Leda
@Leda
475 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Delia
@Delia -
over 4 years ago
20 Free Email Marketing Tools to Check Out in 2020
With about 293.6 billion emails being sent and received each day, it takes the right tools to ensure your marketing messages stand out from the crowd (and get delivered in the first place). However, with an average expected ROI of $42 for every $1 you spend on email marke...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Marie
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over 4 years ago
Apple and Google partner on COVID-19 contact tracing technology
Across the world, governments and health authorities are working together to find solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic, to protect people and get society back up and running. Software developers are contributing by crafting technical tools to help combat the virus and save ...continued
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Leda
@Leda -
over 4 years ago
RB McCoy 'feels good,' aims to play 2 more years
10:56 AM ETLeSean McCoy said he isn't ready to retire despite his decline in production the past two seasons. In fact, he believes he has multiple seasons left in the NFL."I really just want to play two more years," McCoy said Friday in an interview with SiriusXM NFL Radi...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Elody
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over 4 years ago
Yelp Will Cut or Furlough of a Third of Its Staff as Coronavirus Crushes Local Businesses
Screenshot : Yelp.comOn the same day jobless claims in the U.S. surpassed 16 million, business review and recommendation mainstay Yelp announced it would be downsizing—by a lot—citing the economic downturn amid the global coronavirus pandemic.AdvertisementLocal restaurant...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Hulda
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over 4 years ago
SMB loans platform Kabbage to furlough a ‘significant’ number of staff, close office in Bangalore
Another tech unicorn is feeling the pinch of doing business during the coronavirus pandemic. Today, Kabbage, the SoftBank-backed lending startup that uses machine learning to evaluate loan applications for small and medium businesses, is furloughing a “significant number”...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Devin
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over 4 years ago
Bringg nabs $30M to expand its delivery logistics platform used by Walmart and others
Over the last several years, delivery services have become a key component of how retailers, or anyone selling or distributing products and services, do business. Now, with a global health pandemic in full swing keeping people indoors (and away from physical storefronts),...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Oren
@Oren -
over 4 years ago
Microsoft acquires 5G specialist Affirmed Networks
Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Affirmed Networks, a company that specializes in fully virtualized, cloud-native networking solutions for telecom operators.With its focus on 5G and edge computing, Affirmed looks like the ideal acquisition target for a large...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Rahsaan
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over 4 years ago
'Artemis Fowl' will debut on Disney+
Artemis Fowl, based on the first book of the Artemis Fowl series by author Eoin Colfer, was originally supposed to be out in theaters in August 2019. Its release got pushed back to 2020 even before COVID-19 became a global issue.Disney didn't explain why it'll no longer g...continued
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Leda
@Leda -
over 4 years ago
Football Hall of Famer Bobby Mitchell dies at 84
8:56 PM ETESPN News Services Bobby Mitchell, who was the first African American player to sign with the Washington Redskins, died Sunday at 84, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced."I was extremely saddened to hear the news about the passing of the great Bobby Mitchell...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Pablo
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over 4 years ago
Madam CJ Walker: 'An inspiration to us all'
Image copyright David Lee/Netflix Image caption Octavia Spencer stars in a new Netflix show about the life of Madam CJ WalkerWhen American journalist A'Lelia Bundles published her first article about her great-great grandmother, Madam CJ Walker in 1982, it was in the "los...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Leda
@Leda -
over 4 years ago
New guidance on SBA loans means most startups are still excluded from $349 billion stimulus
Under new guidance issued by the Small Business Administration it seems non-profits and faith-based groups can apply for the Paycheck Protection Program loans designed to keep small business afloat during the COVID-19 epidemic, but most venture-backed companies are still ...continued
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Leda
@Leda -
over 4 years ago
New guidance on SBA loans means most startups are still excluded from $349 billion stimulus
Under new guidance issued by the Small Business Administration it seems non-profits and faith-based groups can apply for the Paycheck Protection Program loans designed to keep small business afloat during the COVID-19 epidemic, but most venture-backed companies are still ...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Jerrold
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over 4 years ago
An EU coalition of techies is backing a “privacy-preserving” standard for COVID-19 contacts tracing
A European coalition of techies and scientists drawn from at least eight countries, and led by Germany’s Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute for telecoms (HHI), is working on contacts-tracing proximity technology for COVID-19 that’s designed to comply with the region’s st...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Jimmy
@Jimmy -
over 4 years ago
Using Seamless while on coronavirus lockdown? Here's how to do it without hurting local business.
