Garnet
@Garnet
346 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Abbie
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over 3 years ago
How Adobe shifted a Las Vegas conference to executives’ living rooms in less than 30 days
How Adobe shifted a Las Vegas conference to executives’ living rooms in less than 30 days 'We actually got a lot of kudos for not trying to fake it and set up green screens with everyone in virtual situations'Adobe was scheduled to hold its annual conference in Las Vegas ...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Giles
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over 3 years ago
US makes big bet on vaccine company with unproven technology
Unproven vaccine company, "Moderna," takes the lead in the quest to create a novel coronavirus vaccine. Moderna CEO says the company will have a vaccine go into testing in a few months.Source: CNNPowered by NewsAPI.org
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
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over 3 years ago
COVID-hit UK startups cry out for help, as UK gov trails Europe in its response
COVID-hit UK startups cry out for help, as UK gov trails Europe in its responseThe UK government is reportedly looking at a range of options to support the startup industry, possibly involving a co-investment model involving state-owned funds (via the British Business Ban...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
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over 3 years ago
Airbnb turns to private equity to raise $1 billion
Airbnb said Monday that it has raised $1 billion in debt and equity from private equity firms Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners, even as the online rental marketplace has seen its business plummet due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. It’s...continued
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Myles
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over 3 years ago
Peloton launches an Android TV app
With gyms across the country closed for business, at-home exercise companies like Peloton have found an unexpected opportunity. As the connected fitness company looks to onboard new customers, they’re also expanding platform support, announcing today that they would be br...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Anderson
@Anderson -
over 3 years ago
Zoom's web address is confusing the hell out of people
If you try calling Zoom, you may be greeted with a gruff voice asking, “Are you looking for Zoom dot-us or Zoomus Marketing?”That’s Frank Cahill, who runs a small marketing company called Zoomus out of New Jersey. You can find its website at Zoomus.com. He does not work a...continued
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Garnet
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over 3 years ago
Judge Tosses Out U.S. Women’s Soccer Team’s Unequal Pay Claim From Lawsuit
A federal judge said Friday that members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team did not have enough evidence to support their claim that they weren’t being paid equally by the U.S. Soccer Federation.U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner dismissed the women’s claim of ine...continued
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Izaiah
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over 3 years ago
Apple Has A Bright Future
Apple stores in the U.S. remain closed, but Apple is still making billions. Photo : Getty ImagesApple, a technology company you may remember from such hits as the iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, and Apple Watch, has announced that it expects to remain in business through 2020...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Cameron
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over 3 years ago
How this startup built and exited to Twitter in 1,219 days
By the summer of 2016, Marie Outtier had spent eight years as a consultant advising media agencies and martech companies on marketing growth strategy.Pierre-Jean “PJ” Camillieri started as a music software engineer before joining one of Apple’s consumer electronics divisi...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Pablo
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over 3 years ago
Apple’s services business hits all-time record and helps lessen coronavirus impact
Apple today reported its second quarter earnings, which showed resilient growth for the company despite the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on its supply chain and retail business. Apple posted revenue of $58.3 billion — good for a 1 percent increase over this time l...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Oren
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over 3 years ago
Kickstarter darling PicoBrew may soon go out of business
One of the original Kickstarter success stories, PicoBrew, is likely going out of business permanently, according to The Spoon. The company tried to make brewing beer at home as easy as making coffee, but recently went into receivership. Now, all its assets have reportedl...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Hannah
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over 3 years ago
iPhone sales may be down, but business is booming for Apple Music and the App Store
Consumers aren't rushing to buy as many iPhones, iPads, or other Apple products as before the pandemic, but the company's services seem to be doing just fine.During Thursday's earnings call, Apple disclosed that its services category, which includes the App Store and Appl...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Rahsaan
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over 3 years ago
Free Webinar | June 8: Franchise Bible: Marketing for the New Normal
April 30, 2020 1 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.This webinar will focus on how is changing and new ways and platforms for sending your marketing messages to your customer and target markets. We will also focus on what is important to...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Ismael
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over 3 years ago
Microsoft shares rise after the tech giant posts 15% growth
Today Microsoft reported its third-quarter, fiscal 2020 quarter earnings, the period of time corresponding to Q1 2020 on the regular calendar.The technology giant generated $35 billion in revenue, up 15% from the year-ago period. That top line led to $13 billion in operat...continued
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Garnet
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over 3 years ago
Finance Capitalism vs Industrial Capitalism: How Financial Parasites and Debt Bondage Are Destroy...
