Garnet
@Garnet
416 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Garnet @Garnet - almost 5 years ago
Tennis, musical are latest events postponed in Hong Kong
Hong Kong festival marked with pro-democracy messagesHONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of Hong Kong people carried lanterns with pro-democracy messages and formed human chains on two of the city's peaks during mid-autumn festival celebrations Friday night, sustaining months-long...continued
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Ezequiel @Ezequiel - almost 5 years ago
A Mass Power Outage, Twitter's Data Misuse, and More News
A Mass Power Outage, Twitter's Data Misuse, and More NewsMassive power outages won't save California, Twitter misused your two-factor authentication data, and scientists now know where lightning strikes twice (as much as anywhere else). Here's the news you need to know, i...continued
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Hank @Hank - almost 5 years ago
Technology Is Changing Insurance for The Better
Technology Is Changing Insurance for The BetterThe days of customers calling an insurance company out of the blue and getting a quote over the phone are fading fast. Customers today are digital natives and want the best rates from every insurer out there at the tap of jus...continued
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Wilmer @Wilmer - almost 5 years ago
California Law Officially Bans Facial Recognition in Police Body Cams
California Law Bans Facial Recognition in Police Body CamerasCalifornia will block police officers from including facial recognition technology in their body cameras, joining two other states that have created similar laws—Oregon and New Hampshire.On Tuesday Gov. Gavin Ne...continued
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Sandrine @Sandrine - almost 5 years ago
‘Stand With Hong Kong’? Not When N.B.A.’s Chinese Fortune Is on the Line
Why the N.B.A. Apologized to China Over Daryl Morey’s Tweet About Hong KongHONG KONG — The N.B.A. is widely seen as the most permissive of the major American sports leagues when it comes to freewheeling speech, allowing its athletes and other representatives to speak out ...continued
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Muriel @Muriel - almost 5 years ago
Work in sales? Here's how to close more deals.
Work in sales? Here's how to close more deals.We're using cookies to improve your experience. Click Here to find out more.Source: MashablePowered by NewsAPI.org
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Elody @Elody - almost 5 years ago
How a Large Creative Brand Accomplishes Its Marketing Goals
How a Large Creative Brand Accomplishes Its Marketing GoalsIn this video, Entreprenreur Network partner Eric Siu completes an evaluation of Adobe and how the company stacks up in its marketing acumen.Siu says he admires Adobe, specifically in its efforts to develop into o...continued
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Maureen @Maureen - almost 5 years ago
IronSource, a mobile adtech startup, confirms $400M+ raise at $1+ valuation
IronSource, a mobile adtech startup, confirms $400M+ raise at $1B+ valuation – TechCrunchOn the same day that two Israeli-founded adtech startups, Taboola and Outbrain, announced a merger to create a $2 billion company, another Israel-founded company focusing on advertisi...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - almost 5 years ago
McVay on busy Gurley: 'Wanted to get him going'
12:03 AM ETLindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketballSEATTLE -- The Los Angeles Rams wasted no time Thursday night establishing the run with Todd Gurley...continued
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Angus @Angus - almost 5 years ago
Snaplogic raises $72M more for its enterprise data integration platform
Snaplogic raises $72M more for its enterprise data integration platform – TechCrunchCloud services and the adoption of apps that rely on them continue to grow in popularity, but a persistent theme in enterprise technology has been that a lot of organizations still continu...continued
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Marie @Marie - almost 5 years ago
India’s Udaan raises $585M to expand its B2B e-commerce platform
India’s Udaan raises $585M to expand its B2B e-commerce platform – TechCrunchUdaan, a three-year-old business-to-business e-commerce platform in India, has raised more than half a billion dollars in a new financing round as it looks to bring more kirana stores (neighborho...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - almost 5 years ago
Mental conditioning driving force behind Russell Wilson's success
7:00 AM ETBrady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. -- In preparation for a game at Pittsburgh in Week 2, Russell Wilson watched a package of plays from his 2015 duel with Ben Roethlisberger. Crammed in a 4-minute, 22-second video were Wilson's best throws from that wet November ...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - almost 5 years ago
Microsoft’s new wireless earbuds work with Office — no, seriously
