Alexzander
@Alexzander
443 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Alexzander upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Marlon
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over 4 years ago
Sinch acquires SAP’s Digital Interconnect messaging business for $250M
M&A activity has generally slowed down in the weeks since the novel coronavirus took a grip on the world, but there have been some pockets of activity in the tech industry when the price is right or when the divestment/acquisition just makes sense.The world of messagi...continued
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Alexzander upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
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over 4 years ago
Classplus raises $9M to grow its Shopify-like platform for teachers and coaching centers in India
An India-based startup that has built a Shopify -like platform for coaching centers to accept fees digitally from students, and deliver classes and study material online has received the nod — and capital — from a number of high-profile investors.The business-to-business ...continued
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over 4 years ago
Google announces a Journalism Emergency Relief Fund for local newsrooms
Google is offering financial support to local newsrooms hit by the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of its Google News Initiative.The company isn’t disclosing the size of what it’s calling its Journalism Emergency Relief Fund, but in a blog post, Google ...continued
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over 4 years ago
Report: Uber CTO Resigns Amid Plans to Slash Up to a Fifth of the Company's Employees
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi during a product launch in San Francisco in September 2019. Photo : Philip Pacheco ( AFP via Getty Images )Taxi-hailing service Uber, which has been hemorrhaging billions for years and in the last few months has been hammered hard by the coronav...continued
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Jaydon
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over 4 years ago
‘Artemis Fowl’ is skipping theaters for Disney+
With movie theaters largely closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Disney is pushing back its slate of upcoming films. And at least one movie won’t be making it into theaters at all, with “Artemis Fowl” heading straight to streaming instead.The company announced today that ...continued
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Casper
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over 4 years ago
Uber will soon require drivers and riders to wear face coverings in the US
(CNN Business) As it anticipates a restart to its core rideshare business amid the pandemic, Uber (UBER) plans to require drivers and riders to wear face masks or face coverings when using the platform in certain countries, including the United States, CNN Business has le...continued
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Abbie
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over 4 years ago
How Adobe shifted a Las Vegas conference to executives’ living rooms in less than 30 days
How Adobe shifted a Las Vegas conference to executives’ living rooms in less than 30 days 'We actually got a lot of kudos for not trying to fake it and set up green screens with everyone in virtual situations'Adobe was scheduled to hold its annual conference in Las Vegas ...continued
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Alexander
@Alexander -
over 4 years ago
Confused about delaying your mortgage payments? You're not alone
When Mark Miano's real estate business slowed following the coronavirus shutdown, he called his mortgage company to ask about delaying payments for his home in Los Gatos, California."All they offered was a 90-day forbearance and a balloon payment at the end," he said."How...continued
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Elliott
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over 4 years ago
Los Angeles-based Frame launches mental health gateway for a pandemic-stricken generation
The story behind Frame, the startup aiming to be the nation’s gateway into the world of therapy and mental wellness, seems like a tailor-made story of American entrepreneurial success.Its co-founders, Kendall Bird and Sage Grazer, ran their first business in the Pacific P...continued
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Arvid
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over 4 years ago
COVID-hit UK startups cry out for help, as UK gov trails Europe in its response
COVID-hit UK startups cry out for help, as UK gov trails Europe in its responseThe UK government is reportedly looking at a range of options to support the startup industry, possibly involving a co-investment model involving state-owned funds (via the British Business Ban...continued
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Alvah
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over 4 years ago
Emergent BioSolutions gets $14.5M in federal funding to expedite COVID-19 plasma therapy development
Last week, we spoke to the head of Emergent BioSolutions’ Therapeutics Business Unit Dr. Laura Saward about her company’s work developing plasma-based potential treatments for COVID-19. Now, the company announced that it has received $14.5 million in funding from the Biom...continued
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over 4 years ago
US makes big bet on vaccine company with unproven technology
Unproven vaccine company, "Moderna," takes the lead in the quest to create a novel coronavirus vaccine. Moderna CEO says the company will have a vaccine go into testing in a few months.Source: CNNPowered by NewsAPI.org
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Maureen
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over 4 years ago
Why Marketing Activities and Tracking Will Help Your Ageless Startup Succeed
April 23, 2020 6 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.The following excerpt is from Rick Terrien’s Ageless Startup. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound.It’s vital that you learn how to market and sell in your niche. Re...continued
