Jany
@Jany
446 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Jany upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Alexzander @Alexzander - over 3 years ago
Link-in-bio monetization platform Snipfeed raises a $5.5M seed round
The link-in-bio business is heating up as more mobile website builders compete for a coveted slice of real estate on a creator’s TikTok, Instagram or Twitter. Linktree leads the space, securing a recent $45 million Series B raise to build out e-commerce features, but Beac...continued
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Hulda @Hulda - over 3 years ago
How one founder bucked the data-driven trend and created a startup based on inspiration
How one founder bucked the data-driven trend and created a startup based on Oleg Stavitsky and his co-founders started Endel, they didn’t necessarily expect for it to become a venture-backed business with the likes of Amazon’s Alexa Fund as investors. Stavitsky and his f...continued
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Anderson @Anderson - over 3 years ago
Instagram tests ads in its Shop tab
Instagram is further investing in its e-commerce business, Instagram Shops, with the launch of a new advertising product, Ads in Instagram Shop. The company says it’s currently testing the new format, which includes both single images and the option for an image carousel,...continued
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Meggie @Meggie - over 3 years ago
Silicon Valley should fight its stigma against military work
Dr. Phil Wagner is the founder and CEO of Sparta Science. After receiving his medical degree from USC, he was frustrated by the lack of evidence-based approaches to performance and injury prevention within sports, the military and occupational health, inspiring him to cre...continued
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Roger @Roger - over 3 years ago
Jury decides Apple should pay $300 million in patent dispute
Apple must pay $300 million in royalties following a retrial in a patent dispute, a Texas jury determined Friday. As reported by Reuters, the jury found that Apple should pay patent company Optis Wireless Technology and its related companies because the technology Apple u...continued
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Giovanni @Giovanni - over 3 years ago
Growth roundup: Storytelling for startups, early-stage influencers, retail media spend
“I like to think of successful brand-building as creating a company that customers would be upset to separate from their identity,” growth marketing expert Julian Shapiro told us earlier this week. “For example, they’d cease to be the man with Slack stickers all over his ...continued
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Jany @Jany - over 3 years ago
Got (Breast) Milk? | History Today
A trend has arisen on social media in recent years for celebrity mothers to post photos of themselves breastfeeding. The purported intention is to celebrate women’s bodies and to normalise breastfeeding. They join a long tradition: images of staged lactation for the publi...continued
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Bobby @Bobby - over 3 years ago
GM is adding to two new zero-emission commercial vehicles to its lineup
GM is adding two new zero-emission commercial vehicles to its Motors said Wednesday it is adding two new zero-emissions vehicles to its commercial portfolio as it looks to expand its first-to-last-mile business arm, BrightDrop.The first vehicle will be a battery electric...continued
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Ariel @Ariel - over 3 years ago
How to Locate Your Complete Vaccination Record
With more and more cities and business considering demanding proof of COVID vaccination before allowing you to do fun pre-pandemic things like see a movie or eat at an indoor restaurant, you have probably already thought about what you would do if you lost your vaccinatio...continued
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Geovany @Geovany - over 3 years ago
Uber CEO calls Massachusetts gig economy ballot measure the ‘right answer’
Uber CEO calls Massachusetts gig economy ballot measure the ‘right CEO Dara Khosrowshahi expressed his support Wednesday for a ballot initiative in Massachusetts that would keep gig economy workers classified as independent contractors, fulfilling a promise he made nearl...continued
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Felicita @Felicita - over 3 years ago
Surfside, a marketing technology for the cannabis space, inhales $4 million
Surfside, a data and marketing platform aimed directly at the cannabis industry, has today announced the close of a $4 million seed round led by Casa Verde. The firm’s managing partner, Karan Wadhera, will join the Surfside board.The startup is relatively new, but helmed ...continued
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Ezequiel @Ezequiel - over 3 years ago
Upscribe, raising $4M, wants to drive subscription-first DTC brand growth
Upscribe founder and CEO Dileepan Siva watched the retail industry make a massive shift to subscription e-commerce for physical products over the past decade, and decided to get in it himself in 2019.The Los Angeles-based company, developing subscription software for dire...continued
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Jany @Jany - over 3 years ago
Treading Lightly In Abortion Politics, Biden Still Manages To Annoy Both Sides
The president is one of a disappearing group of politicians who sought moderate compromises on abortion. His supporters want faster changes. But abortion opponents are also taking him to task.
