August 1, 2016
Here’s the 18th batch of companies from 500 Startups
We’re already halfway through the year, which means it’s time for another batch from 500 Startups to start rolling out. This year, 46 companies are going through 500…
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August 1, 2016
We’re already halfway through the year, which means it’s time for another batch from 500 Startups to start rolling out. This year, 46 companies are going through 500…
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No one wants to fight a land war in Asia, not even Uber. It could have burnt mountains of cash battling for market share with local ride app…
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OmniVirt is promising to help publishers and advertisers tap into the potential of virtual reality. It’s not the only startup working on VR/360-degree ads (competitors include Immersive Media…
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Apple dropped a new iOS 10 beta today. I was expecting a bunch of bug fixes, and at best a couple of tweaks. But it became clear after…
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When you think about it, the ability for someone to put a “lure” on a spot of their choosing and attract young Pokémon fans to their location is…
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Salesforce is continuing its buying spree to expand the kinds of cloud-based apps and services that it offers to its customers beyond basic CRM. The company has just…
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Apple just released the fourth beta for the next iteration of iOS, tvOS, macOS and watchOS. In particular, there’s a groundbreaking addition in this release. The company has…
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Let’s be honest — Apple Maps has had a rough start. Four years later, the company is still working hard on improving its location app with more data…
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Hot off the heels of its acquisition of Yahoo last week for $4.8 billion, today Verizon announced another huge purchase: it’s buying Fleetmatics, a telematics company based out…
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The current messaging hype is overstated. There are certainly some interesting and unique opportunities for messaging as an interface, but I contend the number of practical use cases…
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