As in many cities, every business except those deemed essential has closed in New York City amid the coronavirus pandemic.While you can’t sit down at a restaurant, eateries can, thankfully, still offer takeout. It makes sense in New York especially, where some of us live ...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Cynthia
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over 4 years ago
A Brief History of the Census—and How Covid-19 Could Change It
The United States is currently undertaking its population census, the once-a-decade effort to count every single person living here. More than 150 other countries will join in this world census round—the 10-year period centered on 2020, and around 90 percent of the world’...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Jessika
@Jessika -
over 4 years ago
OrbitFab secures National Science Foundation funding to propel its satellite refueling tech to space
On-orbit satellite refueling technology is closer than ever to a practical reality, which could help immensely with the cost and sustainability of orbital businesses. Startup OrbitFab, a 2019 TechCrunch Battlefield finalist, is one of the companies working to make orbital...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Assunta
@Assunta -
over 4 years ago
The Cargo Industry’s Quest to Curb Carbon-Belching Ships
Stefan eefting is, as he puts it, “a long-lasting guy” in the shipping industry. He started as an apprentice engineer in a German shipyard in 1984, and now he's a senior vice president at MAN Energy Solutions, a firm whose engines power every second vessel on the deep sea...continued
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Leda
@Leda -
over 4 years ago
Central Park And Home Of Tennis' US Open To House Hospital Beds For New York
Central Park And Home Of Tennis' U.S. Open To House Hospital Beds For New YorkEnlarge this image toggle caption Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty ImagesAs New York City's hospitals begin to buckle under the weight of the coronavirus crisis, ...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Roger
@Roger -
over 4 years ago
Trish Regan, who called coronavirus an 'impeachment scam,' leaves Fox Business
Fox Business has parted ways with host Trish Regan, who was heavily criticized earlier this month for calling coronavirus an "impeachment hoax" against Donald Trump.The network announced its decision on Friday. "Fox Business has parted ways with Trish Regan — we thank her...continued
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Leda
@Leda -
over 4 years ago
Remote Coach: Brian Pace - Training at a Distance
March 28, 2020 (by Steve Hopkins) When Brian Pace started a video diary of his 2012 training in Romania, he had no idea it would eventually lead to remote training sessions. In fact, at the time Brian was honing his own game for the Olympic Trials and turning his ...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Alexie
@Alexie -
over 4 years ago
Apple fined record $1.2B in France over anti-competitive sales practices
The wheels of the regulatory machine continue to turn, and today Apple, along with two of its wholesale partners, was dealt a major blow in France over antitrust violations. It received the largest fine ever leveled against a business over anti-competitive practices and “...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Hank
@Hank -
over 4 years ago
Why Congress isn’t working remotely due to COVID-19
As COVID-19 forces much of America to work from home, the United States Congress — whose 535 members have an average age of 60 — is still operating from Capitol Hill.Why this population (deemed high-risk to the coronavirus) isn’t yet doing legislative business remotely co...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Bart
@Bart -
over 4 years ago
Verizon increases network infrastructure investment by $500M
Verizon said Thursday it will boost investment in network infrastructure, increasing its capital guidance by $500 million, to prepare for the rise in telecommuting and online learning amid the coronavirus outbreak.Verizon has not seen any measurable increases in data usag...continued
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Leda upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Erik
@Erik -
over 4 years ago
Helm.ai raises $13M on its unsupervised learning approach to driverless car AI
Four years ago, mathematician Vlad Voroninski saw an opportunity to remove some of the bottlenecks in the development of autonomous vehicle technology thanks to breakthroughs in deep learning.Now, Helm.ai, the startup he co-founded in 2016 with Tudor Achim, is coming out ...continued
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Leda
@Leda -
over 4 years ago
Perseverance Took Rails From a Pipe Dream to a Global Fashion Phenomenon
Founder Jeff Abrams pushed past major setbacks to bring his vision to the world.March 26, 2020 2 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.Jeff Abrams still remembers the moment his clothing company, Rails, had its first big win. After working ...continued
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