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Google Makes Docs Add-Ons More Enterprise-Friendly
Google is making it easier for Google Docs add-on developers to get their services into enterprise organizations and for IT admins to manage them. About a year ago, Google launched an add-ons program for its Docs and Sheets productivity apps Support for Forms followed last October, though there still aren’t any add-ons for Slide, Google’s presentation app. For the most part,… Read More
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YC-Backed Taskpipes Is SaaS To Simplify Using Lots Of (Other) SaaS Platforms
If there was a neat label for startups whose raison d’être is to take the strain out of dealing with other startup services then Taskpipes would be wearing that badge proudly on its lapel. The YC backed, U.K. founded b2b startup is attacking what it says is a growing data-management problem for businesses — created by the proliferation and adoption of SaaS platforms. Read More
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Predictive Analytics Firm InsideSales.com Gets $60M With Salesforce, Microsoft Strategic Backers
While people believe that the tech world is in a bubble that is bound to pop soon, the investment climate for enterprise startups with good traction remains hot. In the latest development, InsideSales.com, a provider of predictive analytics services for salespeople to help them source and close deals, has raised another $60 million of funding. This latest round, which brings the total… Read More
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Your Windows 10 Password Will Be Your Face
Microsoft announced this morning two components of Windows 10, its next operating system, that will help users log into both hardware and digital services. Windows Hello will allow users with machines that have the required hardware to log into their computing device using their face, eyes, or fingerprint. Not all machines will run Windows Hello. Microsoft noted in a blog post that computers… Read More
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More Rain For Cloud Business Intelligence As Birst Raises $65M
Birst, a cloud-based business intelligence (BI) platform, has raised another $65 million in funding — a Series F round that CEO Jay Larson said will be “the last one” before it gears up for an IPO. “We think it will not be this year, we’re not giving specific direction,” he said. “But the combination of the size of the BI market and us, we think… Read More
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McDonald’s Teams With General Assembly For Employee Training Pilot
McDonald’s announced a partnership with General Assembly today at South by Southwest. They are launching a pilot program in which a small subset of McDonald’s employees can take one of two GA courses and receive a monthly stipend for the duration of the courses. The idea is take qualified people who can’t afford to take the classes, but could have technology skills,… Read More
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YC-Backed Pakible Makes It Dead Simple For Businesses To Design, Ship Packaging
With e-commerce startups breaking into eyewear, beauty, shaving, monthly subscriptions products and more, there will be plenty of need for boxes and packaging. That’s where Pakible, a Y Combinator-backed startup, is hoping to come in. Founded by Nick Carson and Phillip Akhzar, who used to work for iPhone and iPad repair startup iCracked, the company makes it simple for any business… Read More
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OnboardIQ Simplifies Hiring For On-Demand Startups
OnboardIQ streamlines the process of hiring the thousands of people needed to get a baseline of quality service in a city at an on-demand startup. Launching as a private beta today, OnboardIQ’s team takes your onboarding funnel and automates what it can, leaving HR with more time to spend on looking through applications and interviewing candidates. Read More
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LinkedIn Buys Careerify To Build Out Its Big Data Recruitment Business
LinkedIn has made another acquisition to build out its big data recruitment business. It’s acquired Careerify, a startup based out of Toronto, Canada, that focuses on software for businesses to hire people.
Two of Careerify’s products — an employer branding software product (intended to help companies appear more attractive to prospective candidates) and “internal… Read More
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Splash Soaks Up $6M To Make Promo Events Seem Cool
Eventbrite looks like it was designed in a basement circa 2005. It works great, but gives a boring first impression. Splash, meanwhile, wants you to feel like you’re at the party from the moment your invited. That’s made it the new darling of event marketing teams at Nike, Anheuser Busch, the NBA, Google, and Spotify. While I’m used to a SXSW flood of Eventbrites and… Read More
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