Josiah
@Josiah
458 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Jerrold
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over 4 years ago
Looming delay spells uncertain future for 'Tokyo 2020' merchandise
TOKYO (Reuters) - Vendors of a vast array of Tokyo 2020-themed trinkets are looking to cash in from a looming postponement of the Games, because of a global coronavirus pandemic, by marketing their items as emblems of something that never happened instead.FILE PHOTO: A ma...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Ismael
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over 4 years ago
Is Technology Artificially Engineering Panic?
In recent years, we’ve seen unprecedented levels of public panic in response to a variety of events, including natural disasters, pandemics, and even basic social concerns. When news breaks of some new threat or danger, people react very strongly—sometimes limited to aggr...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Juliet
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over 4 years ago
Startups are helping cloud infrastructure customers avoid vendor lock-in
For much of the history of enterprise technology, companies tended to buy from a single vendor because it made managing the entire affair much easier while giving them a “single throat to choke” when something went wrong. On the flip side, it also put customers at the mer...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Jimmy
@Jimmy -
over 4 years ago
Voi, the European e-scooter rentals startup, ‘pauses’ operations in several countries
Following similar moves by Lime, Bird, Tier and others, Voi Technology, the European e-scooter rentals and so-called micro-mobility startup, says it has “paused” operations in several countries due to the Coronvirus pandemic. This sees the company suspend operations in al...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Geovany
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over 4 years ago
Create music anywhere on this palm-sized digital instrument — Future Blink
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Jessika
@Jessika -
over 4 years ago
Yelp is adding a 'contact-free' delivery option to its apps
In addition, Yelp is committing $25 million to help small restaurants and bars that are struggling financially due to the public's social distancing. The funding will come "primarily" in the form of free advertising, products and services, however, rather than pure cash. ...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Assunta
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over 4 years ago
The Top 5 Perks of Marketing Automation
There are no downsides to getting on board with the right software.March 19, 2020 6 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.By now, most business leaders and marketers fully understand the importance of having a marketing-automation software....continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Kristina
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over 4 years ago
Even in the age of COVID-19, you need to stay focused on the customer
Even in the age of COVID-19, you need to stay focused on the customerIt’s easy to think, as we find ourselves in the midst of a truly unprecedented situation, that the rules of building a successful business have suddenly changed. While the world may be topsy-turvy at the...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Zackery
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over 4 years ago
Pick a Marketing Model That Lets You Pay for Results, Not Potential
How affiliate marketing can help you find consistent return on investment.March 20, 2020 4 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.In an era of caution, companies need to invest in marketing efforts that lead to a direct payoff and don’t requ...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Casper
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over 4 years ago
Steam Game Festival lets you play indies that would've been at GDC
You'll be able to check out demos of the games. We don't know all the studios taking part just yet, but we'll update this article with some of the featured games when the event starts later today at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. That said, we do know the event will run until March 23...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Gregoria
@Gregoria -
over 4 years ago
The Problem With Trump's Triage Testing
Triage entered the lexicon of the coronavirus era last Friday, when President Donald Trump claimed that Google is working on a tool to determine who's eligible for testing. In this case, only people who display serious symptoms will be able to get a test for the novel cor...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Joe
@Joe -
over 4 years ago
YouTube warns of increased video removals during COVID-19 crisis
YouTube today warned its creator community that video removals may increase during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said its systems today rely on a combination of technology followed by human review. But the current health crisis is leading to reduced in-office staffin...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Arvid
@Arvid -
over 4 years ago
Postmates reveals plans to cover medical costs for couriers as part of COVID-19 response
Postmates said that it will be creating a fund to cover the costs for doctor appointments and medical expenses related to the COVID-19 outbreak for its delivery fleet, and, for merchants, Postmates will waive commission fees for stores in impacted markets.The goal, the co...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Muriel
@Muriel -
over 4 years ago
How did we get to 5G? The history of mobile networks
2G brought digital networks and the first data connections. Though they were a trickle by today's standards, these speeds in the kilobits-per-second were revolutionary for the time, frequently faster than the dial-up most people in the US were still using. 3G arrived with...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Jarod
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over 4 years ago
Daily Crunch: Alphabet’s Verily launches COVID-19 screening site
Alphabet launches a site for COVID-19 test screening, the stock market continues to fall and Microsoft Teams goes down. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 16, 2020.1. Alphabet’s Verily launches its California COVID-19 test screening site in a limited pilotAlphabet-owned h...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 4 years ago
Alphabet’s Verily launches its California COVID-19 test screening site in a limited pilot
Alphabet -owned health technology company Verily has launched the COVID-19 screening site that was first misrepresented by President Trump as a broadly focused coronavirus web-based screening and testing utility developed by Google. After a flurry of blog posts by Google ...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Ariel
@Ariel -
over 4 years ago
Rihanna's Fenty Beauty House highlights collaborative influencer marketing on TikTok
This story was delivered to Business Insider Intelligence Digital Media Briefing subscribers earlier this morning.To check to see if you already have access to Business Insider Intelligence through your company, click here.The music superstar turned business mogul announc...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Rahsaan
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over 4 years ago
Docker regroups as cloud-native developer tool company
Docker had an existential crisis last year when, in a matter of months, CEO Steve Singh stepped down, the company sold its enterprise business to Mirantis and long-time executive Scott Johnston took over as CEO. It was a lot to process.The organization that remained decid...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Marlon
@Marlon -
over 4 years ago
Get Up to Speed on the Marketing Flywheel
Forget the funnel. This is what customers want.March 16, 2020 6 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.The funnel concept has been around for a long time. Marketing teams use it to plan out the journey people take from prospect to lead to cu...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Erik
@Erik -
over 4 years ago
Oyo layoffs, Airbnb’s delayed IPO and the long-term quandary of investing in travel startups
It’s the best and worst of times for travel startups.Massive growth over the past few decades has made tourism one of the big global industries, covering everything from recreation to business conferences to shopping sprees.But doubts about the future of the industry are ...continued
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Josiah
@Josiah -
over 4 years ago
What can History tell us about Epidemics?
‘Strategies to cope with plague have formed the basis for later policies’ John Henderson, Professor of Italian Renaissance History at Birkbeck, University of London and author of Florence Under Siege: Surviving Plague in an Early Modern City (Yale, 2019) News about the sp...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Garnet
@Garnet -
over 4 years ago
Chargify acquires Keen to bring event-based billing to its platform
Chargify, the subscription billing platform, announced today that it has acquired event streaming company, Keen for an undisclosed amount. One interesting aspect of this deal is that both companies are part of the Scaleworks private equity firm’s stable of companies.Keen ...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Arvid
@Arvid -
over 4 years ago
Cobalt.io pentesting service brings wizard-like setup to platform
Cobalt.io wants to change the way companies purchase and pay for pentesting services, which test an application for vulnerabilities before it goes live. Today, the company announced a number of enhancements to the platform.Jacob Hansen, CEO and co-founder at Cobalt, says ...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Myles
@Myles -
over 4 years ago
Investors move from coronavirus woes to Biden wins as markets rally on Super Tuesday results
While the aftermath of Super Tuesday has left the Democratic Party riven between its more liberal and moderate wings, investors viewed last night’s results as a win for business and markets.Shaking off the steady beat of bad news about the advance of the novel coronavirus...continued
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Josiah upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Ericka
@Ericka -
over 4 years ago
Bill Gates leaves Microsoft’s board
Bill Gates has stepped down from the board of Microsoft to spend more time on his philanthropic endeavors, the company announced Friday afternoon. Though he will remain technology advisor to CEO Satya Nadella, this move reduces his involvement with the company to the lowe...continued
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