Yves here. Michael Hudson explains how the Covid-19 rescue programs are further entrenching the position of rentiers. He also takes up the the theme of financial versus industrial capitalism, which was the central theme of his important paper From Marx to Goldman Sachs.Pr...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Jessika
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over 3 years ago
Thuan Pham, who fled Vietnam as a child and became Uber’s CTO in 2013, is leaving the company
Thuan Pham, who fled Vietnam as a child and became Uber’s CTO in 2013, is leaving the companyThuan Pham, hired as Uber’s chief technology officer by former CEO Travis Kalanick back in 2013, is leaving the company in three weeks, the ride-share giant revealed today in an S...continued
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Marlon
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over 3 years ago
As Uber reportedly contemplates layoffs, a look back at its post-IPO financial performance
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Yesterday news broke that Uber’s CTO Thuan Pham would leave the company (confirmed), and that the American technology giant is contemplating a huge staffi...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Colin
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over 3 years ago
Puppet names former Cloud Foundry Foundation executive director Abbey Kearns as CTO
Puppet, the Portland-based infrastructure automation company, today announced that it has named former Cloud Foundry Foundation executive director Abby Kearns as its new CTO.Current Puppet CTO Deepak Giridharagopal will remain in his role and focus on R&D and leading ...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Rex
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over 3 years ago
Velo3D, a supplier of 3D printers to SpaceX, raises $28 million
Despite fundraising in the middle of a worldwide pandemic that has managed to shut down a significant chunk of global manufacturing, the developer of a metal composite 3D printing technology, Velo3D, has managed to raise $28 million in funding.Over the past fifteen months...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
deyner1984
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over 3 years ago
Life in embargoed countries: the Cuban case.
Do you know how is to live in an embargoed country? Inventiveness and creative minds shake hands trying to help people to survive.Let´s check the latest article at Coil explaining the Cuban case!!#Cuba #creativeminds #embargoSource: https://cli.re/yZeQRk
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Cyril
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over 3 years ago
There’s a reason Trader Joe’s won’t let you order groceries for pickup or delivery
Photo : Alexi Rosenfeld ( Getty Images )As both a crowd control measure and a safety precaution for essential employees, many grocery stores have begun offering grocery pickup and/or delivery during nationwide stay-at-home orders. Online ordering forms make it simple to s...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Zetta
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over 3 years ago
Apple and Google Are Teaming Up to Build Coronavirus-Tracking Tech. Hold Your Applause.
Image : GettyAs the global coronavirus pandemic continues to spread and testing remains criminally limited, Apple and Google have announced a partnership to roll out contact-tracing technology to track the spread of covid-19. And Apple is promising that privacy is baked i...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Bart
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over 3 years ago
Cleo Capital’s Sarah Kunst launches a fellowship for laid-off workers
Sarah Kunst graduated from college in 2008 and went straight into the luxury marketing world with a job at Chanel.Then, the stock market collapsed and Kunst was laid off. It was that layoff, Kunst says, that brought her to the world of startups and eventually to founding ...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Abbie
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over 3 years ago
This Office Noise Simulator Makes Working From Home Less Soul-Crushingly Lonely
Screenshot : Alice BradleyThe cutely designed microsite Reichenbergerstr 121 simulates office noise— handy if you’re working from home and you miss the sounds of working in an office, or coffee shop, or anywhere where other humans work alongside you.AdvertisementPrimary-c...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Alexandro
@Alexandro -
over 3 years ago
NASA Is Using Red and Blue 3D Glasses to Safely Drive the Mars Rover While Working From Home
Photo : Andrew Liszewski ( Gizmodo ) , NASAThe next time you complain about having to put on a clean shirt for a video call, consider the challenges others have to deal with while working from home. Without access to their powerful NASA computers, the team responsible for...continued
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