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October 8, 2015
SendGrid CEO Sameer Dohlakia said he thinks of the company’s new product, Threads by SendGrid, as “the anti-spam.” Basically, Threads allows customers to set up automated emails that…
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Delivery Hero, the European online take-out ordering behemoth that was recently valued at $3.1 billion by investors, is busy building a new logistics and food delivery company. Read…
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Cynics have denounced uBeam’s ultrasound wireless charging at-a-distance technology since its first prototype in 2011, in part because it refused to share the particulars for fear of competitors copying it.…
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Pypestream, a new startup from AdGenesis/Genesis Media co-founder Richard Smullen, is announcing that it has raised $2 million in seed funding. The round was led by Jonah Goodhart,…
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Software is eating the world, but who’s setting the table? Engineers, and everyone needs them. But companies that hire freelance programmers are realizing an ugly product is as…
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A service that helps online shoppers save when prices drop, Paribus, has raised $2.1 million in seed funding to continue to grow its business following the startup’s participation in…
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Pandora has a new tool in its belt to fight against Apple Music and Spotify. The music streaming just announced it will purchase Ticketfly, a Ticketmaster-type site, for…
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Since the beginning of modern agriculture, farmers and entrepreneurs alike have been sharpening their focus and looking at ways to apply technology to compensate for the mercurial behavior…
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We are constantly bombarded by nonlinear success stories: The Facebook-MillionsOfDownloads-Airbnb-10,000Followers-ExponentialGrowth-AcquiredFor$200M-Snapchat-Uber-Zilla is stomping through our tech magazines/Twitter feeds/life every day. Our poor brains. We can’t help it, but this…
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On-demand delivery startup Postmates just launched a new product called Pop to sling lunch to people in 15 minutes or less. For now, it will only be available…
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