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Giovanni @Giovanni - over 3 years ago
Renault and China's Geely will form a hybrid-focused joint venture in Asia
Renault is looking to revive flagging sales in China. It has agreed to set up a joint venture with a major auto manufacturer in the country. Renault will share tech and resources with Geely (which owns Volvo and Polestar) to bring Renault-branded hybrid vehicles to China....continued
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Giles @Giles - over 3 years ago
Seeking nominations for the executives who are leading the marketing tech industry
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Teagan @Teagan - over 3 years ago
The next generation of global payments: Afterpay + Square
Dana Stalder is a partner at Matrix Partners. The former commercial chief (Product, Sales and Marketing) at PayPal, he now leads fintech investing at Matrix Partners, where he also invests in consumer marketplaces and enterprise software. More posts by this contribut...continued
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Jany @Jany - over 3 years ago
Welcome back, NFL: Recap everything that happened this offseason, from QB trades to big signings
7:05 AM ETThough the COVID-19 pandemic appears far from over, the NFL gradually regained a semblance of normalcy during the 2021 offseason. The draft returned to being a live event, as thousands of fans flocked to the banks off Lake Erie in Cleveland. Players reported for...continued
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Iva @Iva - over 3 years ago
Facebook’s business is doing better than ever
If you pay even the slightest attention to tech news, you’ve probably recently seen nonstop criticism of Facebook’s handling of COVID-19 misinformation, along with a barrage of negative headlines tied to a new book about the company called An Ugly Truth.These headlines ge...continued
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Maria @Maria - over 3 years ago
7 Top Ways To Make Money Online
Why would anyone want to make money online? Well, firstly you can work from anywhere in the world that you can get an internet connection. Secondly, you can create an incredible income even if you only have a few hours a day. So if you want freedom, flexibility and want t...continued
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Cynthia @Cynthia - over 3 years ago
Norby raises $3.8M for an all-in-one creator marketing platform
Early in the pandemic, Nick Gerard, Steven Layne, and Samantha Safer Valentine had a hit on their hands. In the era before Zoom fatigue set in, the trio launched Mainstream Live, a website and newsletter that curated live virtual events across platforms and gave people te...continued
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Jany @Jany - over 3 years ago
Are Bone Conduction Headphones Worth the Hype?
Would you try a pair of headphones that rests on your cheekbones and sends audio to your ears through your bones? This is possible through a technology called “bone conduction,” and it’s most used in consumer headphones. These products aren’t too expensive and may be a go...continued
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Jany @Jany - over 3 years ago
Sweden's Klarna buys influencer marketing platform APPRL - Reuters
Swedish payments firm Klarna said on Tuesday it had acquired influencer marketing software firm APPRL as it looked to tap into strong growth in shopping across social media channels.
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Jany @Jany - over 3 years ago
Sri Lanka v India T20 postponed after Krunal Pandya's positive COVID test - Reuters
The second Twenty20 international between Sri Lanka and India, scheduled for Tuesday in Colombo, has been pushed back by a day after India's Krunal Pandya tested positive for COVID-19, the country's cricket board (BCCI) announced hours before the game.
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Jany @Jany - over 3 years ago
Are Bone Conduction Headphones Worth the Hype?
Would you try a pair of headphones that rests on your cheekbones and sends audio to your ears through your bones? This is possible through a technology called “bone conduction,” and it’s most used in consumer headphones. These products aren’t too expensive an…
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Roger @Roger - over 3 years ago
China's escalating crackdown on business is moving stocks
A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. London CNN Business — The whims of regulators in Beijing have always posed a risk to investors looking to tap ...continued
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