Alexzander
@Alexzander
432 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Alexzander upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Assunta
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over 4 years ago
How We Learned to Love the Pedagogical Vapor of STEM
How We Learned to Love the Pedagogical Vapor of STEMWhen American public schools macramé'd together the words language, arts, and English, starting in the 1970s, they created a tangle: ELA.The neo-discipline must have bewildered teachers. There's a long tradition of teach...continued
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Alexzander upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Felicita
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over 4 years ago
Autonomous helicopter startup Skyryse demonstrates tech that could power urban air taxis
Autonomous helicopter startup Skyryse demonstrates tech that could power urban air taxisSkyryse, an autonomous helicopter startup, unveiled the technology stack that it says will enable future fleets of air taxis to fly themselves over cities. It also released footage fro...continued
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Alexzander upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Emmie
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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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Alexzander upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Hannah
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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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Alexzander upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Ryleigh
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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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Alexzander upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Alan
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over 4 years ago
Greta Thunberg Blasts ‘Creative PR’ in Her Climate Speech
Greta Thunberg Blasts ‘Creative PR’ in Her Climate SpeechThis story originally appeared on HuffPost and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.At a high-level event Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit, Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg slammed wor...continued
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Alexzander upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Alexzander
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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
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 upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Madalyn
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over 4 years ago
The Freelancer's Guide to End-of-Year Tax Prep
The Freelancer's Guide to End-of-Year Tax PrepI started preparing for next year’s taxes in October of this year. By the first week of November, I sent my CPA a prepared document listing my current business income and expenses (aka a “profit and loss statement”) as well as...continued
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Alexzander upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Joe
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over 4 years ago
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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Alexzander upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Adelia
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over 4 years ago
Introduce Yourself Like Inigo Montoya
Introduce Yourself Like Inigo MontoyaHello, my name is Inigo Montoya. I work downstairs in business development. Can I pitch you some ideas over lunch?Ally McLean, CEO of mentorship program The Working Lunch, invented a clever mnemonic for properly introducing yourself in...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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Alexzander upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Grayce
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almost 5 years ago
Witness Spooky Evidence of Snapchat's New Face-Swapping Feature
Witness Spooky Evidence of Snapchat's New Face-Swapping FeatureSometimes social media dipsomania comes into harsh relief, as it did today when the technology wars manifested themselves as the ability to superimpose your face on a cat: aka, Snapchat’s new social drug “Came...continued
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Alexzander upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Alvah
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almost 5 years ago
Healthcare-focused venture firms are forming a best practices group for securing health data
Healthcare-focused venture firms are forming a best practices group for securing health data – TechCrunchSome of the nation’s top healthcare-focused venture capital firms are banding together to form an advisory council with the technology security certification provider,...continued
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Alexzander
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almost 5 years ago
'MLB The Show' will reach non-PlayStation platforms by 2021
'MLB The Show' will reach non-PlayStation platforms by 2021While the parties involved aren't ready to announce more specific details just yet, your favorite platform's social media team may have dropped a hint. Both Nintendo of America's and Xbox's twitter accounts repost...continued
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Alexzander upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Raoul
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almost 5 years ago
How to avoid the startup trap of the parasitic consultant
How to avoid the startup trap of the parasitic consultant – TechCrunchEarly-stage startups have a massive problem: there are way, way too many things to do, and never enough people to do them. Whether it’s growth marketing, or product design, or software engineering or a ...continued
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Alexzander
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almost 5 years ago
Alaska Airlines is Offering Some One-Way Flights For $29 For Black Friday
Alaska Airlines is Offering Some One-Way Flights For $29 For Black FridayAlaska Airlines is holding one of its biggest fare sales of the year today, a sale that will include a number of flights for as low as $29.The low-cost fares will be available exclusively on Black Fr...continued
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Alexzander upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Felicita
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almost 5 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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Alexzander upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Cynthia
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almost 5 years ago
Anderson Cooper roasts Trump's plumbing claim
Anderson Cooper roasts Trump's plumbing claimChat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.Source: CNNPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Anderson Cooper • Donald Trump • Facebook Messenger • Pearl River (band) •
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Alexzander upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
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almost 5 years ago
Google Maps tests a social networking feature with the ability to ‘follow’ Local Guides
Google Maps tests a social networking feature with the ability to ‘follow’ Local Guides – TechCrunchGoogle Maps will soon begin testing a new feature that’s more common to social networks like Facebook, rather than a maps app: the ability to find and follow other users. I...continued
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Alexzander
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almost 5 years ago
Leading robotics VCs talk about where they’re investing
Leading robotics VCs talk about where they’re investing – TechCrunchThe Valley’s affinity for robotics shows no signs of cooling. Technical enhancements through innovations like AI/ML, compute power and big data utilization continue to drive new performance milestones, ef...continued
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Alexzander
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almost 5 years ago
Google Maps tests a social networking feature with the ability to ‘follow’ Local Guides
Google Maps tests a social networking feature with the ability to ‘follow’ Local Guides – TechCrunchGoogle Maps will soon begin testing a new feature that’s more common to social networks like Facebook, rather than a maps app: the ability to find and follow other users. I...continued
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Alexzander upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
George
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almost 5 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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Alexzander upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Maureen
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almost 5 years ago
Book of the Week: 'The Direct Mail Revolution'
'The Direct Mail Revolution'Create direct-mail marketing campaigns that can earn you an ROI as high as 1,300 percent.This book has been selected for the Entrepreneur Press® Book of the Week, a weekly email newsletter that delivers heaping discounts to the books you love. ...continued
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Alexzander upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Hank
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almost 5 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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