Allene
@Allene
476 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Muriel
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almost 5 years ago
How selling citizenship is now big business
How selling citizenship is now big businessYou can be born into it, you can earn it, and you can lose it. Increasingly, you can also invest your way into it.The "it" is citizenship of a particular country, and it is a more fluid concept than ever before. Go back 50 years,...continued
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Allene
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almost 5 years ago
China NBA: How one tweet derailed the NBA's China game plan
China NBA: How one tweet derailed the NBA's China game planLast Sunday night, Daryl Morey, the General Manager of the Houston Rockets, sat in his hotel room in Tokyo, where the Rockets were playing two pre-season games against the current NBA champions, the Toronto Raptor...continued
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Jarod
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almost 5 years ago
Facebook wants Portal to be your next office webcam
Facebook wants Portal to be your next office webcamFacebook‘s Portal video chat devices will be able to run Workplace, the company’s collaboration software, so you’ll be able to make video calls at work using the Portal’s video calling technology, Facebook announced today...continued
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Allene
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almost 5 years ago
Saints LB Davis turns headband fine into charity
11:32 PM ETMETAIRIE, La. -- New Orleans Saints linebacker Demario Davis turned his $7,017 fine for wearing a "Man of God" headband into a win-win.First, Davis channeled the outspoken reaction to his fine into a charitable cause. He announced Tuesday that he has raised mor...continued
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almost 5 years ago
US government adds Chinese facial recognition firms to entity list
US government adds Chinese facial recognition firms to entity listThe blacklisted tech companies include Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. and Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., which are two of the largest video surveillance firms in the world. Both companies have ca...continued
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Adelia
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almost 5 years ago
California Bans Deepfakes in Porn and Politics
California Bans Deepfakes in Porn and PoliticsAMD's Next Big Graphics Card Sure Sounds Like It Will Be Cheap and PowerfulSource: Gizmodo.comPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:California • Advanced Micro Devices • Video card •
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Sandrine
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almost 5 years ago
‘Stand With Hong Kong’? Not When N.B.A.’s Chinese Fortune Is on the Line
Why the N.B.A. Apologized to China Over Daryl Morey’s Tweet About Hong KongHONG KONG — The N.B.A. is widely seen as the most permissive of the major American sports leagues when it comes to freewheeling speech, allowing its athletes and other representatives to speak out ...continued
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Priscilla
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almost 5 years ago
NASA launches a new Earth-like planet hunting telescope using a giant balloon
NASA launches a new planet-hunting telescope using a giant balloon – TechCrunchA new telescope will seek out planets that resemble Earth from a height of around 125,000 feet, using special optical technology that will filter out light from the stars they orbit to provide ...continued
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Alvah
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almost 5 years ago
Disney Bans Netflix Ads As Streaming's Marketing Wars Intensify
Disney Bans Netflix Ads As Streaming's Marketing Wars IntensifyDisney is banning advertising from Netflix across its entertainment TV networks , according the The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter. It's "a sign that the marketing wars over stream...continued
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Maureen
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almost 5 years ago
IronSource, a mobile adtech startup, confirms $400M+ raise at $1+ valuation
IronSource, a mobile adtech startup, confirms $400M+ raise at $1B+ valuation – TechCrunchOn the same day that two Israeli-founded adtech startups, Taboola and Outbrain, announced a merger to create a $2 billion company, another Israel-founded company focusing on advertisi...continued
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Allene
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almost 5 years ago
Behind the GM strike: Declining productivity at U.S. operations: Reuters analysis
Behind the GM strike: Declining productivity at U.S. operations(Reuters) - General Motors Co’s (GM.N) U.S. workforce productivity has declined since the automaker recovered from a 2009 bankruptcy, even as its profit per employee has risen, a Reuters analysis shows.Those t...continued
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Angus
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almost 5 years ago
Snaplogic raises $72M more for its enterprise data integration platform
Snaplogic raises $72M more for its enterprise data integration platform – TechCrunchCloud services and the adoption of apps that rely on them continue to grow in popularity, but a persistent theme in enterprise technology has been that a lot of organizations still continu...continued
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Marie
