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18:15 09.05.2017

The #NuggsForCarter kid has set the record for most retweets ever

A teenager with a love of Wendy’s chicken nuggets has displaced Ellen Degeneres as the author of the most-retweeted post on Twitter. Just over a month ago, Carter Wilkerson asked Wendy’s via Twitter how many retweets he’d need to get a year’s supply of free chicken nuggets. The company’s response? “18 million.” Sure, that was almost 15 million more… Read More... →

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18:09 09.05.2017

Egnyte reaches GAAP profitability ahead of potential fundraise, IPO ramp

If you rewind to late 2013 or early 2014, the market for enterprise startups, and perhaps especially for storage-centered startups, was quite different. Box raised $100 million in December of 2013 and $150 million the following July. Dropbox was on a similar tear, raising a $350 million Series C round in January of 2014 and snagging a $500 million debt facility that April. There was… Read More... →

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17:59 09.05.2017

Here is the “Orange Is The New Black” Season 5 trailer

Anticipation is at full force for this summer’s slate of TV. New “House of Cards” is due soon, and “Game of Thrones” returns toward the end of the summer. But none is quite as exciting as the return of “Orange Is The New Black,” with season five, which is to be released on June 9. This morning, Netflix put up a full two-minute trailer for the… Read More... →

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17:57 09.05.2017

Amazon enables free calls and messages on all Echo devices with Alexa Calling

Amazon may have flopped with the Fire Phone, but don’t count it out of the telephony game just yet. Alongside Amazon unveiling its newest Echo device earlier today — the Echo Show with a seven-inch video screen — the company also announced Alexa Calling, free voice calls and messaging services that you use through all Echo devices (not just the Show), as well as users of… Read More... →

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17:48 09.05.2017

The Blackbelt lets you 3D print really long items

The conveyor belt has long been the center of wacky adventures. From Charlie Chaplin to Lucy, things whizzing by on a flat belt has made for comedy gold. Now you can watch your 3D printed objects whiz past on the Blackbelt, a conveyor system for FDM printing that lets you build huge objects. The Blackbelt Kickstarter will launch in 3 days and you can expect the system to cost about 9,500 for… Read More... →

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17:44 09.05.2017

Home cleaning space hasn’t quite dried up yet as Nordic startup Freska raises €2M

Nordic home cleaning startup Freska, which is headquartered in Finland but also operates in Norway, has picked up a modest €2 million in new funding. Read More... →

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17:43 09.05.2017

Current launches a Visa debit card for kids that parents control with an app

A startup called Current is today launching a new way for parents to dole out allowances to their kids: with an app. The company offers a Visa debit card that would allow teenagers to shop in stores or online using funds from their own bank account, which is funded through allowance money that mom or dad transfers from their own bank account. Parents can use the accompanying mobile app to… Read More... →

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17:29 09.05.2017

Here’s how Amazon’s Echo Show works

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/E1hSwsMJYRS.mp4 Amazon just unveiled a brand new Echo device — I would even call it the second generation Amazon Echo. In many ways, it works like the original Amazon Echo. But there’s a screen and a couple of nifty new features. As you can see in the video at the top, the main feature is going to be video calls with other family… Read More... →

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17:23 09.05.2017

Hear Dataminr and NYC officials talk about using social media in emergency situations

These days, it’s probably more common to hear about news breaking on Twitter or Facebook than from a broadcast news network or the radio. In an age where eyewitness news has taken on a whole new meaning thanks to social media, public officials like police, fire departments, and other government agencies (more on that in a bit) are looking for new tools to get up to speed on emergencies… Read More... →

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17:17 09.05.2017

Самые многообещающие стартапы апреля по версии каталога проектов Betalist

В подборке — альтернатива «Календарю» Google, сервис для приёма посылок при отсутствии пользователя и платформы для взаимодействия с сотрудниками и клиентами.... →

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16:59 09.05.2017

Cabify nets $100M to take on Uber in Latin America, reportedly raising $400M more

