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10:03 AM ETThe new legal sports betting market in the U.S. just experienced its busiest four-day stretch ever as the NFL season kicked off.GeoComply, a company that provides geolocation services to sportsbooks, tracked 58.2 million online transactions that took place Thur...continued

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Manley @Manley - about 3 years ago

How a Publishing Executive Spends Her Sundays

“At the beginning of Covid, you could see the evolution of readers’ needs through what was selling,” said Sanyu Dillon, the chief marketing officer for Penguin Random House. It started with a rise in interactive workbooks for children, she said. Later last spring, “baking...continued

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Angus @Angus - about 3 years ago

Samsung's larger, stretchier OLED display technology is creepy and cool

Hot on the heels of LG's "Real Folding Window" showcase, Samsung is taking its moment to shine with a new stretchable OLED display demo.At this week's Global Tech Korea 2021, Samsung presented an impressive 13-inch OLED panel that appears to stretch at varying degrees. Th...continued

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Elaina @Elaina - about 3 years ago

Data Brokers Know Where You Are—and Want to Sell That Intel

At the end of July, a Catholic priest resigned from the church, after Catholic news site The Pillar outed him by purchasing location data from a data broker on his usage of Grindr. The incident didn’t just illustrate how people can wield Grindr data against members of the...continued

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Grayce @Grayce - about 3 years ago

Republican Governors Infuriated by Biden's Vaccine Mandates

President Biden’s orders pushing millions of workers to get vaccinated were aimed at turning the tide on a pandemic that has killed 650,000 Americans. But on Friday, the mandates immediately deepened the nation’s political divisions over coronavirus vaccinations and gover...continued

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Adelia @Adelia - about 3 years ago

5 Creative and Fun Relationship Marketing Ideas to Increase Sales Without Selling

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.Modern digital marketing strategies have created blurred lines between advertising, public relations and sales. Businesses that focus primarily on strictly compartmentalized approaches, hard sales and rigid dat...continued

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Ezequiel @Ezequiel - about 3 years ago

Abu Dhabi starts marketing two-tranche bonds, document shows - Reuters

A general view of the Abu Dhabi skyline is seen, December 15, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahDUBAI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi locked in $3 billion on Wednesday with its second bond sale of the year for which it received more than $9.75 billion in orders for two tranches, ...continued

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Meggie @Meggie - about 3 years ago

Scalapay raises $155M at a $700M valuation as buy-now, pay-later services continue to boom

Scalapay, a buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) technology provider that has made significant headway with retailers and consumers in Europe and in categories like fashion, has closed a round of funding that it will be using to fuel its expansion ambitions. The startup…

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Abbie @Abbie - about 3 years ago

Real-time database platform SingleStore raises $80M more, now at a $940M valuation

Organizations are swimming in data these days, and so solutions to help manage and use that data in more efficient ways will continue to see a lot of attention and business. In the latest development, SingleStore — which provides a platform to enterprises to help them int...continued

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Meggie @Meggie - about 3 years ago

Speech recognition works for kids, and it’s about time

Speech recognition holds tremendous promise for something desperately needed in the era of COVID-19: technology that can significantly improve reading outcomes and tackle the global literacy crisis in a real and profound way.

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Adelia @Adelia - about 3 years ago

Performance marketing agency MuteSix bets on content and data to boost DTC e-commerce

Warby Parker filing to IPO last week was one more sign that direct-to-consumer (DTC) is an extremely powerful e-commerce trend. But LA-based performance marketing agency MuteSix didn’t wait that long to build its business around scaling DTC brands.Created in 2014 and acqu...continued

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jonathan turner @ukkamagranextday - about 3 years ago

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Giles @Giles - about 3 years ago

Make accessibility part of your startup’s products and culture from day one

Joe Devon is the co-founder of Diamond, a digital agency that builds accessible experiences. He is also a co-founder of Global Accessibility Awareness Day and chair of the GAAD Foundation. The world of accessibility has experienced a tipping point thanks to the pandemi...continued

