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| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Interview with Panos Panay and other Microsoft execs on how the Surface Go was made, and why they think it has an edge over Chromebooks and the iPad — PANOS PANAY IS the betting type. You can see the evidence in Microsoft's Building 37, where two $1 bills stick out from beneath a Surface tablet sitting on a shelf.| Rob Price / INSIDER: |
Sources describe a dysfunctional culture at Meitu, a Chinese selfie app maker with 400M+ MAUs, with public shamings of staff, seemingly arbitrary firings, more — - Meitu is a hot Chinese selfie app maker with hundreds of millions of users — but some believe its global expansion has been plagued by dysfunction.
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Following the latest Mueller indictments, Twitter bans DCLeaks and Guccifer 2.0 accounts, says it is reviewing company policies and expects to make updates soon — The US' indictment of Russian officers over the DNC hacks is having an effect... at least, on Twitter.
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| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Online game creation platform Roblox, which is reportedly raising at a $2.4B valuation, says it's on track to more than double developer payouts to $70M in 2018 — - Roblox, the video-game app that's wildly popular with younger players, is on track to pay out $70 million to its developers this year.
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Headout, a mobile travel app for booking last-minute tours, activities, and tickets to local events, raises $10M Series A to grow from 21 to 100 cities globally — Imagine being in a new city with a few hours to kill, but no idea what to do. Headout is a travel app that enables tourists … | The Guardian: |
Lancaster University's Litcraft uses Minecraft to create accurate scale models of places from books like Treasure Island to promote reading among school kids — Ever wanted to explore Treasure Island or pretend to be Robinson Crusoe? Minecraft is now being used to create an 'immersive experience … | Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
As Facebook and Instagram crack down on explicit content, Twitter has become the platform of choice for nudists as it allows content with full or partial nudity — Since Martin Belcher, a 50-year-old customer-services adviser based in the U.K., joined Twitter in 2012, he's tweeted out thousands …
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| Rory Smith / New York Times: |
How widespread use of translation apps like Google Translate helped bring international fans and locals together during the World Cup in Russia — MOSCOW — On a warm, sticky morning in Kazan, Russia, a couple of weeks ago, a British journalist decided to brave the heat and go for a run.| Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian: |
Profile of UK Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham, who gave Facebook a £500K fine over Cambridge Analytica and is investigating data misuse during Brexit — With the publication of an interim report on her investigation into the Brexit referendum, the information commissioner …
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eero plans to add WPA3 support in a future update. — We built eero hardware and software together to ensure that we can control and improve digital security. We're excited about the security benefits WPA3 provides and will implement these new features to all eero networks through an eventual over-the-air software update.
eero plans to add WPA3 support in a future update. — We built eero hardware and software together to ensure that we can control and improve digital security. We're excited about the security benefits WPA3 provides and will implement these new features to all eero networks through an eventual over-the-air software update.Sponsor Post
| Kyle Samani / Multicoin Capital: |
An attempt to describe Web3 stack, the many component parts of crypto ecosystem being built by hundreds of teams all over the world — I have yet to see an actual illustration of the Web3 stack. So this is an attempt. Given how expansive the Web3 ecosystem is, this diagram … | Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
Smule rebrands its Sing! Karaoke app, which lets users record music videos solo or as duets with other users or artists, to Smule, says the app has 50M MAUs — Smule wants everyone to know its name. — The company, a San Francisco-based startup named from a portmanteau of “sonic” and “mule,” runs a collection of music-related apps.Thanks:@rogerwcheng
| Sunil Paul / Recode: |
Uber will eventually dominate the scooter sector because it has the most users looking for a ride and the logistics expertise to get supply to the right spot — The Uber of scooters is going to be Uber. — This is a contributed post by Sunil Paul, who was co-founder of Sidecar.Sponsor Posts
eero:
eero plans to add WPA3 support in a future update. — We built eero hardware and software together to ensure that we can control and improve digital security. We're excited about the security benefits WPA3 provides …
eero plans to add WPA3 support in a future update. — We built eero hardware and software together to ensure that we can control and improve digital security. We're excited about the security benefits WPA3 provides …
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Introducing Zoho Academy — Today, Zoho is launching a brand new resource. We're calling it Zoho Academy: an online, self-service archive of educational content designed to help people do business better. Our intention?
Introducing Zoho Academy — Today, Zoho is launching a brand new resource. We're calling it Zoho Academy: an online, self-service archive of educational content designed to help people do business better. Our intention?
TechCrunch Disrupt SF:
The Disrupt SF agenda is now live — TechCrunch is excited to announce one of our best lineups of startups, investors and industry experts at Disrupt SF (Sept 5-7). Find out who you'll be able to see on stage!
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An attempt to describe Web3 stack, the many component parts of crypto ecosystem being built by hundreds of teams all over the worldFind
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Sources describe a dysfunctional culture at Meitu, a Chinese selfie app maker with 400M+ MAUs, with public shamings of staff, seemingly arbitrary firings, moreFind
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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Profile of UK Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham, who gave Facebook a £500K fine over Cambridge Analytica and is investigating data misuse during BrexitFind
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Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Headout, a mobile travel app for booking last-minute tours, activities, and tickets to local events, raises $10M Series A to grow from 21 to 100 cities globallyFind
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Smule rebrands its Sing! Karaoke app, which lets users record music videos solo or as duets with other users or artists, to Smule, says the app has 50M MAUsFind
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Matt Weinberger / Business Insider:
Online game creation platform Roblox, which is reportedly raising at a $2.4B valuation, says it's on track to more than double developer payouts to $70M in 2018Find
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Lancaster University's Litcraft uses Minecraft to create accurate scale models of places from books like Treasure Island to promote reading among school kidsFind
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