B Capital, the investment firm from Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin that is backed by BCG, has stepped into India after it backed smart point-of-sale company…
December 6, 2017
WorldRemit nabs $40M at a $670M valuation to boost its money transfer business
WorldRemit, a London-based startup with some 2 million users that offers a quick way for people to send money to each other with a focus…
Bitcoin mining marketplace NiceHash loses tens of millions of dollars following hack
Bitcoin is flying sky high after crossing the $14,000 mark for the first time, but one projected aimed at helping mine coins is short of…
Okta reports earnings, moves headquarters and launches free service for startups
It was a big day for online identity management provider, Okta. After reporting better-than-expected third-quarter earnings, the company also made a slew of announcements. Okta,…
ONNX V1 announced via Facebook Developers Blog
In September, we released an early version of the [Open Neural Network Exchange format](http://onnx.ai/) (ONNX) with a call to the community to join us and help create an open, flexible standard to enable deep learning frameworks and tools to interoperate. Today Facebook, AWS, and Microsoft are excited to announce that with the support of the community and new partners the first version of ONNX is now production-ready.
The Wonderful World of 5-Year-Old Fashion Influencer… via #Instagram Blog
The Wonderful World of 5-Year-Old Fashion Influencer @zooeyinthecity To learn more about Zooey, follow @zooeyinthecity on Instagram. Meet Zooey Miyoshi (@zooeyinthecity): a kindergarten student and 5-year-old fashion influencer. On her third birthday, her mom, Mai, started an account all about Zooey. Fast-forward two years and Zooey and her family — originally from Tokyo — live in Los Angeles where they adventure, play and take tons of photos, highlighting Zooey’s sweet and edgy styles, often accompanied by her staple expression of hiding behind a pair of sunnies. “Zooey has always had this no-emotion face,” says Mai of Zooey’s signature look. “Sunglasses also help when taking photos. Most of the time, she is not looking directly at me, which sunnies help hide. #momtip.” As for the future,…
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 focuses on AI, VR and battery life
Qualcomm teased its new flagship smartphone chip at day one its Summit in Maui, and as expected, the company’s got a lot more to offer…
ProtonMail encrypted mail service adds support for Apple Mail, Outlook and Thunderbird
Mr. Robot’s email service of choice just expanded its support for a handful of popular email clients. ProtonMail just introduced a new tool, called ProtonMail…
Facebook’s former Oculus Story Studio team isn’t done quite yet
Today, Sundance Film Festival announced its lineup for next month, and included yet again, were the entrants for the festival’s New Frontiers program which hosts…
As Cook and Pichai leave China, Valley confronts rising internet tyranny in world’s second largest market
It’s been a bad few months for internet freedom in China (and really a bad few decades, but who is counting?). The government brought into…
New Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen brings her cybersecurity focus to domestic defense
After a Senate vote on Tuesday, Kirstjen Nielsen has now been confirmed as John Kelly’s replacement to lead the Department of Homeland Security. The top…
Leesa mattresses are now in Pottery Barn
You can now find Leesa mattresses, one of the many mattress-in-a-box startups, at Pottery Barn online. Pottery Barn parent company Williams-Sonoma announced the partnership today,…
Lyft’s self-driving pilot with nuTonomy begins rolling out in Boston
Lyft is beginning its self-driving car pilot with self-driving car company nuTonomy in Boston as it looks to ramp up its self-driving efforts, and is…
9 of the most ridiculous pet gifts for your fur-loving friends
We love our fur babies in Silicon Valley, and there’s plenty of tech to support them, feed them and keep them occupied while we’re away.…
Sonos and Ikea are collaborating on sound products for the home
Sonos and Ikea just announced a new collaboration to “create future home sound experiences”. The companies say they want to make it easier to play…
Watch Pitch@Palace Global live right here
The Duke of York will be at St. James’s Palace today for #pitchatpalace Global. Pitch@Palace Global brings together entrepreneurs from 2017 Pitch@Palace events that took place in…
Latest Google Sheets release helps automate pivot table creation
