Rowan
@Rowan
401 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Rowan upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Alexie
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over 4 years ago
This 'Batman-style' gadget could come to a police force near you
This 'Batman-style' gadget could come to a police force near youChat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.Source: CNNPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Batman • Google Gadgets • Facebook Messenger • Pearl River (band) •
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Rowan upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
George
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over 4 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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Rowan
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over 4 years ago
A History of Haggis | History Today
In 2009, the world of haggis was rocked by controversy. While most of us might think of it as the quintessentially Scottish dish, Catherine Brown, a Glasgow-born food historian, claimed to have discovered a cookery book from 1615 ‘proving’ that the ‘great chieftain o the ...continued
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Assunta
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over 4 years ago
How the Kardashian-Jenner family built their business empire
How the Kardashian-Jenner family built their business empireFrom the O.J. Simpson trial to brand ambassadors, here's how the Kardashian-Jenner family have maintained their stardom and turned it into a business.Source: CNNPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Kim Kardashian • Cai...continued
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Rowan upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Gregoria
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over 4 years ago
Korean e-commerce leader Coupang hires Alberto Fornaro as its new chief financial officer
Korean e-commerce leader Coupang hires Alberto Fornaro as its new chief financial officer – TechCrunchKorean e-commerce giant Coupang has a new chief financial officer. The company announced today that it has hired Alberto Fornaro, who previously served the same role at I...continued
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Myles
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over 4 years ago
These new data sources are creating high-impact tools for investors
These new data sources are creating high-impact tools for investors – TechCrunchVenture capitalists tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most of us are using the same infrastructure tools we’ve used for the past 20+ years — Excel and recent college grads ...continued
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Rowan
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over 4 years ago
What’s Your Personal Productivity Style?
What’s Your Personal Productivity Style?Carson Tate is an expert on workplace productivity and the author of WORK SIMPLY: Embracing the Power of Your Personal Productivity Style (Penguin, 2014).Source: Hbr.orgPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Productivity • Expert • Employme...continued
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Rowan upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Elian
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over 4 years ago
The portable PlayStations were Sony at its most ambitious
The portable PlayStations were Sony at its most ambitiousAs we mark 25 years of PlayStation this week, Sony’s grip on the home console market has rarely been stronger. The PS4 recently outsold the original PlayStation to become the second bestselling version yet behind th...continued
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Teagan
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over 4 years ago
Mobility startup Damon Motors enters e-moto arena with EV debut
Mobility startup Damon Motors enters e-moto arena with EV debut – TechCrunchVancouver based mobility startup Damon Motorcycles has entered the EV arena with a preview of its first e-moto, the Hypersport Pro.The seed-stage company had previously focused on creating digital...continued
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Hannah
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over 4 years ago
Fulcrum, which provides freelance placement opportunities for technical projects, raises $1 million
Fulcrum, which provides freelance placement opportunities for technical projects, raises $1 million – TechCrunchLa Jolla, Calif.-basedFulcrum, a job-placement company for technical projects, has raised $1 million in a seed round of funding, led by local technology investm...continued
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Grayce
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over 4 years ago
Intel's Officially Out of the Smartphone Modem Following $1 Billion Deal with Apple
Intel Finalizes Deal to Sell Smartphone Modem Business to AppleAfter first announcing a deal back in July, Intel is now finally getting out of the smartphone modem business thanks to some help from Apple.However, while the acquisition is valued at $1 billion, the sale of ...continued
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Alvah
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over 4 years ago
Juno shuts down its operations in NYC as owner Gett signs strategic partnership with Lyft
Juno shuts down its operations in NYC as owner Gett signs strategic partnership with Lyft – TechCrunchGett, the ridesharing company backed by Volkswagen and valued at around $1.5 billion, is putting the brakes on a major part of its growth strategy. Today, the company ann...continued
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Rowan upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Abbie
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over 4 years ago
Get personalized expert help for your startup at Disrupt Berlin
Get personalized expert help for your startup at Disrupt Berlin – TechCrunchWant to get professional feedback about your pitch deck, marketing assets, or immigration issues? Attending Disrupt Berlin?We’ve brought in experts from around Europe (and Silicon Valley) to help ...continued
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Rowan upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Bart
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over 4 years ago
Guide to Performing Bulk Email Verification
A Complete Guide to performing Bulk Email VerificationEmail marketing has been around a long time as a marketing strategy. It was created to reach the target audience in the fastest way possible. It is not only cost-effective but also more comfortable to address many peop...continued
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Izaiah
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over 4 years ago
Chinese companies want to help shape global facial recognition standards
Chinese companies want to help shape global facial recognition standardsThe report details how Chinese companies including ZTE, Dahua and China Telecom are proposing standards for facial recognition to the UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the body respons...continued
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Rowan upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Ericka
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over 4 years ago
Comcast revives 'E.T.' to hawk cable and internet service
Comcast revives 'E.T.' to hawk cable and internet serviceComcast quotes Henry Thomas, the actor who plays Elliott, as saying that the short gives fans "everything they want out of a sequel" minus the parts that "could destroy the beauty of the original." Thomas, we love y...continued
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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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Rowan upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Arvid
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over 4 years ago
Freshworks raises $150M Series H on $3.5B valuation
Freshworks raises $150M Series H on $3.5B valuation – TechCrunchFreshworks, a company that makes a variety of business software tools, from CRM to help-desk software, announced a $150 million Series H investment today from Sequoia Capital, CapitalG (formerly Google Capita...continued
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Rowan upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
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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Rowan upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Kari
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over 4 years ago
NYC city council votes to ban non-tobacco flavored e-cigarettes
NYC city council votes to ban non-tobacco flavored e-cigarettesThe move is designed to curb teen vaping. New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot noted recently that there's evidence of kids as young as 11 using e-cigarettes. Around 1 in 15 middle school studen...continued
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Oren
@Oren -
over 4 years ago
Rossum raises $4.5M to make OCR-like data entry many times more accurate
Rossum raises $4.5M to make OCR-like data entry many times more accurate – TechCrunchEvery day, people slog over inputting date from invoices and other forms. So instead of using traditional Optical Character Recognition (OCR) extraction software, you could apply a new fo...continued
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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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Rowan upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
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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Rowan upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
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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Rowan upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Marlon
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over 4 years ago
Appier raises $80 million for AI that improves marketing decisions
Appier raises $80 million for AI that improves marketing decisionsGetting a customer onto a company’s website to check out its products is challenging enough in itself, but getting them to complete a transaction is a whole different ball game. Last year, 75% of all ecomme...continued
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