2017) will be able to launch Alexa using […]
Is venture capital ready for companies with no founders?
Apr 04, 2:30PM
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) -- a funding mechanism based on the technology behind cryptocurrencies like bitcoin -- are a hot new way to launch a startup, and they're forcing investors to look at the startup process anew. Venture firms like mine understand that ICOs can reinvent how entrepreneurs bring innovations to life, but no one is quite sure how this will play out.
Some data science on the newly released Trump and China tariffs
Apr 04, 2:30PM
War! The Trump administration announced late last night its next daring attack on China's unfair trade practices, and it has gone straight for the jugular, announcing that it is putting tariffs on about 1330 goods including "Parts for air conditioning machines" and "Bakery ovens, including biscuit ovens." Including biscuit ovens! Without the heat emanating from […]
China's Didi Chuxing confirms it has launched a food delivery business
Apr 04, 1:57PM
Amid plenty of speculation, China’s ride-hailing leader Didi Chuxing has officially entered the food delivery space. The company, which acquired Uber’s China-based business in 2016, confirmed today it is running a pilot food delivery service in Wuxi, a city in southern Jiangsu province, with a view to expanding further. The service began on April 1, and Didi […]
Google matches 100 percent of its power consumption with renewables
Apr 04, 1:51PM
When you look at the number of datacenters the hyperscale companies are developing worldwide, it can be a little frightening from an energy usage standpoint, but Google announced today that it acquired enough renewable energy to match 100 percent of its power consumption in 2017. That’s good news, but it’s not as good as using […]
Tinder begins testing its first video feature, Tinder Loops
Apr 04, 1:32PM
Tinder is getting into video. On Wednesday, the popular dating app will begin testing its first video-based feature, Tinder Loops, with iOS users in Canada and Sweden. The company says it will evaluate how users respond to Loops before making a decision to roll it out to other markets. As you may have guessed by […]
iOS could detect when you hover your finger over the screen
Apr 04, 1:20PM
According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple could be working on new gestures for its iPhones. In addition to normal touch gestures, iOS could detect when you hover your finger over the screen to trigger some actions. When Steve Jobs introduced the first iPhone, he spent quite a bit of time demonstrating the multitouch […]
Yellow raises $9 million to launch dockless bike-share in Brazil
Apr 04, 12:50PM
Yellow, a Brazil-based mobility startup, just raised a $9 million seed round for its dockless bike-share service. Yellow was founded by Ariel Lambrecht and Renato Freitas, who sold their ride-share company 99 to Didi in a $1 billion deal earlier this year. Yellow’s third co-founder is Eduardo Musa, CEO of bike manufacturer Caloi. Yellow intends […]
Zuckerberg will testify before Congress on April 11
Apr 04, 12:44PM
Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on April 11. E&C Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) made this announcement this morning, clarifying that Zuckerberg will speak on the company’s use and protection of user data. Here’s what the Congressmen had to say in a […]
Hot security startup Duo Security opens office in Downtown Detroit
Apr 04, 12:36PM
Duo Security is opening a new office in Downtown Detroit, expanding from its headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan . The company will immediately relocate 30 team members to a shared space in Bamboo Detroit in the Madison Building and by the end of the year, and plans on moving into a 9,000 square foot space […]
Sarah Lacy launches Chairman Mom, a social platform for working mothers
Apr 04, 12:00PM
Sarah Lacy, founder of media site Pando, has unveiled her newest company, Chairman Mom. The subscription-based startup aims to provide resources to working mothers, and ultimately set them up to succeed in all areas of their lives. “One of the things that’s actually pretty distinct for us is we focus really on the woman, not […]
Facebook to exclude North American users from some privacy enhancements
Apr 04, 11:23AM
There’s no way to sugarcoat this message: Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg believes North America users of his platform deserve a lower data protection standard than people everywhere else in the world. In a phone interview with Reuters yesterday Mark Zuckerberg declined to commit to universally implementing changes to the platform that are necessary to comply with […]
Google's latest undersea cable project will connect Japan to Australia
Apr 04, 11:03AM
When you’re a company as large as Google, you need to make build versus buy decisions every day, whether that’s buying a company or building the software or renting time on an undersea cable or building your own. Today, the company announced that it’s decided to build another undersea cable. This one will run from […]
1Password replaces Teams Pro with new business plan
Apr 04, 9:00AM
Popular password manager 1Password has a new subscription product aimed at business users with larger teams. The new offering, 1Password Business, replaces the Teams Pro plan — with what’s billed as additional features and “flexibility”. (Although existing Teams Pro users can choose to say on it for now, or opt to switch to Teams or […]
500 Startups takes strategic investment from Abu Dhabi Financial Group
Apr 04, 8:14AM
500 Startups, the U.S.-headquartered VC firm hit by scandal last year after co-founder Dave McClure resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct, has announced an unconventional deal that sees Abu Dhabi Financial Group (ADFG) take a stake in its parent company. It is normal for VC firms to work closely with big corporates as LPs that […]
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