Meggie
@Meggie
418 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Myles
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almost 3 years ago
Navigating ad fraud and consumer privacy abuse in programmatic advertising
Jalal Nasir is the founder and CEO of Pixalate, a global ad fraud intelligence and marketing compliance platform. Previously, he was one of the early engineers on Amazon’s fraud prevention and risk management team and held various product leadership roles building adtech ...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
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almost 3 years ago
CEO Secrets: CitizenLab's founder shares her advice
Aline Muylaert, one of the founders of e-democracy platform CitizenLab, shares her business advice for our CEO Secrets series.Read more about her story here.Source: BBC NewsPowered by NewsAPI.org
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
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almost 3 years ago
TravelPerk buys UK-based Click Travel in latest pandemic purchase
Business trip booking platform TravelPerk has bagged another rival — picking up UK-based Click Travel. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed but we’re told it’s the third — and largest — acquisition for TravelPerk to date.The Barcelona-based startup has been on a bit ...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
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almost 3 years ago
Meet Nickson, the furniture-as-a-service startup that Barack Obama’s ex-financial adviser just ba...
Ever toured an apartment and fell in love with the model unit?You’re not alone. Harvard Business School grad Cameron Johnson is a former institutional real estate investor and Greystar exec turned startup founder who realized that very often, “renters would try to rent th...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Assunta
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almost 3 years ago
Elon Musk just now realizing that self-driving cars are a ‘hard problem’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is finally admitting that he underestimated how difficult it is to develop a safe and reliable self-driving car. To which the entire engineering community rose up as one to say, “No duh.”Or at least that’s how it should have happened in a just world. I...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Assunta
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almost 3 years ago
How REvil Ransomware Took Out Thousands of Business at Once
A massive chain reaction on Friday infected at least hundreds and likely thousands of businesses worldwide with ransomware, including a railway, pharmacy chain, and hundreds of storefronts of Sweden's Coop grocery store brand. Carried out by the notorious Russia-based REv...continued
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Meggie
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almost 3 years ago
No. 1 pick Lawrence signs $36.8M rookie deal
11:43 AM ETESPN News Services JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jaguars quarterback and No. 1 overall pick Trevor Lawrence signed his four-year rookie contract Monday, clearing the way for him to attend the start of training camp in three weeks.Under the NFL's rookie slotting system,...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Giles
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almost 3 years ago
Startup Alley tickets are selling out in record numbers
Startup Alley spots at Disrupt are almost sold out – apply There isn’t much time left to apply for Startup Alley. Take advantage of this opportunity before it’s too late.When you purchase a ticket for Startup Alley, you can opt into being considered for a spot in our ina...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Wilmer
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almost 3 years ago
Daily Crunch: Insecure server exposes Byju’s students’ names, phone numbers, emails and more
Daily Crunch: Insecure server exposes Byju’s students’ names, phone numbers, emails and get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for June 30, 2021. I...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Delia
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almost 3 years ago
A new video platform offering classes about skilled trades begins to build momentum
Trade schools are nothing new, but a new startup called Copeland thinks it can build a big business by bringing education about plumbing, drywall, cabinetry and more to the masses through high-quality pre-filmed classes online that feature industry pros and professional e...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Abbie
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almost 3 years ago
3 data strategies for selling to developers
3 data strategies for selling to Richard is senior director of growth at OpenView. More posts by this contributor Yes, developers are a tough crowd. They hate being sold to, and it’s pretty easy for traditional marketing campaigns to fall flat with them because t...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Webster
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almost 3 years ago
Free of Protesters, Paris Theaters Reopen With Little Imagination
The best scenes actually come when Laura, Amanda’s fragile daughter, is left alone with Jim, her old high-school crush. Cyril Gueï makes a kind, gentle Jim, and van Hove’s choice of a Black actor for the role reinforces the racial dynamics implicit in Amanda’s rose-tinted...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Wilmer
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almost 3 years ago
AWS is buying encrypted messaging service Wickr
Amazon’s cloud services giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) is getting into the encrypted messaging business. The company has just announced that it has acquired secure communications service Wickr — a messaging app that has geared itself towards providing services to governm...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
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almost 3 years ago
Why Every Entrepreneur Should Build Their Own Marketing Agency
June 17, 2021 5 min Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their does more than just boost a company’s sales and entice customers to buy products or services. Through marketing, a business can build and maintain its reputation...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Cynthia
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almost 3 years ago
Make the Most Out of Instagram's So-Called Vanity Features
This marketing expert reveals two of the most effective ways to attract more followers on your business's Instagram Savings: 60% Off of Our Social Media Books Use code SOCIAL2021 through 5/27/21 to get these books, for less. Save 60% 2017 ...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Devin
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almost 3 years ago
Dell Technologies, UserTesting, Movile, Pilot and oVice to offer mini masterclasses at TC Early S...
Dell Technologies, UserTesting, Movile, Pilot and oVice to offer mini master classes at TC Early Stage you there — early-stage founders. Yes, you. TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing Fundraising, our mini master class in entrepreneurship, is right around the proverbial corne...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Eleanora
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almost 3 years ago
Merlyn Mind emerges from stealth with $29M and a hardware and software solution to help teachers ...
We’ve chronicled, in great detail, the many layers of technology, services and solutions that have been wrapped around the world of education in recent years — and especially in the last year, which became a high watermark for digital learning tools because of COVID-19. T...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
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almost 3 years ago
Apple’s App Store facilitated $643 billion in commerce, up 24% from last year
In its antitrust trial with Epic Games, which has just adjourned, Apple argued it doesn’t evaluate its App Store profit and loss as a standalone business. But today, the company put out new figures that indicate it does have a good understanding of the money that flows th...continued
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Meggie
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almost 3 years ago
It’s Not Your Imagination: MLB Players Are Getting Hurt a Lot
Even accounting for virus-related stints, trips to the injured list are up as the sport lags behind others in injury prevention.
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Meggie
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almost 3 years ago
Frances Stein, a Fashion Force at Several Companies, Dies at 83
Halston hired her to design his first collections. She worked with Calvin Klein. And she helped make Chanel newly relevant when it was floundering in the 1970s.
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Kari
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almost 3 years ago
Daily Crunch: Google’s first retail location opened today in NYC
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Welcome back to the Daily Crunch for Thursday, June 17. Thank you to Walter Thompson and the Extra Crunch staff for taking the reins I took ...continued
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Meggie
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almost 3 years ago
Baseball Reference Adds Negro League Stats
M.L.B. is still working to incorporate Negro league statistics, but a popular website lets fans put some of the numbers in context.
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Elvie
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almost 3 years ago
What is the Phexxi Birth Control Method, and Who Owns It?
She spent afternoons playing Skat, a card game, with her mother and her mother’s friends, who taught her aphorisms such as “if someone shows you who they are, you should believe them” or “there’s nothing a hard drink can’t fix.”“I was 12,” Ms. Pelletier said. “They were s...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Allene
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almost 3 years ago
Final 2 days for early-bird savings to TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing & Fundraising
Listen up, all you budget-conscious early-stage founders. That sound you hear is the countdown clock for serious savings to TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing Fundraising on July 8-9. You have just two days left to score early-bird savings and keep $100 in your wallet. Want ...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Madalyn
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almost 3 years ago
Extend raises $260M on a $1.6B valuation to expand its warranty and protection plan services
A company that has built a new approach to the business of extended warranties — providing a cost-effective and efficient way for retailers or brands to offer them; and an easy way for consumers to buy and file claims against them — is today announcing a huge round of fun...continued
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