Giles
@Giles
445 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Giles upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Izaiah
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over 4 years ago
Credit startup Migo expands to Brazil on $20M raise and Africa growth
Credit startup Migo expands to Brazil on $20M raise and Africa growth – TechCrunchAfter growing its lending business in West Africa, emerging markets credit startup Migo is expanding to Brazil on a $20 million Series B funding round led by Valor Capital Group.The San Fran...continued
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Oren
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over 4 years ago
SoftBank Vision Fund invests $275M in India’s Lenskart
SoftBank Vision Fund invests $275M in India’s Lenskart – TechCrunchLenskart, an omni-channel retailer in India that sells eyewear products, said on Friday that it has raised $275 million in a new financing round from SoftBank Vision Fund as it looks to expand its business...continued
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over 4 years ago
Trialjectory uses self-reported clinical data to match cancer patients with clinical trials
Trialjectory uses self-reported clinical data to match cancer patients with clinical trials – TechCrunchTrialjectory, which is developing a new technology service to match cancer patients with clinical trials, has raised $2.7 million to finance its continued growth.Led by...continued
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over 4 years ago
How Hong Kong’s Protests Turned Into a "Mad Max" Tableau
How Hong Kong’s Protests Turned Into a "Mad Max" TableauJimmy entered the Hong Kong police station on a Tuesday evening last month and went about his usual routine. He exchanged pleasantries with the officer on duty and did an official check-in, fulfilling a bail conditio...continued
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over 4 years ago
FDA issues its first approval for an Ebola vaccine
FDA issues its first approval for an Ebola vaccineA month ago the European Union issued marketing authorization for a vaccine to prevent the Ebola virus in adults, and now the FDA has approved it. While noting that Ebola cases in the US have been very rare, director of th...continued
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over 4 years ago
TiVo merges with technology licensor Xperi in $3 billion deal
TiVo merges with technology licensor Xperi in $3 billion deal – TechCrunchEarlier this year, TiVo said it was preparing to split itself into two — a product and IP business — in order to make itself more attractive to buyers. Today, the company announced those plans have ...continued
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over 4 years ago
Uber’s ride-hailing business hit with ban in Germany
Uber’s ride-hailing business hit with ban in Germany – TechCrunchAnother legal blow for Uber in Europe: A regional court in Frankfurt has banned the company from sending ride-hailing requests to rental car companies via its app — with the court finding multiple competitio...continued
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over 4 years ago
The Most Disappointing Gadgets of the Decade
The Worst and Most Disappointing Gadgets of the 2010sFor every major leap in technology, there have been plenty of face plants, ill-advised cash grabs, and just plan bad tech. So here are the gadgets and technology that absolutely screwed the pooch.As with our list of mos...continued
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over 4 years ago
Weird ‘Vanishing Stars’ Could Potentially Be Aliens, Study Claims
Weird ‘Vanishing Stars’ Could Potentially Be Aliens, Study ClaimsA comparative analysis of historical and contemporary astronomical data has resulted in the discovery of approximately 100 star-like objects that unexpectedly vanished. These strange occurrences are likely n...continued
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over 4 years ago
Ginebra eyes upperhand - Business Mirror
Ginebra eyes upperhandBarangay Ginebra and Northport—all even at 1-1—try to apply more pressure on the gas pedal in crucial Game Three of the Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup best-of-five semifinals on Wednesday, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.The Gin Kings...continued
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over 4 years ago
Huckleberry raises $18M to put small business insurance online
Huckleberry raises $18M to put small business insurance online – TechCrunchThe insurance industry, sleepy and ancient, is ripe for disruption. We’ve seen companies like Lemonade, Hippo and Rhino get in on that opportunity. Today, an insurtech company focused on small busi...continued
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over 4 years ago
How Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Finally Hit No. 1
How Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Finally Hit No. 1“There are the classics — the standards that everybody grew up with — and then there are the reinterpretations or new originals,” said Dave Bakula, a senior analyst for Nielsen Music. “Mariah lives in t...continued
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Josiah
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over 4 years ago
