Amazon has taken a big step forward with Whole Foods after it began offering grocery delivery from the retailer through its Prime service. The option is open to Prime Now customers, who get free two-hour deliveries of their products when they spend over $35. An “ultra-fast” one-hour delivery option costs $7.99 for orders of $35 or more. The integration is limited to four regions… Read More
February 7, 2018
Ask These Questions to Foster an Employee’s Sense of Purpose
We all want to find meaning in what we do. As a manager, you can help your team members foster this inner sense of purpose by asking them a few simple questions: What are you good at? What do you take on because you believe you’re the best person to do it? What have you […]
Naspers and Meituan invest $100 million in Indian delivery business, Swiggy via @TechCrunch
The Indian food delivery startup Swiggy has raised $100 million in its latest round of funding. Led by the global investment and media conglomerate, Naspers, with participation from the Chinese e-commerce company Meituan-Dianping, the investment is an indicator that the Indian technology market is hitting its stride. The company said that it will use the funding to introduce new products… Read More
Tronc starts its new digital strategy with a majority stake in product review site BestReviews via @TechCrunch
Tronc, the company formerly known as Tribune Publishing, announced today that it now owns a majority stake in BestReviews, which publishes in-depth reviews of consumer products. In another announcement today, Tronc said that it intends to use funds from the sale of its California News Group, which included the Los Angeles Times, to focus on a new digital growth strategy that includes investing… Read More
Why Dominating Your Category Can Be a Flawed Strategy
steven moore for hbr Of the many contributions Jack Welch has made to business wisdom, one of his most famous was “Be #1 or #2 in every market.” That advice served GE well in shaping its portfolio of businesses and its strategy for many years, but it’s not clear to us that it is as […]
Why Dominating Your Category Can Be a Flawed Strategy
steven moore for hbr Of the many contributions Jack Welch has made to business wisdom, one of his most famous was “Be #1 or #2 in every market.” That advice served GE well in shaping its portfolio of businesses and its strategy for many years, but it’s not clear to us that it is as […]
CEO Pay Is Even More Outrageous Than It Seems
Here’s a better way to measure it. from HBR.org http://ift.tt/2FWkbsb
Reddit bans “involuntary porn” communities that trade AI-generated celebrity videos via @TechCrunch
Following other recent bans on the controversial practice of AI-generated, face-swapped porn, Reddit too has brought the ban hammer down. On Wednesday, the social platform shut down r/deepfakes and r/deepfakeNSFW, two popular hubs for the fake videos, which use algorithmic software to create virtual pornography depicting the likeness of unwilling participants. Reddit also updated its policy… Read More
How Does Facebook Stories Stack Up to Snapchat?
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. This is a lesson Facebook has perfected over the last year as it continues to launch products to compete with Snapchat, the app it tried and failed to purchase back in 2013. The battle over the disappearing social media story continued recently with the launch of Facebook Stories […]
How Does Facebook Stories Stack Up to Snapchat?
