Jimmy
@Jimmy
395 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Jimmy upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Alexzander
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over 4 years ago
Niantic will soon open Pokémon GO’s ‘Sponsored Location’ system to small businesses
Niantic will soon let small businesses pay to have a Pokémon GO Pokéstop – TechCrunchSponsored locations aren’t new to Niantic games. Companies like Sprint, McDonald’s and AT&T have had sponsored locations in games like Pokémon GO and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite for a...continued
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Jimmy upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Clarissa
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over 4 years ago
Where top VCs are investing in real estate and proptech (Part 2 of 2)
Where top VCs are investing in real estate and proptech (Part 2 of 2) – TechCrunchIn part two of our survey that asked top VCs about the most exciting investment areas in real estate, we dig into responses from 10 leading real estate-focused investors at firms that span e...continued
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Arvid
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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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Ezequiel
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over 4 years ago
Will the future of work be ethical? Founder perspectives
Will the future of work be ethical? Founder perspectives – TechCrunchIn June, TechCrunch Ethicist in Residence Greg M. Epstein attended EmTech Next, a conference organized by the MIT Technology Review. The conference, which took place at MIT’s famous Media Lab, examined h...continued
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Jimmy upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Cameron
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over 4 years ago
Gradeup raises $7M to expand its online exam preparation platform to smaller Indian cities and towns
Gradeup raises $7M to expand its online exam preparation platform to smaller Indian cities and towns – TechCrunchGradeup, an edtech startup in India that operates an exam preparation platform for undergraduate and postgraduate-level courses, has raised $7 million from Tim...continued
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Immanuel
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over 4 years ago
Gordon Sondland: US ambassador to EU accused of sexual misconduct
Gordon Sondland: US ambassador to EU accused of sexual misconductGordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the EU, has been accused by three women of sexual misconduct.The allegations, published by Portland Monthly magazine and ProPublica, date back to before he became an amb...continued
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Rex
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over 4 years ago
How to Win Holiday Season Marketing with Relevance and Timing
How to Win Holiday Season Marketing with Relevance and TimingRetailers stand to benefit substantially from the holiday shopping season, so act on your holiday marketing strategy early.There’s nothing like a classic holiday scene. Snow dusts the ground, smoke climbs from t...continued
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Ericka
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over 4 years ago
Giuliani Pursued Business in Ukraine While Pushing for Inquiries for Trump
Giuliani Pursued Business in Ukraine While Pushing for Inquiries for TrumpAs Rudolph W. Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to unearth damaging information in Ukraine about President Trump’s political rivals, he privately pursued hundreds of thousands of dollars in...continued
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Hulda
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over 4 years ago
If You Collect Doomed Technology, Valve Is Now Selling Off the Steam Controller For $5
If You Collect Doomed Technology, Valve Is Now Selling Off the Steam Controller For $5Valve’s Steam Box consoles weren’t the runaway success that the gaming giant hoped they’d be, but the accompanying Steam Controller still stands out as a truly innovative gamepad design....continued
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Jimmy upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Kristina
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over 4 years ago
Bloodsucking Prison Telecom Is Scamming Inmates With 'Free' Tablets
GTL Prison Telecom Scams Inmates With 'Free' TabletsWhen you get free technology, you can reasonably assume that you’re getting screwed. That’s infinitely truer if you’re in prison.As Reason first reported, the West Virginia Division of Corrections struck a deal in Februa...continued
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Nestor
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over 4 years ago
Trump Gives U.S. Business the Ukraine Treatment
Trump Gives U.S. Business the Ukraine Treatment - The New York TimesAnd tariff policy isn’t the only area in which the administration seems to be using its power to punish corporations if they don’t show proper political fealty.Recently the Pentagon granted the huge Joint...continued
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Jimmy upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Nestor
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over 4 years ago
Lebanese business people back protesters' call for change
Lebanese business people back protesters' call for changeLebanon has faced five weeks of anti-government protests, driven by widespread anger at corruption among the sectarian politicians who have governed the country for decades. The protesters are now demanding that the...continued
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Jimmy
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over 4 years ago
How Daylight Savings Time Affects Productivity
How Daylight Savings Time Affects ProductivityPlus, here are seven ways to maintain your effort and production.Contrary to popular belief, daylight savings time was not pushed by the agriculture industry. According to The History Channel, farmers were “deeply opposed to t...continued
