Marlon
@Marlon
418 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Marlon upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Jerrold
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over 4 years ago
Sleeker Lidar Moves Volvo Closer to Selling a Self-Driving Car
If any automaker has made its name synonymous with safety, it’s Volvo. The Swedish outfit’s marketing department deserves some credit there, for sure, but they’ve got good stuff to work with. Over the decades, Volvo has led the industry with three-point seatbelts, rear-fa...continued
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Marlon
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over 4 years ago
Microsoft's revamped Surface Go 2 gets a larger screen and LTE
MicrosoftWhile the Go 2 certainly doesn't have the razor-thin screen bezels we've seen on modern laptops like Dell's XPS 13, or even what we saw on the Surface Pro X, it's still nice to see Microsoft shave off a bit of screen border. And the new 10.5-inch screen should ma...continued
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over 4 years ago
CTA asks the US government for tariff exemptions on robotics, drones and 3D printers
The Consumer Technology Association penned an open letter alongside a number of other industry representatives asking the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office to loosen tariffs on a number of tech categories manufactured in China.The parties seek to widen current COVID-19-r...continued
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Immanuel
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over 4 years ago
Spin restarts scooter business in four markets
Spin, the electric scooter startup acquired by Ford in 2019 for nearly $100 million, has restarted operations in four U.S. markets as COVID-19-related closures begin to ease.The company has resumed operations in Orlando, Nashville, Columbus, Ohio and St. Louis. The ramp u...continued
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Webster
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over 4 years ago
The groundbreaking way to search lungs for Covid-19
Image copyright UCSD HEALTH Image caption The coloured area shows where the algorithm has detected pneumoniaWhen Covid-19 was at its height in China, doctors in the city of Wuhan were able to use artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to scan the lungs of thousands of pa...continued
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over 4 years ago
How to Get Free Email Forwarding from Mozilla
Photo : ShutterstockBurner emails are the best invention since Hotmail. And permanent burner emails—fake addresses you give out when signing up for services that forward to your actual email address—are even better, because they give you a little spigot for turning off a ...continued
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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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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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Rowan
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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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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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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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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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Anderson
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over 4 years ago
Zoom's web address is confusing the hell out of people
If you try calling Zoom, you may be greeted with a gruff voice asking, “Are you looking for Zoom dot-us or Zoomus Marketing?”That’s Frank Cahill, who runs a small marketing company called Zoomus out of New Jersey. You can find its website at Zoomus.com. He does not work a...continued
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over 4 years ago
Peloton launches an Android TV app
With gyms across the country closed for business, at-home exercise companies like Peloton have found an unexpected opportunity. As the connected fitness company looks to onboard new customers, they’re also expanding platform support, announcing today that they would be br...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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Patrick
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over 4 years ago
Airbnb turns to private equity to raise $1 billion
Airbnb said Monday that it has raised $1 billion in debt and equity from private equity firms Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners, even as the online rental marketplace has seen its business plummet due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. It’s...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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Nestor
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over 4 years ago
Make Your Branding and Marketing Content Pop with This Easy-to-Use $30 Digital Illustrator
May 1, 2020 2 min readDisclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you'll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners.If only given 15 minutes to co...continued
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Teagan
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over 4 years ago
Microsoft to demo Xbox Series X games on May 7th
Microsoft is planning to show off some Xbox Series X gameplay next month. The software maker will hold a special Inside Xbox stream on May 7th, with the focus squarely on games for the Xbox Series X. Microsoft’s event will include next-gen gameplay from Microsoft’s “globa...continued
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Clarissa
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over 4 years ago
Meet the Man Behind Burger King's and Popeyes' Viral Marketing Campaigns
April 14, 2020 15 min readThis story appears in the April 2020 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »Burger King had a big announcement to make: It was removing artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives from its Whoppers. But the company was in a bind. The other burger ch...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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Marlon
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over 4 years ago
The 22 Best Movies to Stream Online This Weekend—and How to Support Seattle Businesses in the Pro...
The 23 Best Movies to Stream Online This Weekend—and How to Support Seattle Businesses in the Process: April 10-12, 2020 Hand-Picked Cat Videos, Vitalina Varela, and More Movies to Watch from HomeTake a break from gazing longingly outside your window and turn your attenti...continued
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Marlon upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Zackery
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over 4 years ago
NASA Space Lasers Offer 'Fantastically Detailed' Look at the World's Ice Loss
Look at all this ice loss of the coast of western Antarctica. Gif : NASA GoddardThe ice sheets are melting, and a new study research relies on state-of-the-art technology to reveal where the biggest losses are happening. It’s pretty freaking cool even if the results are b...continued
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Marlon upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
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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