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. This is a lesson Facebook has perfected over the last year as it continues to launch products to…
Lyft hires Tesla’s president of Sales & Service as COO via @TechCrunch
Lyft has hired a new C-level executive: Jon McNeill, who joins as Chief Operating Officer. McNeill previously held a top role at Tesla, where he was president of Global Sales & Service, overseeing all of the company’s showroom and customer-facing interactions. Read More
EFF founder and internet activist John Perry Barlow has died via @TechCrunch
John Perry Barlow has one of those resumes that seems too surreal to possibly be true. Entertainment sites are lamenting the loss of a poet turned Grateful Dead lyricist. Political sites are mourning the death of a lifelong activist. For tech sites such as ours, he’ll be forever remembered as the co-founder of the EFF — arguably the most influential organization for internet… Read More
CEO Pay Is Even More Outrageous Than It Seems
Here’s a better way to measure it. from HBR.org http://ift.tt/2FWkbsb
Elon Musk’s self-driving strategy still doesn’t include LiDAR via @TechCrunch
Elon Musk’s vision of autonomous driving differs from a lot of Tesla’s competitors in that he’s been adamant that LiDAR isn’t a core component of his approach. It’s a stance that provokes a lot of debate among experts in the field. Read More
Elon Musk expects to do coast-to-coast autonomous Tesla drive in 3 to 6 months via @TechCrunch
Tesla had aimed to do a cross-country U.S. drive in one of its vehicles using fully autonomous driving capabilities by the end of last year, but obviously it didn’t make that goal, or you’d have heard about it. Instead, Tesla CEO Elon Musk now says that he anticipates being able to make the trip within three months, or six months at the long end. Specifically, Musk said on an… Read More
Google’s bug bounty programs paid out almost $3M in 2017 via @TechCrunch
Bug bounty programs are designed to sic security researchers on software and pay them to find vulnerabilities and report back to the sponsor. In return, the researchers are richly rewarded for their findings. In fact, Google’s bug bounty paid out a hefty $2.9 million in bug bounties in 2017. Rewards can range from $500 to $100,000 or more depending on the type of bug and the amount of… Read More
Starman has gone dark via @TechCrunch
Starman and his space Tesla have sent their last selfie from Earth orbit, Elon Musk announced. The car and its mannequin driver (in working SpaceX spacesuit) launched yesterday atop the Falcon Heavy rocket will eventually escape Earth orbit and travel outwards through the solar system — but not in a hurry. Read More
Yelp is not having a good day via @TechCrunch
Yelp saw its stock take a steep dive this afternoon after it reported its fourth-quarter earnings, which on an adjusted basis fell below Wall Street’s expectations on the bottom line. Yelp has had a very up-and-down year, all while still continuing to be a go-to site for reviews and content around restaurants. Read More
ClearBrain uses AI to help advertisers target the right users via @TechCrunch
ClearBrain has a big goal: “Our mission is to democratize AI for marketers.” That’s how co-founder and CEO Bilal Mahmood put it, though he and his co-founder Eric Pollman aren’t trying to do all that at once. Instead, they’re tackling a more specific challenge — helping companies target ads toward the users most likely to sign up for a subscription, buy… Read More
CEO Pay Is Even More Outrageous Than It Seems
Here’s a better way to measure it. from HBR.org http://ift.tt/2FWkbsb
Facebook Messenger’s “Your Emoji” status tells friends what’s up via @TechCrunch
Want to let friends know you’re trying to party, hit the gym, focus on work, or grab a drink? That’s the idea behind a powerful new feature Facebook Messenger is testing called Your Emoji. Akin to offline meetup app Down To Lunch, it lets you overlay a chosen emoji on your Messenger profile pic for 24 hours as a way to spur conversation and hang outs, or just let people know… Read More
In an alternate universe Lyft may have bought Otto via @TechCrunch
The Uber vs. Waymo trial took a turn for the the weird today when testimony revealed that Otto, the company whose acquisition is at the center of this lawsuit, was entertaining bids from other suitors. For a bit of background, Otto is the self-driving truck company that Anthony Levandowski co-founded with Lior Ron. Both men previously worked at Google/Alphabet/Waymo — Levandowski on… Read More
Elon Musk’s pretty good week keeps rolling as Tesla slides through Q4 with same production targets via @TechCrunch
Tesla CEO Elon Musk managed to send his Tesla Roadster into space — because why not? — earlier this week, and it looks like his week (and Tesla’s) is still looking up for now following the company’s fourth-quarter results. The company slightly beat Wall Street’s expectations on the financial front, and said it’s still targeting producing 2,500 Model 3… Read More
The maker of the Turing Phone files for bankruptcy and suspends manufacturing via @TechCrunch
Turing Robotic’s CEO says the company isn’t done. But it’s definitely hit another significant roadblock in its quest to bring some fun alternative handsets to the market. The Finnish phone maker’s story so far is one of delay after delay, and now it’s announced, via Facebook post, that it’s suspending manufacturing. CEO Syl Chao’s didn’t offer… Read More
Fitness startup Studio is bringing its audio running classes to Life Fitness treadmills via @TechCrunch
Studio, a startup that delivers coaching, music and competition to treadmill runners’ smartphones and smartwatches, is getting a boost from treadmill maker Life Fitness. Studio founder and CEO Jason Baptiste explained that through this partnership, Studio’s classes will be available on Life Fitness treadmills in gyms, starting with the ones that are equipped with the… Read More
What are Google and Justin Timberlake Up To?
