Americo
@Americo
259 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Americo upvoted the following post 1 day ago:
Marjory
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1 day ago
OPPO's second-gen under-screen camera technology looks promising
Back in September last year, ZTE launched the world's first phone with an under-display camera. While the tech looked promising, it was plagued with several major issues — including poor image quality and inconsistent display quality in the area right above the under-scre...continued
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Teagan
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2 days ago
The next generation of global payments: Afterpay + Square
Dana Stalder is a partner at Matrix Partners. The former commercial chief (Product, Sales and Marketing) at PayPal, he now leads fintech investing at Matrix Partners, where he also invests in consumer marketplaces and enterprise software. More posts by this contribut...continued
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Americo
@Americo -
2 days ago
Upcoming Action This Week in Tokyo
August 1, 2021 (by Steve Hopkins)Mixed Doubles ended first and the Singles (Men’s and Women’s) titles were awarded a few days ago. So far, the medal count is 2 Gold Medals for China, 1 Gold for Japan, all three Silvers for China, and Bronze Medals for Germany (Men...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 6 days ago:
Assunta
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7 days ago
ConverseNow is targeting restaurant drive-thrus with new $15M round
One year after voice-based AI technology company ConverseNow raised a $3.3 million seed round, the company is back with a cash infusion of $15 million in Series A funding in a round led by Craft Ventures.The Austin-based company’s AI voice ordering assistants George and B...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 7 days ago:
Adelia
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7 days ago
Pedro Castillo: The primary school teacher who became Peru's president
His victory, by just 44,000 votes, was confirmed after a weeks-long counting process in which authorities reviewed a number of challenges from the Fujimori camp. "The time has come to call on all sectors of society to build together... an inclusive Peru, a fair Peru, a Fr...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 7 days ago:
Elaina
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7 days ago
Dan Olsen leads a product-market fit masterclass for the Startup Alley+ cohort
Dan Olsen leads a product-market fit masterclass for the Startup Alley+ Virginia, there are advantages to exhibiting in (the sold-out) Startup Alley at TC Disrupt 2021. Out of all the early-stage startups ready to exhibit on September 21-23, Team TechCrunch hand-picked 5...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 7 days ago:
Assunta
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8 days ago
Omega Returns to the Olympics
It may be a year late, but the Olympic flame was scheduled to be lit in Tokyo last night, heralding a season of elite sport — and intense marketing activity. It is expected that more than half the world’s 7.9 billion people will follow the Games, making it one of the worl...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 8 days ago:
Torey
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8 days ago
Ivorian fintech Julaya raises $2M to digitize business payments in Francophone Africa
There are over 1 billion mobile money accounts globally. Africa leads the way in transaction value and volume thanks to M-Pesa, largely used in East Africa. Other regions across the continent are also growing fast.In 2019, West Africa reported the most live mobile money s...continued
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Americo
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8 days ago
Jared Kushner to leave politics, launch investment firm - sources - Reuters
Jared Kushner, a top adviser to former President Donald Trump, plans to launch an investment firm in coming months, a move that will take him away from politics for the foreseeable future, sources familiar with the plan said on Wednesday./cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/MZ4S35JR7RI4HLMVT5N6MOHPCY.jpg)
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Americo upvoted the following post 9 days ago:
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Jany
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9 days ago
Sweden's Klarna buys influencer marketing platform APPRL - Reuters
A smartphone displays a Klarna logo in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoSTOCKHOLM, July 27 (Reuters) - Swedish payments firm Klarna said on Tuesday it had acquired influencer marketing software firm APPRL as it looked to t...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 10 days ago:
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10 days ago
1 Pound Of Fat Equals To 3,500 Calories
There are 3,500 calories in one pound of fat. Thus, if you cut back or work off just 3,500 calories, you will lose an entire pound of fat. While it is possible to cut back on your calorie intake and increase your exercise regimen in order to lose pounds quickly, it is imp...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 10 days ago:
Ryleigh
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10 days ago
Shares of protein discovery platform Absci pop in market debut
Absci Corp., a Vancouver company behind a multifaceted drug development platform, went public on Thursday. It’s another sign of snowballing interest in new approaches to drug development — a traditionally risky business. Absci focuses on speeding drug development in the p...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 10 days ago:
Kristina
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11 days ago
Could Cloud PCs be Microsoft’s gateway to Chromebook-like hardware?
