Alexandro
@Alexandro
364 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Alexandro upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Garnet
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over 3 years ago
Brazilian mobile phone insurance technology startup Pitzi is now worth over $100 million
Brazilian mobile phone insurance technology startup Pitzi is now worth over $100 million – TechCrunchWith roughly one million customers across Brazil and a new round of financing, the mobile phone insurance provider Pitzi now finds itself with a $100 million valuation.The...continued
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over 3 years ago
Amazon now sells movie tickets in India
Amazon now sells movie tickets in India – TechCrunchAmazon has set its eye on the next business it wants to disrupt in its key overseas market India: online movie tickets. The e-commerce giant said Saturday it has partnered with local online movie ticketing giant BookMySh...continued
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Alexandro
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over 3 years ago
Jags without Westbrook, Hayden for London tilt
8:33 AM ETJacksonville Jaguars receiver Dede Westbrook won't play against Houston because of a chronic shoulder/neck injury, leaving the team with only three active receivers that have caught a pass in an NFL game.The Jaguars also won't have nickelback D.J. Hayden (should...continued
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over 3 years ago
Amazon makes grocery delivery free for Prime members
Amazon makes grocery delivery free for Prime membersSlight changes are also coming to Whole Foods deliveries. Amazon announced Tuesday that customers will be able to buy Whole Foods groceries through Amazon.com and the Amazon app, in addition to the Prime Now app. But new...continued
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over 3 years ago
8th Wall’s new Cloud Editor helps customers quickly build mobile AR experiences
8th Wall’s new Cloud Editor helps customers quickly build mobile AR experiences – TechCrunchThe world of phone-based AR has involved a lot of promises, but the future that’s developed has so far been more iterative and less platform shift-y. For startups exclusively focus...continued
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Cameron
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over 3 years ago
How you react when your systems fail may define your business
How you react when your systems fail may define your business – TechCrunchJust around 9:45 a.m. Pacific Time on February 28, 2017, websites like Slack, Business Insider, Quora and other well-known destinations became inaccessible. For millions of people, the internet itse...continued
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over 3 years ago
Linux’s Marketing Problem
Linux’s Marketing ProblemThe cult classic movie Office Space is a scathing critique of life for software engineers in a cubicle farm, and it did get a lot of things right even if it didn’t always mean to. One of those is the character of Tom Smykowski whose job is to “dea...continued
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Kristina
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over 3 years ago
This Efficient Marketing Tool Helps You Create Viral Campaigns Fast
This Efficient Marketing Tool Helps You Create Viral Campaigns FastDisclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you'll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our com...continued
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Josiah
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over 3 years ago
This smart litter box will keep things clean and healthy — Strictly Robots
This smart litter box will keep things clean and healthy — Strictly RobotsWe're using cookies to improve your experience. Click Here to find out more.Source: MashablePowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Litter box • Robot •
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Jarod
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over 3 years ago
Imagining Technology “Crafted” Without Plastics
Imagining Technology "Crafted" Without PlasticsA recent study discovered 44.7 million metric tonnes of electronic waste — the equivalent of 4,500 Eiffel Towers – is produced annually. And of that staggering figure, only 20 percent of electronic waste generated will be col...continued
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Alexandro
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over 3 years ago
A sweet idea that created a $40m business
A sweet idea that created a $40m businessThe BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Tara Bosch, the founder and chief executive of low-sugar sweets business Smart Sweets.Tara Bosch describes herself as...continued
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Cameron
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over 3 years ago
Land your dream job by upping your LinkedIn game
Land your dream job by upping your LinkedIn gameWe're using cookies to improve your experience. Click Here to find out more.Source: MashablePowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:LinkedIn •
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over 3 years ago
South Korea-based Mathpresso, developer of tutoring app Qanda, raises $14.5 million Series B
South Korea-based Mathpresso, developer of tutoring app Qanda, raises $14.5 million Series B – TechCrunchSeoul-based education technology startup Mathpresso announced today that it has raised $14.5 million in Series B funding. The company’s flagship app is Qanda, which pr...continued
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Jeffrey
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over 3 years ago
Never Trust a Platform to Put Privacy Ahead of Profit
Twitter Puts Profit Ahead of User Privacy—Just Like Facebook Did BeforeAt this point, it's painfully unsurprising to hear new examples of tech companies misusing customer data. But a particularly shameful version of the story has become increasingly common: services pulli...continued
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Leda
@Leda -
over 3 years ago
Sony could sell off PlayStation Vue to escape the TV streaming game
Sony could sell off PlayStation Vue to escape the TV streaming gameDespite multiple price increases, it appears Sony has yet to make money on the service. Just this past summer, the company raised the price of all its multi-channel plans by $5 per month. It did the same t...continued
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Maida
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over 3 years ago
Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay about $117 million to settle vaginal mesh litigation
Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay about $117 million to settle U.S. states' mesh probe(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay nearly $117 million to resolve allegations that it deceptively marketed transvaginal surgical mesh devices, U.S. state attorneys gen...continued
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over 3 years ago
Can desert greenhouses resolve food security time bomb?