I don’t know about you, but when I hear the name “Justin Timberlake,” I instinctively roll my eyes. And while that sentiment may have caused 90% of you to bounce from this page, please, hear me out: This post is about Google more than it is about him. It all started when my colleague, HubSpot’s […]
What are Google and Justin Timberlake Up To?
I don’t know about you, but when I hear the name “Justin Timberlake,” I instinctively roll my eyes.
NYC-based Notation Capital raises $27 million for second fund via @TechCrunch
Notation Capital, the NY-based pre-seed fund that launched in 2015, has just picked up a fresh $27 million in capital to invest in to super early stage startup sin the NYC area. The fund is called Notation II, and it’s still run by Nick Chirls, who led seed investment at betaworks and helped build Alphaworks, and Alex Lines, an architect at betaworks who contributed to products like… Read More
‘Instagram for classwork’ Seesaw in 1/2 of US schools via @TechCrunch
Kids don’t try their hardest unless they think someone’s watching. Overcrowded classrooms and distracted parents can make pouring effort into school work feel pointless. But Seesaw’s app turns their assignments into social media they share with teachers, peers and mom and dad. Now it’s invading schools across the country and just raised a Series A round from LinkedIn… Read More
Nest is being rolled into Google’s hardware team via @TechCrunch
Back in 2014, Google bought Nest — the hardware company behind things like the Nest Cam and the Nest thermostat — for around $3.2 billion. At the time, Google opted to keep Nest running as its own independent operation. Seems that’s about to change. Google’s head of hardware Rick Osterloh announced this afternoon that Nest will “join forces” with… Read More
Google Photos can now automatically create themed movies on demand via @TechCrunch
For the longest time now, Google Photos has used its machine learning magic to automatically create movies for you based on your recent trips or around special occasions. What you couldn’t do, though, was to tell Google Photos to create these movies on demand. That’s changing today, as Google has now launched the ability to create themed movies via the app or web on demand. Google… Read More
CEO Pay Is Even More Outrageous Than It Seems
Here’s a better way to measure it. from HBR.org http://ift.tt/2FWkbsb
The Most Successful Brands Focus on Users — Not Buyers
Ilka & Franz/Getty Images What makes a brand successful in the digital age? A joint study by SAP, Siegel+Gale, and Shift Thinking suggests that digital brands don’t just do things differently; they also think differently. Where traditional brands focus on positioning their brands in the minds of their customers, digital brands focus on positioning their […]
Tinder is launching a new location-based feature set this year via @TechCrunch
Tinder will launch a series of new features based on location in 2018, its parent company Match Group revealed during this week’s Q4 2017 earnings. The dating app maker has been fairly vague on what these new features will entail, having only described them previously as something that will blur the “distinction between digital and real-life dating, and dating and simply engaging… Read More
What Does Quality Content Mean?
