Casper
@Casper
441 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Casper upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Priscilla
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over 3 years ago
What’s on TV This Week: ‘Coded Bias’ and ‘Tina’
Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one. Here are some of the shows, specials and movies coming to TV this week, March 22-28. Details and times are subject to change.MondayINDEPENDENT LENS: CODED BIAS 10 p.m. on PBS (check local...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Maureen
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over 3 years ago
Visualping, which scans the web for changes (including new vaccination slots), raises $2 million
Years ago, Serge Salager, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur who’d taken a small company public on the Toronto Stock Exchange, was approached by deep-pocketed buyer who was interested in the business. Flattered but also nervous about who else the potential acquirer was talkin...continued
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Casper
@Casper -
over 3 years ago
Why you should book your summer vacation now
As worldwide travel slowly returns to pre-pandemic levels, Glenn Fogel, CEO of Booking Holdings, tells vacationers to beat the rush and book their summer vacations now.
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Casper upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
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over 3 years ago
EU says formal authorisation of J&J vaccine to follow shortly - Reuters
BRUSSELS, March 11 (Reuters) - European Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said on Thursday the European Commission’s formal authorisation of Johnson Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine will follow shortly, after the EU’s drug regulator recommended granting it conditional mark...continued
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Dayton
@Dayton -
over 3 years ago
Legal questions linger as governments and companies keep pushing into space
The Perseverance rover’s landing on Mars is still fresh in people’s memories, privately owned companies are ferrying people and supplies into orbit, and NASA continues to work on “the most powerful rocket” it has ever built. But as world governments and private enterprise...continued
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Elody
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over 3 years ago
What is the digital divide?
Working from "home" in a parking lot. Job interviews on laggy Zoom calls. Students trying to log onto class from a cell phone. For all of the already devastating and bitterly unequal impacts of the pandemic, a gap in internet and technology access, also known as the digit...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Moises
@Moises -
over 3 years ago
MaaS transit: The business of mobility as a service
In 2019, St. Louis Metro Transit was struggling to keep customers. Uber and Lyft, along with dockless shared bikes and scooters, had flooded streets, causing ridership to fall more than 7% in a single year.The agency didn’t try to fight for attention. Instead, it embraced...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
ashelyroberts87
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over 3 years ago
Pets - CAT Communication, Behavior and Intelligence And Their Interaction With Humans
CATSFelines have a high rearing rate. Under controlled reproducing, they can be reproduced and appeared as enlisted family pets, a leisure activity known as feline favour. Inability to control the reproducing of pet felines by spaying and fixing, and in addition the relin...continued
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Garnet
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over 3 years ago
Merck's marketing executive Michael Nally to step down - Reuters
FILE PHOTO: The Merck logo is seen at a gate to the Merck Co campus in Rahway, New Jersey, U.S., July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid(Reuters) - Merck Co said on Wednesday its Chief Marketing Officer Michael Nally will leave the company, the second top executive to d...continued
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Elliott
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over 3 years ago
Facebook unveils 'corporate human rights' policy
Facebook has unveiled a new company-wide human rights policy to firm up its commitment to “respecting human rights in our business operations, product development, policies and programming.” The new policy appears to be less of a shift of Facebook’s rules — as Bloomberg p...continued
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Kari
@Kari -
over 3 years ago
Activision Blizzard lays off 50 employees in esports restructuring
Activision Blizzard has fired less than two percent of its total workforce, or around 190 employees, according to Sports Business Journal and Bloomberg. The layoffs include 50 employees who handled esports programming and other live events, as well as personnel from King,...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Anderson
@Anderson -
over 3 years ago
Aiming to become the definitive source for location data, SafeGraph raises $45M
Aiming to become the definitive source for location data, SafeGraph raises there are plenty of companies selling data about physical locations, SafeGraph CEO Auren Hoffman said his startup is “one of the few companies to sell this data to data science teams.”For the most...continued
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Iva
@Iva -
over 3 years ago
Australia to scrutinise foreign research collaboration on 'emerging' technology - Reuters
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will draw up a list of critical and emerging technologies that are subject to restrictions on foreign research collaboration, a parliament intelligence committee heard on Thursday.Security agencies already screen international collaboration on...continued
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Liliane
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over 3 years ago
Optibus picks up $107M for a planning and operations platform aimed at mass transportation
Mass transportation is a critical part of how metropolitan areas keep moving, and today a startup that has built an AI-based platform to help mass transportation work more efficiently is announcing a huge round of funding to grow its business and tackle a new set of oppor...continued
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Allene
@Allene -
over 3 years ago
Snyk raises $300 million at a $4.7 billion valuation as employees cash in and the security compan...