Microsoft’s new wireless earbuds work with Office — no, seriously – TechCrunchMicrosoft just introduced the followup to its good Surface headphones — and get this, they’re designed specifically to work with Office. Priced at lofty $249, the wireless earbuds have a number ...continued
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Juliet @Juliet - almost 5 years ago
UPS Now Runs the First Official Drone Airline
UPS Now Runs the First Official Drone AirlineAmerica’s newest airline will never cram you into a too-tight seat. It won’t charge too much money for too-terrible food. It won’t strand you on the tarmac without explanation. Actually, it won’t carry you anywhere at all—but i...continued
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Abbie @Abbie - almost 5 years ago
Democrats’ Plans to Tax Wealth Would Reshape U.S. Economy
Democrats’ Plans to Tax Wealth Would Reshape U.S. EconomyThe dueling policy proposals from Ms. Warren and Mr. Sanders come as they compete intensely for support among the same universe of liberal voters and activists. Their tax proposals are seen as critical to galvanizin...continued
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Teagan @Teagan - almost 5 years ago
Inside McDonald's marketing changes, rising CMOs, and Quartz's membership model
Inside McDonald's marketing changes, rising CMOs, and Quartz's membership modelGood morning! One of our big stories of the past week was the agency change at McDonald's, from advertising correspondent Patrick Coffee. Patrick obtained an internal doc from the new agency, W...continued
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Allene @Allene - almost 5 years ago
Pitch, a presentation startup from Wunderlist’s founders, raises $30M more to take on PowerPoint
Pitch, a presentation startup from Wunderlist’s founders, raises $30M more to take on PowerPoint – TechCrunchThe software industry is no spring chicken, and that fact has now brought us to an interesting moment in technology. Some of the biggest legacy apps — ubiquitous a...continued
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Rowan @Rowan - almost 5 years ago
Resignation venerated - Business Mirror
Resignation veneratedAlmost all military units worldwide have some form of tradition to build a sense of unity and cohesion among their members by sharing a common experience, usually testing the individual’s physical stamina and psychological fortitude. Some might call i...continued
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Nestor @Nestor - almost 5 years ago
WeWork Formally Withdraws Its I.P.O. After Investors Balked
WeWork Formally Withdraws Its I.P.O. After Investors BalkedWeWork shelved its plans for an initial public offering on Monday, days after its chief executive resigned under pressure.It was the latest sign of trouble at the fast-growing company, which rents out shared offic...continued
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Jaydon @Jaydon - almost 5 years ago
Reduce Anxiety When Public Speaking By Thinking About How You're Helping the Audience
Reduce Anxiety When Public Speaking By Thinking About How You're Helping the AudienceWhy Your Home Stinks and How to Fix ItSource: Lifehacker.comPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Anxiety •
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Garnet @Garnet - almost 5 years ago
Kranch dressing is a real product you can buy
Kranch dressing is a real product you can buy / Boing BoingI stared at this a while in Target and a staff member eventually asked if I needed help and I slowly turned to them and whispered "kratom ranch."Chef tries to turn a $1 cut of beef into Wagyu steak How do you turn...continued
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Juliet @Juliet - almost 5 years ago
This take-home tech changes engagement ring shopping forever
This take-home tech changes engagement ring shopping foreverSource: MashablePowered by NewsAPI.org
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Kristina @Kristina - almost 5 years ago
U.S. consumer spending slows; business investment weak
U.S. consumer spending slows; business investment weakWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending barely rose in August and business investment remained weak, suggesting the economy was losing momentum as trade tensions linger.Still, the reports on Friday from the Comme...continued
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Meggie @Meggie - almost 5 years ago
Using AI to improve dentistry, VideaHealth gets a $5.4 million polish
Using AI to improve dentistry, VideaHealth gets a $5.4 million polish – TechCrunchFlorian Hillen, the chief executive officer of a new startup called VideaHealth, first started researching the problems with dentistry about three years ago.The Massachusetts Institute of Te...continued
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Ismael @Ismael - almost 5 years ago
YouTuber Caspar Lee co-founds Influencer marketing platform, raises £3M Series A
YouTuber Caspar Lee co-founds Influencer marketing platform, raises £3M Series A – TechCrunchDespite the inexorable rise of social media influencers, several problems remain when it comes to brands trying to use these stars to push their products. The marketing tools and ...continued
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