As marketers, we throw around the term “quality content” a lot, but what does that actually mean? Is “quality content” content with a college degree? Is it only the material written by professional writers? Is all quality content 4,000 words long and full of industry jargon? Luckily, the answer might be simpler than you’d imagine. […]
Agrilyst raises another $1.5M for its intelligent indoor farming platform via @TechCrunch
Agrilyst, a platform that makes it easier for indoor farmers to manage their crops based on sensor data, today announced that it has raised a $1.5 million funding round from iSelect Fund, Argonautic Ventures, Horizons Lab and Onland Capital Fund. The new investors were joined by existing investors Compound and the New York State Innovation Capital Fund. Read More
Flux brings its digital loyalty stamps to U.K. challenger bank Starling via @TechCrunch
Flux, the London fintech startup founded by former early employees at Revolut, has deepened its partnership with U.K. challenger bank Starling to add Flux-powered loyalty points to Starling’s mobile banking app. It builds on earlier Flux integration that sees Starling support item-level digital receipts powered by Flux and supported merchants (to date, this includes all 111 EAT stores in… Read More
Making Moves with Dancer @yoe.apolinario Throughout… via #Instagram Blog
Making Moves with Dancer @yoe.apolinario Throughout #BlackHistoryMonth, celebrated during February in the United States and Canada, we’re highlighting next-generation creatives of color who are shaping the future of their communities. Each of the featured accounts was selected by writer, curator and activist Kimberly Drew (@museummammy). “Yoe Apolinario (@yoe.apolinario) invites you into her creative growth and uses her platform to highlight other dance communities around the world,” says Kimberly of the professional dancer who is based in Los Angeles. “I found a video of Yoe dancing alongside SHEstreet (@sheopatra_jones) on [singer] Diana Ross’ Instagram. In the video, they are both in suits and busting out some of the most fly, futuristic dance moves I’ve seen in a long time. While following Yoe’s account, I was exposed…
Instagram tests resharing of others’ posts to your Story via @TechCrunch
Instagram purposefully lacks a “Regram” button to promote original sharing, but it’s easing up on that philosophy when it comes to Stories. Instagram now confirms to TechCrunch that it’s testing an option that lets you share public feed posts from other users to your Story. This could let you add commentary and overlaid stickers to a meme, celebrity post or even a… Read More
Google launches Olympics-themed features across search, video, VR and more via @TechCrunch
Google announced today it’s adding a series of features to Google Search and other products to help users looking for the latest information about the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. As the company often does for major events, extra information will begin to appear at the top of Google Search results after being triggered by various keywords and search terms. In addition, Google… Read More
Why Dominating Your Category Can Be a Flawed Strategy
steven moore for hbr Of the many contributions Jack Welch has made to business wisdom, one of his most famous was “Be #1 or #2 in every market.” That advice served GE well in shaping its portfolio of businesses and its strategy for many years, but it’s not clear to us that it is as […]
What Does Quality Content Mean?
As marketers, we throw around the term “quality content” a lot, but what does that actually mean? Is “quality content” content with a college degree? Is it only the material written by professional writers? Is all quality content 4,000 words long and full of industry jargon? Luckily, the answer might be simpler than you’d imagine. […]
What Does Quality Content Mean?
As marketers, we throw around the term “quality content” a lot, but what does that actually mean? Is “quality content” content with a college degree? Is it only the material written by professional writers? Is all quality content 4,000 words long and full of industry jargon? Luckily, the answer might be simpler than you’d imagine. […]
Apple says a processing error led it to send developers wrong app install and ad spend details via @TechCrunch
Yesterday, we noted and reported on how Apple was sending developers emails with install and ad spend details for other developers’ apps. Today, Apple has sent out a note to developers to say that a processing error caused the problem, and that in the future it will only send alerts by email, but that developers will have to log in to their accounts to see any actual numbers or other… Read More
Brainjunk and the killing of the internet mind via @TechCrunch
Michael Pollan, the best-selling author of food books including the The Omnivore’s Dilemma and Food Rules, summarized his philosophy of eating quite simply. “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” The idea was to spend more on quality, and avoid the sorts of junk food that are deeply unhealthy for our physical bodies. I think it’s well past time to borrow that… Read More
Virtual reality live-streaming startup Vreal raises $11.7M via @TechCrunch
In the online gaming world, virtual reality has already been used by some of the top streamers to engage with their audiences, but there’s not much return for what the personalities have to give up. They have a bulky headset obscuring their faces and viewers aren’t getting anything more than the 2D representation of what the streamer is seeing. Vreal is aiming to get more out of… Read More