When Microsoft announced this morning that it was releasing a cloud PC service called Windows 365, it got me thinking. While Windows 365 is about packaging a virtual Windows business desktop in a cloud context, if you think about the announcement in a different way, perha...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 12 days ago:
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13 days ago
Americo upvoted the following post 13 days ago:
Minnie
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13 days ago
Moving fast and breaking things cost us our privacy and security
Denis Mars is the CEO and co-founder of Proxy, which designs and builds privacy-first, human-led, identity technologies. Over the years, I’ve had a front-row seat to the future of technology.In my role at Y Combinator as director of admissions, I saw hundreds of startu...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 14 days ago:
Raoul
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15 days ago
Indonesia markets U.S. dollar bonds as COVID-19 spending grows - Reuters
JAKARTA, July 21 (Reuters) - Indonesia is marketing three tranches of U.S. dollar-denominated bonds, a finance ministry official said on Wednesday, in what would be its fourth global debt issuance this year.The bonds offered are 10-year bonds with initial price guidance a...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 14 days ago:
Rahsaan
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15 days ago
In growth marketing, creative is the critical X factor
Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. As we move toward a privacy-centric, less targeted future of growth marketing, the biggest lever will become creative on p...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 14 days ago:
Elvie
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15 days ago
3 critical lessons I learned while scaling RingCentral’s customer support team
3 critical lessons I learned while scaling RingCentral’s customer support Spivak is the senior director of Global Customer Support at RingCentral, a global leader in communication and call center software provider. There are many things I wish I knew when starting out ...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 15 days ago:
Maida
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15 days ago
Maine’s facial recognition law shows bipartisan support for protecting privacy
Michael has joined a growing number of cities, counties and states that are rejecting dangerously biased surveillance technologies like facial recognition.The new law, which is the strongest statewide facial recognition law in the country, not only received broad, bipart...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 16 days ago:
Allene
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16 days ago
The Essentials of an Effective Press Release Media Strategy
July 20, 2021 6 min Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their is a noisy digital world out there, but there are many ways to stand out — an often overlooked one press coverage. Your brand might well be a compelling news sto...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 16 days ago:
Colin
@Colin -
16 days ago
Square launches business bank accounts
One step at a time, Square is creating a new bank from scratch. Today, the company is launching a new product called Square Banking that combines a checking account, savings accounts, debit cards and loans under a single roof. With Square Banking, the company wants to con...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 16 days ago:
Liliane
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17 days ago
Can facial analysis technology create a child-safe internet?
Suppose you pulled out your phone this morning to post a pic to your favourite social network – let’s call it Twinstabooktok – and were asked for a selfie before you could log on. The picture you submitted wouldn’t be sent anywhere, the service assured you: instead, it wo...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 16 days ago:
Monserrat
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17 days ago
Zoom acquires an AI company building real-time translation
Zoom has announced that it’s acquiring a company known as Kites (short for Karlsruhe Information Technology Solutions), which has worked on creating real-time translation and transcription software. Zoom says the acquisition is a move to help it make communicating with pe...continued
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Americo
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17 days ago
Rebels in Rubber Soles | History Today
He was known at different times and in different places – from Singapore to West Ealing – as Nguyen Tat Thanh, Nguyen Ai Quoc, Bac Ho, or simply ‘Bac’, meaning ‘uncle’. He was a poet, journalist and political agitator. In June 1919 Nguyen Ai Quoc (‘Nguyen the Patriot’) ci...continued
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Americo upvoted the following post 17 days ago:
Faiz
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18 days ago
WordPress made easy. Hosting done right.
Bluehost Review [2021] Comprehensive Review and My Experience Using BluehostEverything your website needs from start-up to success.1- Get Started FastName your website, select a design template and start building with the right hosting plan.2- Built For ResultsOptimize wi...continued
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