X, Elon Musk’s social media platform formerly known as Twitter, is set to launch audio and video calls for regular, non-premium users. It’s not exactly a feature folks have been clamoring for, but hey…it’s coming anyway. Previously, audio and video calls on X were only...
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February 24, 2024 albert
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Blame it on technology, blame it on TikTok, or blame it on the multitasking nature of our capitalist society. The fact is, for most of us, our attention spans have only gotten shorter. A two-and-a-half-hour movie? Ha! That’s an indulgence reserved for special occasions or...
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May 21, 2022 albert
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Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7am PT). Subscribe here. They say business needs certainty to succeed, but new tech startups are still getting funded aggressively despite the pandemic, recession, trade wars and...
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August 9, 2020 albert
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The trailer for HBO’s documentary about a speech competition honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. dropped on MondayWe Are The Dream: The Kids Of The Martin Luther King Oratorical Festival dives into how the young competitors prepare for their performances. The annual Martin Luther King Oratorical...
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January 20, 2020 albert
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Back in January, Blackstone — the investment firm whose assets under management surpassed a jaw-dropping half a trillion dollars earlier this year — quietly began piecing together a new, growth equity platform called Blackstone Growth, or BXG. Step one was hiring away Jon Korngold from...
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September 21, 2019 albert
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Leica is a brand I respect and appreciate but don’t support. Or rather, can’t, because I’m not fabulously rich. But if I did have $ 5,000 to spend on a fixed-lens camera, I’d probably get the new Q2, a significant improvement over 2015’s Q —...
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March 8, 2019 albert
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We’re working closely with customers and industry experts to shape the role of technology in meetings, and we want to make it easy for teams to work together face-to-face, anytime, anywhere. A big part of getting this right is working closely with IT, AV and...
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February 10, 2018 albert
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WhatsApp is preparing to make money by facilitating conversations between business and consumers. It’s a great move. Messaging is huge, and there is vast scope for bringing brands and businesses on board. It’s a process that’s been happening for years, predominantly with Asia-based chat apps that...
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September 6, 2017 albert
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Well, at least it’s an effective way to protest. A golden retriever thought it’d be cool to play dead while its human tried to leave with it at a park in Burleigh Hill, Australia, as per a video uploaded to the 9 News Gold Coast...
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August 8, 2017 albert
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Sleep deprivation is the undoing of startup founders, according to Arianna Huffington. “There is this kind of founder myth that if you are a founder you can’t afford to get enough sleep,” she told me over the phone while catching a plane back to New York....
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April 19, 2016 albert
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