The spreadsheet gurus in your organization know how to use pivot tables to pull meaningful insight out of a morass of numbers. It has been…
Blockchain browser Brave makes push to reward content makers and YouTubers
Brave, the blockchain-based browser initiative that raised $35 million in an ICO earlier this year, is making its first major move to build an ecosystem…
Lytro’s ‘living pictures’ cease to live
As part of its move away from consumer gear towards professional cinema hardware, Lytro has killed off the site that once hosted “living pictures,” still…
Gomer is a soft robot that can bother your cat
If there’s any sort of trend in robotics this year it’s soft hands. Robots with soft pinchers are quite useful in picking up – and…
Looks like HQ Trivia is coming to Android
HQ Trivia — the twice-a-day livestreamed trivia game built by the founders of Vine — continues to be a big thing. Recent games have had…
Oath and Mozilla are suing each other after Firefox switches back to Google search
Firefox’s default search engine has become the subject of a hotly contested legal battle, a few weeks after Mozilla announced it would be moving from…
Inflect raises $3M seed round to make buying internet infrastructure easier
Inflect, a startup that wants to make it easier for businesses to buy their own internet infrastructure, today announced that it has raised a $3…
ClassPass will soon help you break a sweat at home with ClassPass Live
ClassPass is today introducing a new layer to its business with ClassPass Live. Taking a hint from Peloton, ClassPass is now letting users work out…
Brainstorming: You’re Doing It Wrong [Video]
December 6, 2017 2:48 pm Source: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/rss.xml?tabid=6307&moduleid=8441&maxcount=250 Link: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/brainstorming-doing-it-wrong
With the Los Angeles tech scene exploding, CrossCut Ventures raises $125 million to invest
CrossCut Ventures, a Los Angeles-based seed investment firm has just closed its fourth (and largest) fund with $125 million in new cash. It’s been a…
Pokémon GO will get 50+ new Gen III Pokémon this week
Good news, Pokèmon Go fans: Gen III Pokemon are landing this week Or, I should say, more Gen III Pokémon are landing this week. Niantic…
Pokémon GO’s gameplay will soon change based on the real world weather around you
A bunch of new Pokémon are coming to Pokèmon Go this week – but that’s not the only big change on the way. Pokémon Go…
PerceptIn has raised $11 million to help robotic vacuums and self-driving cars see
PerceptIn’s been operating mostly behind the scenes since launching in March of last year. Even so, the company has managed to raise a decent chunk…
Amazon Prime Video finally lands on Apple TV
Tim Cook said six months ago Amazon Prime Video was coming to Apple TV sometime before the end of the year. And here it is:…
Amazon launches its Prime membership service in Singapore
Amazon is increasing its focus on Southeast Asia after the e-commerce giant launched its Prime service in Singapore. The U.S. firm landed in Singapore, its…
7 Phrases That Indicate You Might Be in a Toxic Work Environment
It’s a situation familiar to many of us: That moment when something just feels off. You have a less-than-great feeling about your work environment, and…
PiTunnel connects your Raspberry Pi to the world
Raspberry Pis are usually very lonely. These tiny, single-board computers sit quietly under desks or inside 3D printed cases, staring wistfully into the far distance…
Viola FinTech is a new $100M Israel-based VC fund targeting fintech startups around the world
Viola, the Israel-based technology investment group, is launching new independent VC fund targeting fintech startups from anywhere in the world. Dubbed Viola FinTech, the “cross-stage…
Health2Sync raises $6M to expand its diabetes tracking and management service in Asia
Health2Sync, a Taiwan-headquartered company that offers a diabetes tracking service, has closed a $6 million Series B round aimed at expanding its business in Japan…
For some reason Tim Cook thinks China will allow VPNs to return to the App Store
This year has seen Apple widely criticized for aiding China’s censorship push by removing VPN apps from its App Store in China. Company CEO Tim…
Google launches a data-friendly search app for users in emerging markets
Google is continuing its push to make its services accessible for people with lower-end mobile devices or slow internet connections after it introduced Google Go,…