Assunta
@Assunta
388 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Assunta upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Madalyn
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over 4 years ago
Podcorn connects advertisers with podcasters and manages sponsored messages in podcasts
Podcorn connects advertisers with podcasters and manages sponsored messages in podcasts – TechCrunchPodcorn, the service that connects brands with podcasters to acquire in-broadcast sponsored time (not pre- or post-roll advertising), is officially launching its services t...continued
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Assunta upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Elvie
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over 4 years ago
Where top VCs are investing in real estate and proptech (Part 1 of 2)
Where top VCs are investing in real estate and proptech (Part 1 of 2) – TechCrunchThe multi-trillion dollar global real estate market is getting flipped on its head.Business model innovation, data accessibility and the proliferation of mobile, SaaS and other cloud-native ...continued
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Assunta upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
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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Assunta upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Giles
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over 4 years ago
Markets shudder after Trump warns China trade war could go beyond 2020 election
Premarket stocks: Markets shudder after Trump warns China trade war could go beyond 2020 electionLondon (CNN Business)Happy Tuesday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business' Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up righthere.US Presiden...continued
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Assunta 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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Assunta upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Teagan
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over 4 years ago
Apple reportedly plans 2022 release for first AR headset, followed by AR glasses in 2023
Apple reportedly plans release for first AR headset, followed by AR glassesApple plans to release its first augmented reality headset in 2022, followed by a smaller device — a pair of AR glasses — in 2023, according to a new report from The Information.Apple’s entry into ...continued
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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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Assunta upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Adelia
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over 4 years ago
GoCardless partners with TransferWise to bring low cost currency conversion to recurring payments
GoCardless partners with TransferWise to bring low-cost currency conversion to recurring payments – TechCrunchGoCardless, the London fintech that makes it easy for businesses to offer recurring bank payments, has partnered with TransferWise for its currency exchange.The m...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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Assunta upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Immanuel
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over 4 years ago
Gordon Sondland: US ambassador to EU accused of sexual misconduct
Gordon Sondland: US ambassador to EU accused of sexual misconductGordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the EU, has been accused by three women of sexual misconduct.The allegations, published by Portland Monthly magazine and ProPublica, date back to before he became an amb...continued
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Assunta upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Ericka
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over 4 years ago
Giuliani Pursued Business in Ukraine While Pushing for Inquiries for Trump
Giuliani Pursued Business in Ukraine While Pushing for Inquiries for TrumpAs Rudolph W. Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to unearth damaging information in Ukraine about President Trump’s political rivals, he privately pursued hundreds of thousands of dollars in...continued
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Assunta upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Kristina
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over 4 years ago
Bloodsucking Prison Telecom Is Scamming Inmates With 'Free' Tablets
GTL Prison Telecom Scams Inmates With 'Free' TabletsWhen you get free technology, you can reasonably assume that you’re getting screwed. That’s infinitely truer if you’re in prison.As Reason first reported, the West Virginia Division of Corrections struck a deal in Februa...continued
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Assunta upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Nelson
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over 4 years ago
Emissions, Impeachment, Butterball Turkey: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing
Emissions, Impeachment, Butterball Turkey: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing1. Thanksgiving travel might be a little complicated this year.More than 55 million peopleare expected to be heading to holiday gatherings by car or plane, and the weather isn’t going to make it easy....continued
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Nestor
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over 4 years ago
Trump Gives U.S. Business the Ukraine Treatment
Trump Gives U.S. Business the Ukraine Treatment - The New York TimesAnd tariff policy isn’t the only area in which the administration seems to be using its power to punish corporations if they don’t show proper political fealty.Recently the Pentagon granted the huge Joint...continued
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Elvie
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over 4 years ago
Someone is putting VR headsets on cows, and we want to know why
Someone is putting VR headsets on cows, and we want to know whyLet’s just be up front here: yes, these pictures seem to show a cow wearing a virtual reality headset, and no, we don’t really know what’s going on here.You may have seen these images floating around social me...continued
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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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Assunta upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Madalyn
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over 4 years ago
How The Army’s Use Of TikTok Could Be A National Security Threat
How The Army’s Use Of TikTok Could Be A National Security ThreatLast week, Senator Chuck Schumer wrote the U.S. Army to ask it to think twice before using TikTok for recruiting purposes. Schumer cited TikTok’s Chinese origin and laws that required Chinese companies to ass...continued
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Assunta upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Madalyn
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over 4 years ago
VW's factory race teams will exclusively drive electric cars
VW's factory race teams will exclusively drive electric carsOn top of the ID.R, VW expects to rely on cars using its electric-oriented MEB platform for future competition.You could see this coming when VW has increasingly touted the ID.R as its flagship race car. It's als...continued
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Assunta
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over 4 years ago
Leaked Chinese government documents detail how tech is used to escalate the persecution of Uighurs
Leaked Chinese government documents detail how tech is used to escalate the persecution of Uighurs – TechCrunchIn less than two weeks, two major reports have been published that contain leaked Chinese government documents about the persecution of Uighurs and other Muslim ...continued
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Assunta upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Marjory
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over 4 years ago
FACEBOOK IS DOING JUST FINE, OK?
Get Used to Seeing FACEBOOK's Screaming New Logo EverywhereKeeping a brisk pace in its eternal quest to be as headache-inducing as possible, Facebook announced on Monday that it has rebranded as FACEBOOK.Yes, that’s right. Facebook is now FACEBOOK, written in all caps in ...continued
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Iva
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over 4 years ago
Why this Black Friday is absolutely crucial for struggling retailers
Why Black Friday is absolutely crucial for struggling retailersLondon (CNN Business)Happy Sunday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business' Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up righthere.This year, Black Friday is more than just the ...continued
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Ariel
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over 4 years ago
In a victory over Amazon, Microsoft wins $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud contract
In a victory over Amazon, Microsoft wins $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud contract – TechCrunchThe U.S. Department of Defense today announced that Microsoft has won its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract, worth up to $10 billion over a period of 10 year...continued
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Assunta upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Kristina
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over 4 years ago
How to Add Two-Factor Authentication to Your Twitter Account
How to Add Two-Factor Authentication to Your Twitter AccountUsing two-factor authentication (2FA) is a smart, simple tactic to add a little extra data security in your life. For those unaware, 2FA is when you use a secondary authentication method—like code generator apps ...continued
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Assunta upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Arvid
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over 4 years ago
Direct mail still works if you avoid common mistakes
Direct mail still works if you avoid common mistakes – TechCrunchWe’ve aggregated many of the world’s best growth marketers into one community. Twice a month, we ask them to share their most effective growth tactics, and we compile them into this Growth Report.This is how...continued
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Assunta upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Rex
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over 4 years ago
Late Night Is Tickled by Gordon Sondland’s Impeachment Testimony
Late Night Is Tickled by Gordon Sondland’s Impeachment Testimony“You know what these hearings could use? A guy who paid a million dollars for his ambassadorship.” — SAMANTHA BEE“Not only did Sondland leave Trump’s defense in tatters, he also implicated Mick Mulvaney, Mike...continued
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