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olumide olumide @johnson6752 - about 3 years ago

TURN $100,000 TO $1Million

3. Calculate the figures The next stage in accumulating $1 million in financial wealth is to perform some calculations utilizing various scenarios. There are three things to consider here: how much you can contribute to your assets on a monthly basis, how long you have to...continued

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Zackery @Zackery - about 3 years ago

AON3D closes $11.5M Series A, partners with Astrobotic to send 3D printed parts to the moon

3D printing has garnered a lot of hype, much of it for good reason: the technology has unlocked new kinds of object shapes and geometries, and it uses materials that tend to be much lighter weight than their traditionally manufactured counterparts. But there remain high b...continued

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Pablo @Pablo - about 3 years ago

McCarthy Threatens Technology Firms That Comply With Riot Inquiry

WASHINGTON — Representative Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, has threatened to retaliate against any company that complies with the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot, after the panel asked dozens of firms to preserve the phone and social me...continued

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Liliane @Liliane - about 3 years ago

Why picking a good company name is a tricky business

"Few people truly understand how hard it is to find or create a name that is easy to say, easy to spell, has meaning, conveys personality, is protectable, supports a strong domain name, and will be able to grow with the business as its strategy evolves," she says.Source: ...continued

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Grayce @Grayce - about 3 years ago

Berlin Brands Group, now valued at $1B+, raises $700M to buy and scale merchants that sell on mar...

Berlin Brands Group (BBG) — one of the new wave of e-commerce startups hoping to build lucrative economies of scale around buying up smaller brands that sell on marketplaces like Amazon and using technology to run and scale them more efficiently — has picked up a big roun...continued

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Maida @Maida - about 3 years ago

Skit raises $23M Series B round led by WestBridge Capital to accelerate its growth

“Traditional voice-based call center service is difficult and costly. This is where artificial intelligence and voice technology have presented an opportunity for enterprises to overcome the challenges of scale and engagement at their customer contact centers,” co-founder...continued

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Colin @Colin - about 3 years ago

Fire up CrunchMatch today and start networking with TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 attendees

Fire up CrunchMatch today and start networking with TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 read that right, folks. CrunchMatch, our AI-powered platform that simplifies finding and connecting with the people on your must-meet list, is now open for business. TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 takes...continued

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Meggie @Meggie - about 3 years ago

The Guardian view on the politics of work: new times | Editorial

The balance of power in less well-paid sectors is changing for the better. Labour can benefitThe first Covid lockdown inspired an outpouring of gratitude towards the key workers who kept the show on the road, while the rest of us remained indoors. But the wee…

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Instapreneurchic @Instapreneurchic - about 3 years ago

Instagram in social media marketing 2021

How to explore Instagram as a social media marketing platformTo boost your Instagram marketing, first of all, you need to boost your followers on a constant and stable basis. The more people are aware of your brand, the greater your chances are to potentially reach your t...continued

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Marlon @Marlon - about 3 years ago

Home Depot Wants to Sell You Tools That Require Bluetooth Activation

In a bid to crack down on organized retail crime, Home Depot is piloting a program where power tools must be activated via Bluetooth at checkout—or they won’t work. It’s a clever solution to deter theft, but it also highlights how technology can sometimes change gadget ow...continued

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Nestor @Nestor - about 3 years ago

The Upcoming Trends of Construction and Technology

Gone are the days when construction companies used to only rely on spreadsheets, maintain folders, and perform paperwork. Technology has changed the entire outlook of the construction industry. When we talk about embedding technology in construction, we refer to multiple ...continued

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Joe @Joe - about 3 years ago

Ola Electric in talks to raise at over $2.5 billion valuation

Ola Electric in talks to raise at over $2.75 billion Electric is in advanced talks to raise between $250 million to $500 million in a new financing round as the Indian firm looks to scale its electric vehicle manufacturing business in the South Asian market, according to...continued

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