Roger
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Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Roger upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Sandrine
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almost 5 years ago
Woman Who Survived Las Vegas Shooting Dies
Woman Injured in Las Vegas Shooting Dies 2 Years LaterTwo years after a horrific attack at a Las Vegas hotel became the deadliest shooting in modern American history, a California woman who was shot and paralyzed that night has died.The woman, Kim Gervais, 57, was a count...continued
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Alvah
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almost 5 years ago
Facebook announces dates for its 2020 F8 developers conference
Facebook announces dates for its 2020 F8 developers conference – TechCrunchFacebook announced its plans for its F8 annual developer conference, which is where the company shows off its latest technology, apps and its vision for the future. The company says the next event ...continued
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almost 5 years ago
Why do billions of people still not have glasses?
Why do billions of people still not have glasses?Making spacecraft is not a job in which you can afford to be slapdash.At Lockheed Martin, for example, it used to take a technician two painstaking days to measure 309 locations for certain fasteners on a particular curved ...continued
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almost 5 years ago
Factbox: Technology for Alphabet's futuristic smart city dream in Toronto
Factbox: Technology for Alphabet's futuristic smart city dream in TorontoTORONTO (Reuters) - Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Sidewalk Labs released a detailed overview on Friday of the futuristic technology it intends to incorporate in the smart city it wants to build in Toronto.The...continued
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Roger
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almost 5 years ago
Hey Roku, Maybe User-Created Screensavers Are a Bad Idea
Hey Roku, Maybe User-Created Screensavers Are a Bad IdeaHumans can be wonderful. We can also be gross, horny, and prone to abusing any type of power given to us. Like, for instance, the ability to create Roku screensavers.While most Roku screensavers are your typical fare...continued
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almost 5 years ago
WeWork May Lay Off Thousands
WeWork May Lay Off ThousandsMr. Claure said that he would share his plans for the company’s future at an all-employees meeting that was originally scheduled for Tuesday but will now take place on Friday.The layoffs represent the human cost of a remarkable reversal in WeWo...continued
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almost 5 years ago
SoftBank and Line Corp. Seek to Create a Japanese Internet Giant
SoftBank and Line Corp. Seek to Create a Japanese Internet GiantTOKYO — Two weeks ago, SoftBank Group of Japan announced it had lost billions on soured investments in some of the world’s biggest tech start-ups. On Monday, it said it was ready to roll the dice again.The co...continued
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almost 5 years ago
7 Podcasts for the Movie Buff
7 Podcasts for the Movie BuffFall is both the best and busiest time to be a movie fan, as we enter awards season — that thrilling period when the studios (and increasingly the streaming services) trot out their best hopes for Oscar glory. This year’s entries also arrive d...continued
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Hank
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almost 5 years ago
Oklahoma judge reduces Johnson & Johnson payout in opioid case to $465 million
Oklahoma judge reduces Johnson & Johnson opioid payout to $465 million(Reuters) - An Oklahoma judge on Friday said Johnson & Johnson must pay that state $465 million for fueling the opioid epidemic through the deceptive marketing of painkillers, down from his orig...continued
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Torey
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almost 5 years ago
Google is scaling back its weekly all-hands meetings after leaks, Sundar Pichai tells staff
Google is scaling back its weekly all-hands meetings after leaks, CEO tells staffGoogle’s weekly town halls, internally known as “TGIF” meetings, have been emblematic of the company’s professed belief in a transparent corporate culture, giving employees a chance to talk w...continued
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almost 5 years ago
Commercetools raises $145M from Insight for Shopify-style e-commerce APIs for large enterprises
Commercetools raises $145M from Insight for Shopify-style e-commerce APIs for large enterprises – TechCrunchGlobal retail e-commerce is expected to be a $25 trillion business this year, and today one of the companies that has built a set of tools to help larger enterprise...continued
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almost 5 years ago
Waymo expands self-driving services to include B2B car parts delivery trial
Waymo expands self-driving services to include B2B car parts delivery trial – TechCrunchSelf-driving vehicle technology company Waymo has expanded its business relationship with automotive retail company AutoNation, the companies announced today. The new extension builds ...continued
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almost 5 years ago
