Roger
@Roger
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Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Roger upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Giles
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over 4 years ago
Former Uber exec Jambu Palaniappan joins Omers Ventures in Europe
Former Uber exec Jambu Palaniappan joins Omers Ventures in Europe – TechCrunchEarlier this year, Omers Ventures, the venture capital arm of Canadian pension fund Omers, outed a new €300 million fund aimed at European technology startups, having recruited local VCs Harry B...continued
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Torey
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over 4 years ago
Millions of SMS messages exposed in database security lapse
Millions of SMS messages exposed in database security lapse – TechCrunchA massive database storing tens of millions of SMS text messages, most of which were sent by businesses to potential customers, has been found online.The database is run by TrueDialog, a business SMS ...continued
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Felicita
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over 4 years ago
Lyft is ceasing scooter operations in six cities and laying off 20 employees
Lyft is ceasing scooter operations in six cities and laying off 20 employees – TechCrunchIn an industry where unit economics and rider utilization are key to running a profitable business, perhaps it’s better to cut your losses early on. Lyft notified employees today that...continued
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over 4 years ago
Dutch startup Meatable is developing lab-grown pork and has $10 million in new financing to do it
Dutch startup Meatable is developing lab-grown pork and has $10 million in new financing to do it – TechCrunchMeatable, the Dutch startup developing cruelty-free technologies for manufacturing cultured meat, is pivoting to pork production as a swine flu epidemic ravages o...continued
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over 4 years ago
4 Vital Tips For Marketing Your CBD Oil Business
4 Vital Tips For Marketing Your CBD Oil BusinessMarketing CBD oil isn't rocket science -- you just need to get a little creative.Marketing a brand is hardly a complex venture in the 21st century. With Google ads, Facebook ads and other conventional online and offline tact...continued
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over 4 years ago
Convoy raises $400 million to expand its on-demand trucking platform
Convoy raises $400 million to expand its on-demand trucking platform – TechCrunchConvoy, the digital freight network that connects truckers with shippers, has raised $400 million in a Series D funding round as it aims to scale its business amid an increasingly competitive...continued
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over 4 years ago
Your Kid's School Is Probably Collecting Tons of Data on Them
Your Kid's School Is Probably Collecting Tons of Data on ThemWe’re living in a time when cyber-bulling, self-harm, suicide and school shootings are all things that parents and educators need to worry about. And as technology became more prevalent in the classroom, an obvi...continued
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over 4 years ago
Scammers peddling Islamophobic clickbait is business as usual at Facebook
Scammers peddling Islamophobic clickbait is business as usual at Facebook – TechCrunchA network of scammers used a ring of established right-wing Facebook pages to stoke Islamophobia and make a quick buck in the process, a new report from the Guardian reveals. But it’s le...continued
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over 4 years ago
Rocket Lab readies Electron for its first launch with rocket recovery systems on board
Rocket Lab readies Electron for its first launch with rocket recovery systems on board – TechCrunchUpdate: Running Out of Fingers has launched successfully! We’ll know more about the results of the recovery system study soon.Rocket Lab is getting ready to fly its tenth mi...continued
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over 4 years ago
This 'Batman-style' gadget could come to a police force near you
This 'Batman-style' gadget could come to a police force near youChat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.Source: CNNPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Batman • Google Gadgets • Facebook Messenger • Pearl River (band) •
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over 4 years ago
Korean e-commerce leader Coupang hires Alberto Fornaro as its new chief financial officer
Korean e-commerce leader Coupang hires Alberto Fornaro as its new chief financial officer – TechCrunchKorean e-commerce giant Coupang has a new chief financial officer. The company announced today that it has hired Alberto Fornaro, who previously served the same role at I...continued
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over 4 years ago
Nest Hubs will use ultrasonic sensing to display reminders and appointments
Nest Hubs will use ultrasonic sensing to display reminders and appointmentsLast month Google updated the Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max so that they could use ultrasonic sensing to tell when a person is nearby. While the Hub Max includes a camera that it could already use to s...continued
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over 4 years ago
Progressive VCs and private equity are using tech and analytics to revolutionize investing