Highfive raises $32M Series C for its video conferencing platform via @TechCrunch
Highfive, a startup that’s building an integrated software and hardware video conferencing solution, today announced that it has raised a $32 million Series C round, which brings the Redwood City-based company’s total funding to $77.4 million. The lead investor for this round was Dimension Data, a major global technology integrator and managed services subsidiary of Japan’s… Read More
Google Drive now lets you easily comment on Microsoft Office files, PDFs and images via @TechCrunch
Google is launching an update to Google Drive today that will make it easier for teams and agencies to use a mix of G Suite and Microsoft Office while working with their colleagues and customers. With this update, Google Drive users can now easily comment on Office files, PDFs and images in the Drive preview pane without having to use (and potentially pay for) tools like Microsoft Office or… Read More
Cityscoot raises $50 million for its European electric scooter service via @TechCrunch
French startup Cityscoot announced a $50 million round of financing yesterday (€40 million). RATP Capital Innovation and Inventure Partners are leading the round, with existing investors Caisse des Dépôts and LeasePlan also participating. Cityscoot operates an electric scooter-sharing service in Paris and plans to expand to other cities in France and Europe. You can now find around… Read More
Viacom acquires VidCon, a gathering of YouTube stars and fans via @TechCrunch
Viacom has acquired VidCon, a move that seems designed to help the media giant connect with younger audiences. Viacom’s blog post describes VidCon as “the premier event for the worldwide online video community,” drawing more than 30,000 attendees to its flagship conference in Anaheim, Calif. (It’s also held smaller events in Amsterdam and Melbourne.) The company was… Read More
Android smartphone maker Wileyfox confirms it has entered into administration in the UK via @TechCrunch
It’s been more than a year since the well-funded startup Cyanogen announced that it would shut down its mobile OS development, and since pivoted to self-driving technology. Yet we’re still seeing some fallout among the companies that had pinned their hopes on the original plans of that shooting star. Wileyfox, a smartphone maker that was one of the earliest companies to build a… Read More
Snapchat will not let users broadcast Live via @TechCrunch
Snapchat is finally getting Live video, but you won’t be able to broadcast. Today Snapchat announced it will pipe snippits of NBC’s Live Olympics coverage directly into its app. But when TechCrunch asked if users would be able to go Live, a Snap spokesperson told us on background that there’s no intention to open up broadcasting to Snapchatters. They said users have not… Read More
We’re doin’ it live: Let’s talk Apple HomePod via @TechCrunch
After what seems like an endless wait, Apple’s HomePod finally lands this week. You can read our freshly posted review — it’s the next best thing to actually buying the thing (and a lot less experience). We’re also trying something a bit new, with a liveblog reaction, discussing Apple’s first foray into the smart speaker category and answering some questions… Read More
Gordon Ramsay can now swear at your cooking through an Amazon Echo via @TechCrunch
Amazon’s Alexa ad was the biggest winner of this year’s Super Bowl outside the greater Philadelphia area. The company spilled the beans early, but the spot still managed to drum up the biggest response of the night (outside of some very unfortunate choices from automakers). The silly 90 second commercial centered around some high profile celebrities filling in after… Read More
Play SNES classics in the HD resolution of memory with the Super Nt via @TechCrunch
When it comes to the art and science of retro gaming, Analogue has no equal. The small company that first brought us the Analogue Nt, then the Nt mini, is back again with the Super Nt – a lovingly engineered and built modern SNES/Super Famicom console. Wait but what? A ‘modern SNES’? What does that entail? If you know Analogue’s past work, you know it essentially… Read More
Sheerly Genius launches indestructible pantyhose made with fiber found in bulletproof vests via @TechCrunch
Never did I ever think I’d be writing about a technology and science-driven pantyhose company, but here I am. Intrigued by a pitch that described them as made with the same type of fiber found in bulletproof vests and climbing equipment, I quickly jumped on the opportunity to speak with Sheerly Genius founder and CEO Katherine Homuth. Turns out they’re not bulletproof, but they… Read More
DJI institutes no-fly zones around sports arenas as the Olympics open in South Korea via @TechCrunch
The 2018 Winter Olympics officially kick off with Friday’s Opening Ceremony in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The temptation to fly a shiny new drone over the action will no doubt be great for amateur filmmakers and photographers in the immediately area, but DJI’s working to put the kibosh on things by implementing a temporary no-fly zone around sports arenas in the country. The… Read More
5 Easy Ways to Make Your Content More Readable
Creating amazing content with lots of useful info and wise insights is a good thing. But it won’t be all that impactful if your awesome…
Are the Most Innovative Companies Just the Ones With the Most Data?