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Jimmy upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Alan
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over 4 years ago
Rocket Lab readies Electron for the first launch with rocket recovery systems on board
Rocket Lab readies Electron for the first launch with rocket recovery systems on board – TechCrunchRocket Lab is getting ready to fly its tenth mission, which the first official launch window during which it could happen set for this week on November 29. Aside from being ...continued
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Jimmy upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Manley
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over 4 years ago
TikTok Owner Reportedly Expanding Its Empire Into Music Subscriptions
TikTok Reportedly Getting Into the Music Subscription BusinessTikTok owner ByteDance, the Beijing-based behemoth that answers to no man (or at least U.S. senator) is reportedly crafting plans to fulfill its destiny, i.e., its foray into the subscription music business.Acc...continued
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Jimmy upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Zackery
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over 4 years ago
It's a big week for retail. The stakes just got higher
Premarket stocks: It's a big week for retail. The stakes just got higherLondon (CNN Business)Happy Wednesday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business' Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up righthere.The story of the retail industry h...continued
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Jimmy upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Ariel
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over 4 years ago
In a victory over Amazon, Microsoft wins $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud contract
In a victory over Amazon, Microsoft wins $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud contract – TechCrunchThe U.S. Department of Defense today announced that Microsoft has won its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract, worth up to $10 billion over a period of 10 year...continued
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Kristina
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over 4 years ago
How to Add Two-Factor Authentication to Your Twitter Account
How to Add Two-Factor Authentication to Your Twitter AccountUsing two-factor authentication (2FA) is a smart, simple tactic to add a little extra data security in your life. For those unaware, 2FA is when you use a secondary authentication method—like code generator apps ...continued
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Jimmy
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over 4 years ago
The Velvet Revolution In The Regions
In the words of the British historian Timothy Garton Ash, Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution was ‘swift, entirely non-violent, joyful and funny’. Garton Ash witnessed the Velvet Revolution – so called because of the gentle manner of its passing – in Prague and his descrip...continued
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Jimmy upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Delia
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over 4 years ago
How Peloton's Marketing Strategy Made It a Leader in Its Space
How Peloton's Marketing Strategy Made It a Leader in Its SpaceMarketing expert Eric Siu breaks down how the company performs with paid media, content marketing, SEO, conversion-rate optimization and other categories.In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Eric Siu eva...continued
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Jimmy upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Sandrine
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over 4 years ago
Woman Who Survived Las Vegas Shooting Dies
Woman Injured in Las Vegas Shooting Dies 2 Years LaterTwo years after a horrific attack at a Las Vegas hotel became the deadliest shooting in modern American history, a California woman who was shot and paralyzed that night has died.The woman, Kim Gervais, 57, was a count...continued
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Alvah
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over 4 years ago
Facebook announces dates for its 2020 F8 developers conference
Facebook announces dates for its 2020 F8 developers conference – TechCrunchFacebook announced its plans for its F8 annual developer conference, which is where the company shows off its latest technology, apps and its vision for the future. The company says the next event ...continued
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Gregoria
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over 4 years ago
Lucence raises $20 million Series A for its non-invasive cancer screening technology
Lucence raises $20 million Series A for its non-invasive cancer screening technology – TechCrunchLucence Diagnostics, a genomic medicine startup that develops non-invasive tests for cancer screening, announced today that it has raised a $20 million Series A led by IHH Hea...continued
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Kraig
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over 4 years ago
Vouch raises $45M led by YC Continuity for business insurance that targets startups
Vouch raises $45M led by YC Continuity for business insurance that targets startups – TechCrunch“Move fast and break things” is a term we usually associate with Facebook (at least, until 2014) and the general startup ethos of being disruptive. Now in true entrepreneurial ...continued
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Jimmy
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over 4 years ago
Widow of ex-KGB agent backs legal action for release of UK's Russia report
Widow of ex-KGB agent backs legal action for release of UK's Russia reportLONDON (Reuters) - The widow of a Russian dissident murdered in London has backed a legal challenge to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government to publish a report on alleged Russian meddling...continued
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