Can desert greenhouses deliver food security?The three-year-old start-up is aiming for nothing less than a transformation of the agriculture industry, and to resolve the growing threat to food security that faces the UAE.The company, founded in 2016, has already establish...continued
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over 3 years ago
Caffeine hopes celebrities and entertainment can help it beat Twitch
Caffeine hopes celebrities and entertainment can help it beat TwitchThe streaming wars are heating up: corporate content giants like Netflix, Amazon, and Disney are all playing their positions, strengthening their value propositions. The sheer number of upcoming streaming...continued
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Garnet
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over 3 years ago
Evolution of Speech Recognition Technology
Communication plays an essential role in our lives. Humans started with signs, symbols, and then made progress to a stage, where they began communicating with languages. Later computing and communication technologies came. Machines began communicating with humans and in s...continued
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over 3 years ago
Databricks announces $400M round on $6.2B valuation as analytics platform continues to grow
Databricks announces $400M round on $6.2B valuation as analytics platform continues to grow – TechCrunchDatabricks is a SaaS business built on top of a bunch of open-source tools, and apparently it’s been going pretty well on the business side of things. In fact, the comp...continued
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over 3 years ago
Squarespace acquires social media authoring startup Unfold
Squarespace acquires social media authoring startup Unfold – TechCrunchOver the past year or two, Squarespace has been expanding beyond website-building with new products like email marketing and its first acquisition (of an online scheduling tool) .Today, it’s announcing...continued
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Devin
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over 3 years ago
Skyrocket Your Instagram Marketing with Business Tips
Top Instagram Marketing Tips for BusinessHere is a question for you: Are you getting enough results from your Instagram marketing? Instagram has unlimited opportunities for savvy and hardworking marketers. Unfortunately, only about 10% or less of marketers use Instagram t...continued
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Oren
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over 3 years ago
How the Designer Behind the Original Mac Comes Up With New Ideas
How to Come Up With New Ideas According to Hartmut Esslinger, founder of Frog DesignMost people can’t really innovate, says Hartmut Esslinger, founder of frog design. He and his company (now celebrating fifty years in business) helped design Apple’s portable computers, So...continued
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Marjory
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over 3 years ago
Spot, Boston Dynamic's Robot Dog, Is Finally Available For Sale
Spot, Boston Dynamic's Robot Dog, Is Finally Available For SaleAfter debuting just shy of two years ago, Boston Dynamics has finally made its Spot robotic dog available for sale, but don’t expect to find a great Black Friday deal on this bot at Best Buy come Thanksgiving....continued
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Patrick
@Patrick -
over 3 years ago
Ikea's Expands Augmented Reality App, Lets You Fill an Entire Room With Virtual Swedish Furniture
Ikea's AR App Now Lets You Place Multiple Pieces of FurnitureAugmented reality might one day be a crucial piece of technology, but for now, the best use we’ve found for putting virtual objects in real scenes is previewing how new furniture might look in your living room. ...continued
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