One more regional on-demand transport startup is raising a big round of funding to fortify itself for the next phase of competition against the likes of Uber and incumbent taxi firms. Cabify, the ride-sharing startup that operates in Latin America, Spain and Portugal, has raised just under $100 million in new funding ($99,999,994 to be exact), according to a Form D SEC filing for Maxi… Read More... →

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16:47 09.05.2017

Disrupt NY 2017 – Hackathon MC, judges and last ticket release

The Disrupt NY hackathon is a week away and we are giddy with excitement. Over the course of the week, we’ll be sharing all the details you need for a successful hackathon and the best place to start is to highlight our judges and amazing MC. Tarikh Korula Tarikh Korula has a decade of experience founding companies that ship and grow consumer technology products to the delight of millions… Read More... →

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16:39 09.05.2017

Amazon debuts its own concert series in the UK as a perk for Prime members

Amazon is expanding its perks for Prime subscribers, with the launch of its own concert series called Prime Live Events. The debut shows will take place in London in May through July, starting with Blondie later his month. Alison Moyet, Texas, and Katie Melua will also each have their own shows this summer. If you can’t make it to London or afford the tickets, you’ll be able to… Read More... →

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16:35 09.05.2017

Amazon unveils the $230 Echo Show, with a screen for calls, shipping June 28

Look out, world: Alexa is coming to a screen near you. Today Amazon unveiled the Echo Show, a screen-based home device that is the newest addition to its Alexa-powered Echo range of home hubs that plays media and responds to voice commands. While previous versions of the Echo have been all about asking Alexa questions and getting responses from her, this new device takes a more IRL turn:… Read More... →

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16:32 09.05.2017

Matterport partners with Google to bring 3D Street View perspectives indoors

When you’re looking at moving into a new space, Street View is often a great tool to get the general vibe of the area you could be living in but it’s almost impossible to tell what spaces look like on the inside without physically being there. Today, users clicking through locations on Google Street View will start seeing quite a bit more houses and businesses pop up that they… Read More... →

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16:27 09.05.2017

You can now buy unlocked Samsung Galaxy S8 in the U.S.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 is one of the best Android phones out there. Until now, you had to contact your phone carrier to get a new phone with some bloatware. What a terrible deal. Starting today, you can now buy a Samsung Galaxy S8 or S8+ without any of the bloatware. You can purchase the device on Samsung.com or in Best Buy stores. The Samsung Galaxy S8 starts at $724.99 with 64GB of storage,… Read More... →

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16:01 09.05.2017

‘Blade Runner 2049’ is the sequel we didn’t know we wanted

If you haven’t seen Blade Runner 2049’s new trailer yet, get ready to become really excited about the upcoming movie. I didn’t know much about Blade Runner’s sequel except that they were making one. The trailer caught me by surprise when I saw both Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford discussing our gloomy future. Just like Ridley Scott’s original movie, the ambiance of… Read More... →

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16:00 09.05.2017

Signal Sciences lands $15 m investment to help secure DevOps world

Signal Sciences, a venture backed startup that wants to help companies secure their web apps in a modern DevOps context, announced a $15 million round today led by CRV with participation from Harrison Medal, Index Ventures and OATV. The company founders started at Etsy, which helped pioneer the DevOps idea, and while they were there, they found that securing a product that was changing… Read More... →

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16:00 09.05.2017

CityStream gives cities real-time road data

CityStream from Nexar harnesses the company’s dashcam app and allows municipalities to make use of the crowdsourced data. The idea is to share traffic patterns and behaviors so that cities can tweak routing and make infrastructure changes based on how cars are actually using roads day to day. The basis for CityStream is Nexar’s app for iOS and Android that turns your smartphone into… Read More... →

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15:31 09.05.2017

Opera doubles down on Africa with $100M plan to make its browser a media platform

Opera, the Norwegian browser-maker that was sold to a Chinese consortium last year, is doubling down on the African market after it announced plans to invest $100 million to grow its business in the emerging region. The company is well known for its reach in emerging markets, and Africa in particular where it recently reached 100 million users. This $100 million budget is principally for… Read More... →

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