Amperity acquires Custora to improve its customer data platform
Amperity acquires Custora to improve its customer data platform – TechCrunchAmperity announced today that it’s acquiring another company in the customer data business, Custora.Amperity co-founder and CEO Kabir Shahani told me that Custora’s technology complements what Amp...continued
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Alvah
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almost 5 years ago
Africa: more gazelles at home than unicorn IPOs abroad
Africa can list more gazelles at home than unicorn IPOs abroad – TechCrunchAt the recent TechCrunch Disrupt SF, Senegalese VC investor Marieme Diop suggested that Silicon Valley’s unicorn IPO model might not be right for African startups.The is largely because the contine...continued
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almost 5 years ago
From a Sewing Needle to a Laser Cutter, a New Approach to Fashion
From a Sewing Needle to a Laser Cutter, a New Approach to FashionWho or what inspired you to go into your field?When I was 16 I moved to Amsterdam, because there was no high school in my town, and that’s when I became aware of fashion, both because it was around me and be...continued
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Hank
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almost 5 years ago
Here's How To Make Your SaaS Marketing Strategy Generate Revenue
Here's How To Make Your SaaS Marketing Strategy Generate RevenueEntrepreneurs who venture into the SaaS industry are often fueled by the passion of building phenomenal products that can change their customers's lives, but also consider marketing and sales central to reali...continued
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almost 5 years ago
AI-generated fake content could unleash a virtual arms race
AI-generated fake content could unleash a virtual arms raceWhen it comes to AI’s role in making online content, Kristin Tynski, VP of digital marketing firm Fractl, sees an opportunity to boost creativity. But a recent experiment in AI-generated content left her a bit sha...continued
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almost 5 years ago
How to Use Behavioral Data to Inform Marketing Decisions
How to Use Behavioral Data to Inform Marketing DecisionsIf someone you’ve never met before, hands you their phone, and asks you to detect as much as possible about them simply from the contents of their phone, could you do it? Chances are, you’d be able to tell quite a lo...continued
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almost 5 years ago
Work permit delays disrupt foreign workers’ career plans
Work permit delays disrupt foreign workers’ career plans – TechCrunchImmigration advocates are rightly fretting over the Trump administration’s newhealth insurance mandateand efforts todismantle the asylum system. But away from the spotlight, another crisis is quietly bre...continued
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almost 5 years ago
Helping veteran entrepreneurs develop business skills
Helping veterans develop business skills as entrepreneursNEW YORK - Every year, about 250,000 U.S. military members leave the service and enter the workforce, and one in five tries to start their own business.While the military focuses on leadership development, entrepren...continued
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almost 5 years ago
The reigning queen of American reality TV
The reigning queen of American reality TVThe BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to entrepreneur and reality TV star Lisa Vanderpump.Lisa Vanderpump says she has appeared in more reality TV programmes ...continued
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almost 5 years ago
Marketing on TikTok: Separating Fact and Fiction About This Buzzy Short-Video App
The Marketing on TikTok Report from eMarketerThere's no question TikTok is enjoying a lot of buzz right now. But there are a lot of uncertainties about how many people use the short-video app, what advertisers can do with it, and what the opportunities and risks are.How m...continued
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almost 5 years ago
How GOP-linked PR firms use Google’s ad platform to harvest email addresses
How GOP-linked PR firms use Google’s ad platform to harvest email addressesIt also owns and runs a supposed news site called Conservative Buzz and, under that banner, it's been running Google Ads like this:Which lead those who click on them to webpages like this:The ads a...continued
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Allene
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almost 5 years ago
Here's the real scoop on whether you can make money from a multi-level marketing company
Stella and Dot Calling Your Name? Or Scentsy? Here’s The Real Deal On Profiting (Or Not) From a Multi Level Marketing Co. Earning extra money on the side sounds great, but signing up with an MLM might not be the cash cow that your friends’ social media posts would have yo...continued
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almost 5 years ago
Disney is investing big in streaming. Here's why
Disney is investing big in streaming. Here's whyDisney+ has arrived to try and reshape the streaming landscape. CNN Business' Frank Pallotta explains how and what it all could mean for Disney's other businesses.Source: CNNPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:The Walt Disney Com...continued
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