Progressive VCs and private equity are using tech and analytics to revolutionize investing – TechCrunchPrivate equity and venture capital investors are copying our counterparts in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job.When I was single, I register...continued
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over 4 years ago
The portable PlayStations were Sony at its most ambitious
The portable PlayStations were Sony at its most ambitiousAs we mark 25 years of PlayStation this week, Sony’s grip on the home console market has rarely been stronger. The PS4 recently outsold the original PlayStation to become the second bestselling version yet behind th...continued
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Madalyn
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over 4 years ago
Podcorn connects advertisers with podcasters and manages sponsored messages in podcasts
Podcorn connects advertisers with podcasters and manages sponsored messages in podcasts – TechCrunchPodcorn, the service that connects brands with podcasters to acquire in-broadcast sponsored time (not pre- or post-roll advertising), is officially launching its services t...continued
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over 4 years ago
The tech of giving back: an interview with Salesforce’s Chief Philanthropy Officer
An interview with Salesforce’s Chief Philanthropy Officer – TechCrunchSince its founding two decades ago, Salesforce has pioneered the Pledge 1% model of giving back one percent of equity, product, profit, and employee time to charity.As EVP, Marketing and Chief Philanthr...continued
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over 4 years ago
Where top VCs are investing in real estate and proptech (Part 1 of 2)
Where top VCs are investing in real estate and proptech (Part 1 of 2) – TechCrunchThe multi-trillion dollar global real estate market is getting flipped on its head.Business model innovation, data accessibility and the proliferation of mobile, SaaS and other cloud-native ...continued
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over 4 years ago
Amazon Joins Tech’s Great Quantum Computing Race
Amazon Joins Tech’s Great Quantum Computing RaceThe everything store has an everything cloud. Amazon Web Services offers more than 160 services from disk storage to satellite control antennas. On Monday, the company said it would widen its cloud menu to include access to ...continued
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over 4 years ago
Mobility startup Damon Motors enters e-moto arena with EV debut
Mobility startup Damon Motors enters e-moto arena with EV debut – TechCrunchVancouver based mobility startup Damon Motorcycles has entered the EV arena with a preview of its first e-moto, the Hypersport Pro.The seed-stage company had previously focused on creating digital...continued
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Izaiah
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over 4 years ago
Chinese companies want to help shape global facial recognition standards
Chinese companies want to help shape global facial recognition standardsThe report details how Chinese companies including ZTE, Dahua and China Telecom are proposing standards for facial recognition to the UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the body respons...continued
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Arvid
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over 4 years ago
Freshworks raises $150M Series H on $3.5B valuation
Freshworks raises $150M Series H on $3.5B valuation – TechCrunchFreshworks, a company that makes a variety of business software tools, from CRM to help-desk software, announced a $150 million Series H investment today from Sequoia Capital, CapitalG (formerly Google Capita...continued
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over 4 years ago
FCC backs Qualcomm's C-V2X technology for 5.9 GHz - CNET
FCC backs tech to let self-driving cars talk to... everythingFederal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai issued a proposal Wednesday to dedicate slivers of the 5.9 gigahertz spectrum band to unlicensed Wi-Fi use and the use of Qualcomm's cellular vehicle-to-everyt...continued
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Oren
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over 4 years ago
Rossum raises $4.5M to make OCR-like data entry many times more accurate
Rossum raises $4.5M to make OCR-like data entry many times more accurate – TechCrunchEvery day, people slog over inputting date from invoices and other forms. So instead of using traditional Optical Character Recognition (OCR) extraction software, you could apply a new fo...continued
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Marie
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over 4 years ago
Intel says Qualcomm’s business practices drove it out of the modem chip market
Intel says Qualcomm’s business practices drove it out of the modem chip market – TechCrunchIt’s not like this wasn’t among the reasons everywhere suspected when Apple suddenly announced it was buying Intel’s modem business, but now the chipmaker has filed a brief in suppo...continued
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Adelia
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over 4 years ago
GoCardless partners with TransferWise to bring low cost currency conversion to recurring payments
GoCardless partners with TransferWise to bring low-cost currency conversion to recurring payments – TechCrunchGoCardless, the London fintech that makes it easy for businesses to offer recurring bank payments, has partnered with TransferWise for its currency exchange.The m...continued
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