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Pablo
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over 4 years ago
Apple’s services business hits all-time record and helps lessen coronavirus impact
Apple today reported its second quarter earnings, which showed resilient growth for the company despite the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on its supply chain and retail business. Apple posted revenue of $58.3 billion — good for a 1 percent increase over this time l...continued
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Ismael
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over 4 years ago
Microsoft shares rise after the tech giant posts 15% growth
Today Microsoft reported its third-quarter, fiscal 2020 quarter earnings, the period of time corresponding to Q1 2020 on the regular calendar.The technology giant generated $35 billion in revenue, up 15% from the year-ago period. That top line led to $13 billion in operat...continued
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Rex
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over 4 years ago
Velo3D, a supplier of 3D printers to SpaceX, raises $28 million
Despite fundraising in the middle of a worldwide pandemic that has managed to shut down a significant chunk of global manufacturing, the developer of a metal composite 3D printing technology, Velo3D, has managed to raise $28 million in funding.Over the past fifteen months...continued
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Colin
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over 4 years ago
Puppet names former Cloud Foundry Foundation executive director Abbey Kearns as CTO
Puppet, the Portland-based infrastructure automation company, today announced that it has named former Cloud Foundry Foundation executive director Abby Kearns as its new CTO.Current Puppet CTO Deepak Giridharagopal will remain in his role and focus on R&D and leading ...continued
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Jessika
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over 4 years ago
Thuan Pham, who fled Vietnam as a child and became Uber’s CTO in 2013, is leaving the company
Thuan Pham, who fled Vietnam as a child and became Uber’s CTO in 2013, is leaving the companyThuan Pham, hired as Uber’s chief technology officer by former CEO Travis Kalanick back in 2013, is leaving the company in three weeks, the ride-share giant revealed today in an S...continued
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Alexzander upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Bart
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over 4 years ago
Cleo Capital’s Sarah Kunst launches a fellowship for laid-off workers
Sarah Kunst graduated from college in 2008 and went straight into the luxury marketing world with a job at Chanel.Then, the stock market collapsed and Kunst was laid off. It was that layoff, Kunst says, that brought her to the world of startups and eventually to founding ...continued
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over 4 years ago
Life in embargoed countries: the Cuban case.
Do you know how is to live in an embargoed country? Inventiveness and creative minds shake hands trying to help people to survive.Let´s check the latest article at Coil explaining the Cuban case!!#Cuba #creativeminds #embargoSource: https://cli.re/yZeQRk
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over 4 years ago
There’s a reason Trader Joe’s won’t let you order groceries for pickup or delivery
Photo : Alexi Rosenfeld ( Getty Images )As both a crowd control measure and a safety precaution for essential employees, many grocery stores have begun offering grocery pickup and/or delivery during nationwide stay-at-home orders. Online ordering forms make it simple to s...continued
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Alexzander upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Abbie
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over 4 years ago
This Office Noise Simulator Makes Working From Home Less Soul-Crushingly Lonely
Screenshot : Alice BradleyThe cutely designed microsite Reichenbergerstr 121 simulates office noise— handy if you’re working from home and you miss the sounds of working in an office, or coffee shop, or anywhere where other humans work alongside you.AdvertisementPrimary-c...continued
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Alexzander upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Alexandro
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over 4 years ago
NASA Is Using Red and Blue 3D Glasses to Safely Drive the Mars Rover While Working From Home
Photo : Andrew Liszewski ( Gizmodo ) , NASAThe next time you complain about having to put on a clean shirt for a video call, consider the challenges others have to deal with while working from home. Without access to their powerful NASA computers, the team responsible for...continued
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Alexzander upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Nelson
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over 4 years ago
The 10 Biggest Graphic Design Mistakes You Can Make in Your Marketing Pieces
April 15, 2020 5 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.The following excerpt is from Robert W. Bly’s The Content Marketing Handbook. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & NobleDesign plays an important role in the success of your content. L...continued
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Alexzander upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Sandrine
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over 4 years ago
Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 105 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements
Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced four years ago in March 2016. Apple designed the Safari Technology Preview to test features that may be introduced into future release versions of Safari.Safar...continued
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