viktor vasicsek/unsplash Do you still use Yahoo? Do you still remember MySpace? Compaq? Kodak? The cases of startups with superior ideas dethroning well-established incumbents are legion. This is the beauty of “creative destruction” – the term coined by innovation prophet Joseph Schumpeter almost a century ago. Incumbents have to keep innovating, lest they be overtaken […]
We Need to Approach AI Risks Like We Do Natural Disasters
Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Getty Images The risks posed by intelligent devices will soon surpass the magnitude of those associated with natural disasters. Tens of billions of connected sensors are being embedded in everything ranging from industrial robots and safety systems to self-driving cars and refrigerators. At the same time, the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) […]
Echo Look to dole out fashion advice from Vogue and GQ via @TechCrunch
Amazon’s Echo Look may not be the best-selling device from the Echo lineup of Alexa-powered smart speakers, but those who purchased the camera/smart speaker combo likely have a high interest in fashion, accessorizing, and shopping. That’s why Condé Nast’s Vogue and GQ are now working with Amazon to insert fashion recommendations into the companion app for Echo Look users,… Read More
PS4 update lets parents control how long their kid can play via @TechCrunch
Folks worried that their kids are spending a little too much time gaming should be pleased to hear about Sony’s latest PS4 update. System software update 5.50 includes a new feature called Play Time Management, as well as changes to the Library interface, the ability to add custom wallpapers, and a supersampling mode that makes 4K games look better on 1080p TVs. Play Time Management… Read More
The Apple Watch can detect diabetes with an 85% accuracy, Cardiogram study says via @TechCrunch
According to Cardiogram founder Brandon Ballinger’s latest clinical study, the Apple Watch can detect diabetes in those previously diagnosed with the disease with an 85 percent accuracy. The study is part of the larger DeepHeart study with Cardiogram and UCSF. This particular study used data from 14,000 Apple Watch users and was able to detect that 462 of them had diabetes by using… Read More
Akamai has laid off 400 workers or 5 percent of global workforce via @TechCrunch
Akamai, the Cambridge Massachusetts content delivery network and network services provider, announced they had laid off 400 people in their earnings call with analysts yesterday. On the call, Akamai CEO Tom Leighton indicated that the 400 people represented 5 percent of the the company’s 8000 worldwide workforce. “As part of our effort to improve operational efficiency, we… Read More
Introducing New Engage Features: Send-on-behalf-of
Engage Send-on-behalf-of, allows users to send an Engage email from Salesforce using the from address of the lead, contact, or account owner. This allows sales teams to use a consistent point of contact when communicating by personalizing emails from the most recognized contact. With this new feature, sales reps can increase effectiveness of a campaign […]
ESPN’s streaming service will cost $4.99 and launch this spring via @TechCrunch
In the fall we wrote that ESPN’s new streaming service named ESPN Plus would launch in Spring 2018. However details were vague, with pricing unknown and no specific list of what programming would be available. But yesterday on Disney’s earnings call CEO Bob Iger unveiled some more details, including pricing. ESPN Plus will cost $4.99 per month, and be available “this… Read More
Captain401, now Human Interest, raises $11M to open build a 401(k) for small businesses via @TechCrunch
Pushing through a funding round is never an easy process — and for Captain401 co-founder Roger Lee, it was even more tricky this time around. That’s because Lee and his team raised $11 million right around the birth of his first baby. That gave Lee an even deeper appreciation and understanding for the need of robust employee benefits, which was part of the original goal of… Read More
Intel’s latest chip is designed for computing at the edge via @TechCrunch
