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Sources: White House draft proposal aims to overhaul foreign work visas, requires firms to try to hire Americans first, prioritizes visas for most highly paid — President Donald Trump's clash with Silicon Valley over immigration is about to become even more contentious.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Fitbit to cut six percent of its staff, or about 110 jobs, following a disappointing Q4 with 6.5M devices sold — As anticipated, wearable leader Fitbit kicked off the week by announcing a six-percent reduction in global work force, following disappointing fourth quarter financials.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Starbucks unveils a virtual assistant that takes your order via messaging or voice — Starbucks is embracing the trend towards voice-based computing with the launch of a new feature in its mobile app called My Starbucks barista, which allows customers to order and pay for their food and drinks just by speaking.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Dropbox takes Paper, its Google Docs competitor, out of beta for global launch and tests new features including a project organization tool with task management — In 21 languages around the world — Dropbox's latest tool for businesses, a piece of collaborative editing software called Paper, is launching globally today.
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| Scott Rosenberg / Backchannel: |
How Paper fits into the enterprise strategy at Dropbox, which is now on pace for $1B+ in annual revenue, according to CEO Drew Houston — To recapture its mojo, the decacorn is expanding from your file cabinet to your office. — Dropbox became a darling company of the cloud computing startup wave by keeping users' files in sync.
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| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox debuts Smart Sync tool to make opening files stored only in the cloud just like opening any normal file, available to Dropbox Business customers today — Dropbox today released Smart Sync, its tool that allows users to access files stored online in Dropbox accounts automatically … | Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
In response to Trump's travel ban, tech execs, investors, and firms including Lyft and Google pledge donations to ACLU as well as other non-profits, initiatives — Tech executives are offering to match donations to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) following the enactment …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Lyft surges as high as #4 in Apple's App Store top free chart, surpassing Uber at #13, in wake of the #DeleteUber campaign — Lyft's app has surged in the App Store thanks to the “Delete Uber” campaignwhich took place via social media over the weekend. People were angry that Uber appeared …
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| Matthew Dessem / Slate: |
Kalanick's work with Trump and tepid travel ban response prompt #DeleteUber backlash after company suspends surge pricing at JFK Airport amid taxi work stoppage — There are a lot of reasons to not use ride-hailing app Uber: shoddy labor practices; attempts to strong-arm local governments …
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| Clarence Williams / Washington Post: |
123 of 187 of Washington DC police CCTV network video recorders were infected with ransomware, unable to record between January 12 and 15 — Hackers infected 70 percent of storage devices that record data from D.C. police surveillance cameras eight days before President Trump's inauguration … | Katharine Schwab / Co.Design: |
A look at “The Founder”, a dystopian startup simulator game, created by the designer Francis Tseng, that aims to echo the structural flaws of the startup system — “The only way to win is not play,” says designer Francis Tseng. — The year is 2001.| Bloomberg: |
Hugo Barra played a key role in Xiaomi's India expansion, a business that now accounts for $1B/year revenue, but other global efforts he oversaw largely stalled — Barra departs Beijing smartphone maker to lead Facebook VR — Xiaomi struggled with global expansion, competition at home| Corin Faife / CoinDesk: |
Cisco, Foxconn, Bosch, Gemalto, blockchain startups, and others form an alliance to develop blockchain-based security protocol for IoT devices — The Internet of Things (IoT) - the vast web of connected devices which is becoming a fundamental part of the technological infrastructure that surrounds us …
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| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Crowdfunding advocates express concern about crowdfunded startups failing to comply with the 2012 Jobs Act — SAN FRANCISCO — Ryan Feit left behind his lucrative career at a private equity firm to chase the dream of crowdfunding. — Mr. Feit, a 33-year-old graduate of the Wharton School … | Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch: |
DraftKings has received a Malta gaming license, paving the way for European expansion — DraftKings was just approved for a Controlled Skill Games License from theMalta Gaming Authority, which is the entity that runs gaming in Malta - a small island nation south of Italy.Sponsor Posts
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