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There's no 'perfect time' for giving employees feedback
Nov 06, 10:58PM
You can't put performance feedback on hold until you have everything ironed out. The pace of business today is too quick to wait for the perfect time, because the "perfect time" may be too late or worse, it may never come at all.
HP confirms it is having discussions with Xerox about being acquired
Nov 06, 10:19PM
Rumors have been flying today about Xerox possibly buying HP Inc., the printer and computer company. The company issued a public statement this afternoon confirming that there are talks ongoing, and that it will do whatever is in the best interest of shareholders. The Wall Street Journal got things rolling earlier today when it published […]
Can't find the new Apple TV+ shows, like 'Dickinson?' This shortcut can help.
Nov 06, 8:38PM
The Apple TV app is so bad, someone had to create a shortcut just to make it easier to navigate to the new Apple TV+ content. Apple may have invested billions in its Apple TV+ streaming service and hosted star-studded events to tout its new shows, but what it apparently didn’t do is give much […]
The first hires are the hardest
Nov 06, 8:20PM
Money is usually too tight to pay competitive salaries, there's no recognizable brand or reputation yet and most people would prefer to work at a company their friends and family have heard of before. Who wants to take a job that might not be around in a year?
California accuses Facebook of ignoring subpoenas in state's Cambridge Analytica investigation
Nov 06, 6:54PM
California’s attorney general Xavier Becerra has accused Facebook of “continuing to drag its feet” by failing to provide documents to the state’s investigation into Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. The attorney general said in a court filing Wednesday that Facebook had provided a “patently deficient” response to two sets of subpoenas for the previously undisclosed investigation […]
Airbnb to verify all of its listings
Nov 06, 6:43PM
Airbnb says it will rebook guests if a property fails to meets its new "accuracy standards" beginning next month.
Exclusive: Tony Blair on regulating Big Tech, Facebook, Russia, China and Brexit
Nov 06, 6:38PM
As history tells us, the break-up of “Big Oil” and “Big Telco” in the past led to more competition and innovation. What to do in the era of “Big Tech?” Living in 2019, we know more than ever before about how Big Tech, particularly in the shape of Facebook, Twitter and Google — as the […]
Microsoft has big plans for its new Edge browser
Nov 06, 6:30PM
Microsoft is setting itself some high goals for its new Chromium-based Edge browser. As Chuck Friedman, the corporate vice president for Edge told me, he wants Edge to hit one billion users — a number that would start to rival Chrome’s numbers. First, though, Friedman’s team has to get version 1.0 of Edge out to […]
Tinder's interactive video series 'Swipe Night' is going international next year
Nov 06, 5:58PM
Tinder’s big experiment with interactive content — the recently launched in-app series called “Swipe Night” — was a success. According to Tinder parent company Match during its Q3 earnings this week, “millions” of Tinder users tuned in to watch the show’s episodes during its run in October, and this drove double-digit increases in both matches and […]
Google enlists mobile security firms to help rid Google Play of bad Android apps
Nov 06, 5:25PM
Google has partnered with mobile security firms ESET, Lookout and Zimperium to combat the scourge of malicious Android apps that sneak into the Google Play app store. The announcement came Wednesday, with each company confirming their part in the newly created App Defense Alliance. Google said it’s working with the companies to “stop bad apps […]
Elon Musk will reveal Tesla's 'Cybertruck' all-electric pickup on Nov. 21
Nov 06, 4:30PM
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that the company will unveil its all-electric “cybertruck” November 21 in Los Angeles near the serial entrepreneur’s other company, SpaceX. The date just so happens to coincide with the LA Auto Show. However, this is a Tesla event and not associated with the auto show in downtown Los Angeles. […]
Immigrants from China and India can accelerate the green card process
Nov 06, 4:16PM
Securing a green card can feel overwhelming for people in Silicon Valley who were born in India and China. But with the right help and guidance from a skilled immigration attorney, the process can be simpler, smoother and more successful.
Restaurants using the Ordermark order management service now get special deals from Uber Eats
Nov 06, 4:00PM
In a new deal tying Uber Eats closer to the Los Angeles-based delivery management service Ordermark, the companies are offering special discounts to restaurants that use the service. Uber Eats is giving all Ordermark restaurants a preferred fee rate, waiving the upfront set-up fee, and fully eliminating the need for the Uber Eats tablet in […]
Amazon is planning a $40M robotics hub near Boston
Nov 06, 3:46PM
Amazon announced a plan today to build a $40 million, 350,000-square-foot robotics innovation hub in Westborough, Mass. The new facility will bring 200 technology and advanced manufacturing jobs when it opens in 2021. The new facility will include corporate offices, research and development labs and a robotics manufacturing space. The company said that this new […]
Stealth fintech startup Digits raises $10.5 million Series A from Benchmark and others
Nov 06, 3:11PM
Stealth fintech startup Digits, from the same team that built Crashlytics to scale then sold to Twitter for more than $100 million, has raised a $10.5 million round of Series A funding, the company is announcing today. The round was led by Benchmark and has the backing of 72 angels, including founders and CEOs from […]
Niantic will open Pokémon GO Pokéstop submissions to players worldwide next week
Nov 06, 3:00PM
Pokémon GO and games like it can’t exist without waypoints — the in-game locations that correlate to real-world points of interest, acting as the Pokéstops, gyms, etc. The more waypoints they have around the world, the better the game becomes. But building up these databases of waypoints is tough. A company can’t do it alone; […]
Wardrobe picks up $1.5 million for a new fashion rental marketplace
Nov 06, 3:00PM
Wardrobe, a new peer-to-peer fashion rental marketplace, has today announced the close of a $1.5 million seed round and its public launch out of beta. The funding was led by angel investor Cyan Banister and Ludlow Ventures, with participation from GroundUp Ventures, Airbnb co-founder Nate Blecharczyk and HQ Trivia founder Rus Yusupov, among others. Wardrobe […]
Niantic will soon let small businesses pay to have a Pokémon GO Pokéstop
Nov 06, 3:00PM
Sponsored locations aren’t new to Niantic games. Companies like Sprint, McDonald’s and AT&T have had sponsored locations in games like Pokémon GO and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite for a long while now. The idea: by turning your business into a big in-game beacon and giving players some reason to stop by, you increase foot traffic. […]
WhatsApp says it will let you control if and how you get added to Groups (for real this time)
Nov 06, 2:44PM
WhatsApp, the popular messaging app owned by Facebook, has faced a lot of controversy over the role that Groups plays on the platform — both for Groups’ role in spreading spam, misinformation or worse, and for the fact that it can be very hard (actually impossible) to control when you are added, except by blocking […]
Elon Musk says SpaceX's Starship could fly for as little as $2 million per launch
Nov 06, 2:31PM
SpaceX’s goal has long been to achieve truly reusable rocket launch capabilities, and for good reason: The company anticipates huge cost savings through re-usable rocketry versus expendable launch vehicles, which SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has described as a process akin to an airline throwing away their passenger aircraft every time they complete a flight. They’ve […]
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