October 26, 2016
Zendesk expands beyond the help desk
Zendesk has always been known as a customer service cloud application, and while its focus remains on the customer, it is attempting to expand the mission using data…
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October 26, 2016
Streetography is a pictorial block party app for inquisitive photographers
Imagine if you could see a map of the city around you based on the photos that best represent the area. That’s the concept of Streetography, a brand…
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Alluxio launches its memory-centric storage system for big data workloads
Alluxio, formerly known as Tachyon, raised a $7.5 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz earlier this year. Today, the company is launching the first commercial product based…
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Sharalike tries to bring your slideshow into the virtual world
Wait, wait, wait! Before your eyes glaze over at the word “slideshow,” stay with me for a moment. Yes, we’re all bored to tears with slideslows, but Sharalike’s…
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Tim Cook ‘not sure’ Apple will meet iPhone 7 Plus demand by the end of the year
Apple is working to match the demand for the iPhone 7 Plus as best as it can, but it might not meet all the demand by the end…
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IrisVR raises $8M to bring virtual reality to architecture and design
New York City startup IrisVR is announcing that it has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The company has built virtual reality tools for the architecture and…
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Facebook demos art-themed video filters, says it got 2M voters registered
The two non-Zuck leaders of Facebook had a lot to show and tell onstage today at the WSJDLive conference, where they demoed potential products, labeled Facebook a tech…
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Loop brings retro-styled entertainment to the grandparental generation
Content is consumed from the big screen in the corner and you’re probably on your smartphone morning, noon and night. Cramming itself into the gap in-between is Loop,…
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Companies expect IP theft to rise in the next year, according to a new survey from Deloitte
Intellectual property theft may not be discussed as much as data breaches that see customers’ credit card and other personally identifiable information stolen by hackers. But online theft of…
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The startup redemption of Famous
“It might shock you, but I let go of pretty much everybody. When we went from 34 employees to 4, everyone was sh*tting Twinkies. Everyone was scared to…
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