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almost 5 years ago
India’s Udaan raises $585M to expand its B2B e-commerce platform
India’s Udaan raises $585M to expand its B2B e-commerce platform – TechCrunchUdaan, a three-year-old business-to-business e-commerce platform in India, has raised more than half a billion dollars in a new financing round as it looks to bring more kirana stores (neighborho...continued
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Ryleigh
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almost 5 years ago
Cardless ATMs Are Here, and So Are Cardless ATM Scams
Cardless ATMs Are Here, and So Are Cardless ATM ScamsThe 'One Cent' Big Mac on DoorDash Is Not Really One CentSource: Lifehacker.comPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Automated teller machine • Automated teller machine • Big Mac • DoorDash •
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Roger
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almost 5 years ago
Tiny acquires Meteor
Tiny acquires Meteor – TechCrunchCanadian technology holding company Tiny, home to companies like Dribble, Flow and Unicorn Hunt, today announced that it has acquired Meteor, the JavaScript-centric open-source app platform.Meteor launched back in 2011, and, while it was a...continued
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Teagan
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almost 5 years ago
Inside McDonald's marketing changes, rising CMOs, and Quartz's membership model
Inside McDonald's marketing changes, rising CMOs, and Quartz's membership modelGood morning! One of our big stories of the past week was the agency change at McDonald's, from advertising correspondent Patrick Coffee. Patrick obtained an internal doc from the new agency, W...continued
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Elvie
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almost 5 years ago
How to Use Excel's Xlookup, the Newer and More Powerful Vlookup
How to Use Excel's Xlookup, the Newer and More Powerful VlookupThese Are the Best Airports to Get Stuck InSource: Lifehacker.comPowered by NewsAPI.org
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Casper
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almost 5 years ago
Hyundai is getting into the flying car business
Hyundai is getting into the flying car business – TechCrunchHyundai Motor Group has launched a new air mobility division aimed at developing technology for the commercialization of flying cars, the latest company to dive into the emerging industry.The division will be led...continued
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Juliet
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almost 5 years ago
UPS Now Runs the First Official Drone Airline
UPS Now Runs the First Official Drone AirlineAmerica’s newest airline will never cram you into a too-tight seat. It won’t charge too much money for too-terrible food. It won’t strand you on the tarmac without explanation. Actually, it won’t carry you anywhere at all—but i...continued
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Allene
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almost 5 years ago
Pitch, a presentation startup from Wunderlist’s founders, raises $30M more to take on PowerPoint
Pitch, a presentation startup from Wunderlist’s founders, raises $30M more to take on PowerPoint – TechCrunchThe software industry is no spring chicken, and that fact has now brought us to an interesting moment in technology. Some of the biggest legacy apps — ubiquitous a...continued
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Allene
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almost 5 years ago
Dell's UltraSharp curved monitor is $300 off, includes $100 gift card
Dell's UltraSharp curved monitor is $300 off, includes $100 gift cardWe're using cookies to improve your experience. Click Here to find out more.Source: MashablePowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Dell • Dell monitors • Computer monitor • Gift card •
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Juliet
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almost 5 years ago
This take-home tech changes engagement ring shopping forever
This take-home tech changes engagement ring shopping foreverSource: MashablePowered by NewsAPI.org
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Muriel
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almost 5 years ago
Meal replacement company Soylent adds mint chocolate flavor
Meal replacement company Soylent adds mint chocolate flavor – TechCrunchThe meal replacement company Soylent Nutrition, Inc. has added a mint chocolate flavor to its line of drinks and snacks.“Our new Mint Chocolate Drink requested by our fans was engineered by Soylent’s ...continued
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Ismael
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almost 5 years ago
YouTuber Caspar Lee co-founds Influencer marketing platform, raises £3M Series A
YouTuber Caspar Lee co-founds Influencer marketing platform, raises £3M Series A – TechCrunchDespite the inexorable rise of social media influencers, several problems remain when it comes to brands trying to use these stars to push their products. The marketing tools and ...continued
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Bart
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almost 5 years ago
Alibaba unveils its own AI chip for cloud computing
Alibaba unveils its own AI chip for cloud computingThe company is already using the chip for parts of its business, including product search and automatic translations for its e-commerce sites, as well as for advertising and personalized recommendations. Alibaba told CNBC...continued
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