April 17, 2018
Resy rolls out a new suite of tools for restaurants
Resy launched in the summer of 2014 with a simple premise: If you want a premium reservation at a restaurant on short notice, you should be able to…
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April 17, 2018
Drift raises $60 million to be an Amazon for businesses
When you’re raising venture capital, it helps if you’ve had “exits.” In other words, if your company has been acquired or you’ve taken one public, investors are more…
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Elon Musk’s Boring Co. raises $113 million to chase a pipe dream
Elon Musk’s tunneling startup The Boring Company has raised $113 million to fund its vision of the near/distant future of transportation, according to newly filed SEC docs first…
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Someone made a game where you ride the rapidly changing prices of cryptocurrencies
The cryptocurrency world is a strange one, but at least it has a sense of humor. A new game has you riding a little crypto-car along the wildly…
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Utah’s Pluralsight unveils IPO filing
Pluralsight, the Utah-based education technology company, has revealed its IPO filing. Given the timing of the unveiling, the company is likely targeting a May public debut. Its core…
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Netflix nears a $150B market cap as its subscribers continue to balloon
Just last quarter Netflix passed a $100 billion market cap — and we might already be talking about it as a $150 billion company before too long with…
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FCC dings T-Mobile $40M for faking rings on calls that never connected
T-Mobile will pay $40 million as part of a settlement with the FCC for playing ringing sounds to mislead customers into thinking their calls were going through when…
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Here’s the ultra-low-light phone camera Sony promised
Sony promised an “ultra low-light camera” during its Mobile World Congress press conference back in February. The off-hand announcement was intended to throw a bit of shade at…
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iHeartRadio opens up its playlists to all users with launch of Playlist Radio
iHeartRadio is best known for its free service offering thousands of live, streaming AM and FM radio stations and its ability to create your own custom station, similar…
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Tony Fadell is worried about smartphone addiction
This weekend, former Apple engineer and consumer gadget legend Tony Fadell penned an op-ed for Wired. In it, he argued that smartphone manufacturers need to do a better…
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