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Microsoft Will Never Give Up On Mobile
When Microsoft announced its wrenching $7.6 billion write-down last week, it was easy to presume that the company was giving up on mobile. At the very least, the financial avalanche sent a strong signal that Windows phone in its current guise has failed in a major way. Read More
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Virtual Desktop Startup Workspot Scores $5M To Target The World’s Biggest Companies
Workspot, an aptly-named virtual desktop startup, is planning to improve its tech and expand its enterprise sales team after raising $5 million in new funding led by Helion Ventures, with participation from Translink Capital and Qualcomm Ventures. Intel Beats Expectations, Up 6% After Hours On Revenue Of $13.2 Billion
Today after the market closed, Intel Corporation (INTC) released its second quarter earnings report. The company reported revenue of $13.2 billion and earnings per-share of $0.55. The company’s revenue dropped five percent compared to the year-ago quarter, and its net income dropped by three percent over the same period. However, EPS was flat at 55 cents compared to the… Read More
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One Year Later Apple And IBM Remain Oddest Couple In Tech
It was just a year ago today, that Apple and IBM shocked the world when they announced a partnership. Apple, the consummate consumer company was teaming up with IBM, the quintessential buttoned-down corporation with an enterprise pedigree. It seemed to be the oddest of odd couples, but one year in and 32 apps later, the partnership seems to be flourishing and giving both companies… Read More
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Twilio Offers Early Shareholders Liquidity In Repurchase Offer
Twilio, the startup that lets developers integrate voice, text and other communications services into mobile and web apps by way of a set of APIs, has stayed mum in answer to questions of when it might finally make the leap to go public.
But today it took a step that some believe could help position it for just that: the company has sent out a letter offering to repurchase Series A… Read More
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‘Twas A Rowdy Day For Tech Stocks
Tomorrow marks the kickoff point for the next cycle of tech earnings, so the markets are on the precipice of a data deluge. Today we had a bit of a pre-show, with two things happening that are well worth our consideration: Box’s big trading day and Twitter’s fake acquisition news. Read More
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DataCamp Gets $1M Seed Round To Develop Data Science Learning Platform
DataCamp wants to teach data science skills to a generation of people, and it got a million in seed money to continue developing its online data-science learning platform.
The round was led by Chris Lynch at Accomplice, an early stage venture capital firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company had raised $300,000 in seed money previously
DataCamp is not unlike coding bootcamps such… Read More
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Convo Follows Its Desktop Revamp With New Mobile Apps
A week after launching new web and Mac desktop applications, collaboration is releasing new versions of its mobile apps, too. CEO Faizan Buzdar has said that the relaunches reflect an attempt to rebuild Convo “from the ground up,” and that the company would be bringing these changes to all its platforms. (The redesign hasn’t been a huge hit with the TechCrunch team, though… Read More
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YC-Backed Interviewed Uses Automated Simulations To Evaluate Job Candidates
Interviewed, launching from Y Combinator’s most recent batch of startups, is looking to help employees make better hiring decisions. It’s not uncommon for employers to be wowed by a candidate’s interview skills, only to find that their actual on-the-job skills are lacking. Interviewed fixes this issue by creating advanced simulations for job candidates who are interviewing… Read More
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Microsoft Hopes To Unify Big Data And Analytics In Newly Announced Suite
Today at its Worldwide Partner Conference in Orlando, Microsoft announced the Cortana Analytics Suite. It takes the company’s machine learning, big data and analytics products and packages them together in one huge, monolithic suite. Microsoft has put together the suite with the hope of providing a one-stop, big data and analytics solution for enterprise customers. “Our goal was… Read More
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