Skyryse shows off end-to-end autonomous flight technology with helicopter demonstration
Skyryse shows off end-to-end autonomous flight technology with helicopter demonstration – TechCrunchSkyryse is a three-year old transportation startup that is approaching the future of aviation from a different angle when compared to most. You often see startups building ...continued
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over 4 years ago
Alchemy is secretly fixing blockchain’s node nightmare
Alchemy is secretly fixing blockchain’s node nightmare – TechCrunchThe top cryptocurrency companies have quietly begun to outsource their infrastructure problems to a tiny stealth startup. It’s called Alchemy. Today it’s making the big public reveal of its technology that...continued
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over 4 years ago
China Roundup: GitHub’s China ambitions and WeWork rival’s big hopes
GitHub’s China ambitions and WeWork rival’s big hopes – TechCrunchHello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. This week, we are looking at how WeW...continued
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over 4 years ago
From Zero to 4, Before the End of the Driveway
From Zero to 4, Before the End of the DrivewayWhat Mercedes, Jeep and Ford, among others, care more about is: “Does this do something for us that is a value to promulgate the brand?” said Martin Brochstein, senior vice president of Licensing International.“It’s the beginn...continued
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Leda
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over 4 years ago
A market indicator flashes a warning
A 'black swan' market indicator flashes a warningLondon (CNN Business)Happy Sunday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business' Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up righthere.A "phase one" US-China trade deal . A resounding election vi...continued
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over 4 years ago
Unforgettable Fire - Business Mirror
BONO himself acknowledged that it took four decades for his band, U2 to finally perform in the Philippines. But judging from the cheers of the full-house crowd that trooped to the humongous Philippine Arena—most of whom endured a three-to-four hour road trip from traffic-...continued
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over 4 years ago
Carsome raises $50M for its used-car sales platform in Southeast Asia
Carsome raises $50M for its used-car sales platform in Southeast Asia – TechCrunchCarsome, a Malaysia-based marketplace for trading used cars, has closed a new $50 million financing round to fend off its rivals and grow its business in Southeast Asian markets.The new fina...continued
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over 4 years ago
The last decade in real estate, and a peek into the next one
The last decade in real estate, and a peek into the next one – TechCrunchAs we barrel towards the start of a new decade, it’s amazing to think about the ongoing transformation within real estate.In the U.S., housing’s contribution to our GDP is ~15-18%spread across reside...continued
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over 4 years ago
Bluespace.ai, a startup focused on AV technology for mass transit, gets $3.5 million in seed funding
Bluespace.ai, a startup focused on AV technology for mass transit, gets $3.5 million in seed funding – TechCrunchBluespace.ai, a new autonomous driving startup focused on mass transit, announced today that it has raised $3.5 million in seed funding led by Fusion Fund.Othe...continued
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over 4 years ago
BeBlocky is using gaming to educate a new generation of African programmers
BeBlocky is using gaming to educate a new generation of African programmers – TechCrunchNathan Damtew, the founder of new Ethiopian education technology and gaming company BeBlocky, has always been interested in games.An avid Call of Duty player, the young entrepreneur, w...continued
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over 4 years ago
When Tech Giants Blanket the World
When Tech Giants Blanket the World Juan Carlos Castillo, a state official in rural Mexico, had never received a call like this before. What looked like a giant plastic jellyfish with a blinking LED had fallen from the sky onto a farmer’s field. “It really caused panic,” h...continued
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Alexzander
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over 4 years ago
Trump Pays $2 Million to 8 Charities for Misuse of Foundation
Trump Pays $2 Million to 8 Charities for Misuse of FoundationPresident Trump has paid $2 million to eight charities as part of a settlement in which the president admitted he misused funds raised by the Donald J. Trump Foundation to promote his presidential bid and pay of...continued
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Harry Potter and the Curse of Technology
Harry Potter and the Curse of TechnologyMore foreigners. Here! In fairest San Francisco. They’re nothing like us. They dress funny. They talk funny. They are, these fresh invaders, thoroughly technophobic. They are the witches and wizards of Harry Potter and the Cursed Ch...continued
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