Snyk, a developer of application security technology, is now worth $4.7 billion after a new fundraising and secondary sale that totaled $300 million.In all, investors have poured $470 million into the company after this new investment, which was led by Accel and Tiger Glo...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Wilmer
@Wilmer -
over 3 years ago
The 2021 Volkswagen ID. 4 ticks all the boxes, except one
Volkswagen, once a dabbler in electric vehicles, is now betting its future on the technology. And the new Volkswagen ID.4 — a five-passenger, fully electric crossover with a starting price of $33,995 (before federal or state incentives) — is its first global effort to mak...continued
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Jessika
@Jessika -
over 3 years ago
Eying sustainability gains for its supply chain, BMW backs Boston Metal’s CO2-free iron productio...
Eying sustainability gains for its supply chain, BMW backs Boston Metal’s CO2-free iron production has joined the cohort of investors that are backing Boston Metal’s carbon dioxide-free production technology for steel.The Boston-based startup had targeted a $50 million r...continued
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Jany
@Jany -
over 3 years ago
How ByteDance plans to crack the gaming industry
For the last few years, ByteDance, the parent company of short video app TikTok, has been working to diversify its revenue streams beyond advertisement and find more ways to monetize its hundreds of millions of users. One area it is targeting is gaming, which has historic...continued
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Casper
@Casper -
over 3 years ago
Legl gets $7M to help law firms upgrade to digital workflows
B2B SaaS startup Legl has bagged $7M in Series A funding led by Octopus Ventures for its platform for law firms which offers tools to streamline core business processes such as customer onboarding, due diligence and payments. Existing investors Backed, Samaip…
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Casper upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Manley
@Manley -
over 3 years ago
Sarah Everard: Human remains confirmed as those of missing woman
He was treated, discharged and returned to the police station where he is being held, after an application to extend his detention was granted by magistrates. A woman in her 30s, who was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, has been released on bail until mid-A...continued
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misehkaze
@misehkaze -
over 3 years ago
Men will leave you because of this!
You thought you had found the perfect guy. You couldn’t imagine him cheating or walking out on you. I hear this frequently in my office…why didn’t he tell you how he felt? Why did he clam up or act like everything was okay when it wasn’t? He was so into you, and you never...continued
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Emmie
@Emmie -
over 3 years ago
21-Year-Old Howard University Student Continues Family Legacy With HBCU Clothing Line
Marketing student Tahir Murray followed in his family’s footsteps by creating a clothing line focused on HBCUs. The Howard University senior designed HBCU apparel that has attracted the attention of Black NBA All-Stars such as Chris Paul.Last year, Murray participated in ...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Maureen
@Maureen -
over 3 years ago
3 Quick Steps to Get Your Message Out to a Wider Audience
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.I’ve had some service professionals — speakers, coaches, trainers, consultants — ask me what they can do to get their message out to a wider audience and start impacting more lives in 2021.It's a good question ...continued
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Josiah
@Josiah -
over 3 years ago
6 Must-Have Marketing Goals for eCommerce Stores
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.There’s no better time to get into than today. The market for online goods and services is growing rapidly, and technology is getting better at meeting the needs and expectations of consumers.But as profitable ...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Delia
@Delia -
over 3 years ago
Daily Crunch: PayPal acquires Curv
PayPal acquires a cryptocurrency startup, Apple discontinues the iMac Pro and McAfee sells its enterprise business. This is your Daily Crunch for March 8, 2021.The big story: PayPal acquires CurvThis deal will grow PayPal’s cryptocurrency team by bringing on Curv, a start...continued
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