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Twitter Tests A “TestLab” For Features Before They Roll Out To The Public
Twitter, regularly tinkering with the look and features of its news-sharing platform to drive more usage, could be experimenting with yet another way of introducing people to new things that it’s trying out. A new TestLab account has appeared on the service that encourages users … Continue reading
Apple Sells 10 Million iPhone 6 And 6 Plus Devices During Launch Weekend
Apple has officially confirmed a total of 10 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus sales during their initial weekend on sale. This is a new record for an iPhone launch, besting the 9 million iPhone 5s and 5c sales from … Continue reading
Tilt My Blinds Lets You Retrofit Your Existing Blinds To Make Them Smarter
Tilt My Blinds, which is currently on track to be successfully crowd funded on Kickstarter, offers a clever way to get in on the home automation action by letting you control your blinds’ ’tilt’ mechanism via a smartphone app, dedicated … Continue reading
On-The-Go Freelancers Get Business A Business Management Tool With PocketSuite
Calling all photographers; dog trainers and dog walkers; handymen; hair stylists and makeup artists, plumbers and pool boys. Your on-the-go businesses now have access to the same type of management software tools that other, more sedentary, small business owners have … Continue reading
On-The-Go Freelancers Get A Business Management Tool With PocketSuite
Calling all photographers; dog trainers and dog walkers; handymen; hair stylists and makeup artists, plumbers and pool boys. Your on-the-go businesses now have access to the same type of management software tools that other, more sedentary, small business owners have … Continue reading
Two-Factor Authentication Startup Duo Security Raises $12 Million From Benchmark
Five-year old startup Duo Security has emerged as a leader in providing secure but easy-to-use two-factor authentication technology to a fast-growing number of enterprise customers. To bolster its growth, the company has raised $12 million in Series B financing from … Continue reading
Handy Acquires London-Based Home Services Startup Mopp To Quickly Grow Its UK Business
A few months ago, on-demand home services startup Handy opened up its first international office and launched services in London. In an effort to quickly grow its business there, today the company is announcing it’s acquired local competitor Mopp, which … Continue reading
Lyft Acquires Shared Ride Startup Hitch To Bolster Its Lyft Line Service
Before Lyft Line, before UberPool and before SideCar Shared Rides, there was Hitch. The Hitch founders today announced they will be joining one-time competitor Lyft in order to bolster that company’s own shared ride offering. Read More
The Reinvention Of Medicine: Dr. Algorithm V0-7 And Beyond
Editor’s note: Vinod Khosla is an entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder of Khosla Ventures, which is focused on impactful clean technology and information technology investments. The “practice of medicine” developed through tradition, and the experiential evolution of best practices … Continue reading
Draper Nexus Holds $30 Million First Close For Its Latest U.S.-Japan Fund
The cross-border Japanese-U.S. venture capital fund Draper Nexus has raised $30 million for its $100 million second fund in the latest sign that the former affiliate funds in the DFJ Global Network are growing up. A little over a year … Continue reading