As we develop increasingly sophisticated technologies like self-driving cars and industrial internet of things sensors, it’s going to require that we move computing to the edge. Essentially this means that instead of sending data to the cloud for processing, it needs to be done right on the device itself because even a little bit of latency is too much. Intel announced a new chip… Read More
Telegram’s new widget lets businesses connect directly with users of its chat app via @TechCrunch
We know that messaging app Telegram has big plans — beyond a planned $1.2 billion ICO it is also developing its own platform for blockchain-based services — and today it took a notable step towards making its messaging platform more useful as it rolled out a web login widget. The new feature will allow website owners (business owners) to connect with Telegram users right from… Read More
Mobility services platform Stratim, formerly known as Zirx, sells to KAR via @TechCrunch
On the heels of its rebrand in November, mobility service STRATIM has sold itself to KAR Auction Services, a car remarketing company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. STRATIM, formerly known as on-demand valet and car services startup ZIRX, powers fleet management for more than 50 companies, including BMW (DriveNow), General Motors (Maven), Ford (Chariot) and Toyota, to power their… Read More
Watch Yahoo Finance’s crypto summit live via @TechCrunch
The Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit: Crypto will examine the growing market and investor interest in crypto and the technology behind it. Specifically, where are these digital assets heading, and how can everyday investors buy in safely? From bitcoin and blockchain to ethereum and ICOs, we’ll discuss crypto investing with CEOs, engineers, policy makers and legal experts. Watch the… Read More
UK outs plan to bolster gig economy workers rights via @TechCrunch
The UK government has announced a package of labor market reforms to respond to changes in working patterns including those driven by the rise of gig economy platforms and apps like Uber and Deliveroo. Read More
Aperio raises a $4.5M seed round to protect power plants from hackers via @TechCrunch
Protecting critical infrastructure like power plants and other industrial plants is just as important as it’s challenging. It’s one thing to take over a remote machine to mine some Bitcoin, but you’ve got a totally different problem when those hackers try to manipulate the physical infrastructure of your power plant with the goal of causing an explosion. With their thousands… Read More
Crypto prices mount a comeback following huge losses via @TechCrunch
What goes up, must go down… what does down, must go up…? After a big and bloody plunge this week — which saw the price of bitcoin touch a two-month low of sub-$6,000 — the crypto market has mounted a comeback with double-digit gains across the board. Coinmarketcap.com — the current go-to for crypto pricing — shows that bitcoin is up 26 percent in the last… Read More
Should You Let a Bot Write Your Content?
Everyone thinks they can write. Even, it would seem, robots. But do these automated writers really have the ability to produce content to rival the work produced by those of us who write for a living? Should we see them as a threat? Likewise, whether you are a brand manager within retail, travel, finance or […]
Should You Let a Bot Write Your Content?
Everyone thinks they can write. Even, it would seem, robots.
NEW: Own Your Results With Detailed White-label Report Emails
We all know the importance of regular, up-to-the-minute report notifications. SEOs don’t have time to check reports every single day, which is why BrightLocal has the option to set up regular report emails. With that in mind, we’re pleased to announce the introduction of new report emails, which boast a host of new features, including: […]
SoftBank’s Vision Fund has already spent over $35 billion on investments via @TechCrunch
SoftBank made waves when its gigantic Vision Fund hit a massive $93 billion first close of a targeted $100 billion total last year, but already it is clear why the firm is reportedly planning a sequel. According to the Japanese firm’s latest financials, it has already deployed one-third of the capital. A large chunk of the investments went on ride-hailing. SoftBank completed a $7.7… Read More