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Udacity wants to get you a job in the nascent VR industry
Udacity – the online school started by Google X founder and self-driving car pioneer Sebastian Thrun— is offering a new “nanodegree” online to prepare students for jobs in the still emerging industry of virtual reality. Udacity promises to give online learners with no prior programming experience the skills to create mobile phone and desktop-based virtual reality… Read More
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Gusto rushes to release new features ahead of rival Zenefits
In the world of HR and payment software, things are heating up this fall. In the one corner: Zenefits, the high-flying software company that admitted to having an array of compliance issues and that asked its cofounder to resign as CEO earlier this year. The company has been heavily promoting an all-new, fully complaint, next-generation version of its offerings that it plans to unveil on… Read More
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Amazon could be working on in-home package deliveries
Amazon’s delivery prowess is impressive; just today, it announced free Prime same-day delivery for my home city of Toronto, and the speed and consistency with which they hit their deadlines is astounding. For Amazon’s next act, it might one-up itself by arranging to leave your packages inside your door, or in your garage, when you aren’t home to receive them yourself. The… Read More
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DJI intros a pair of goggles to go along with its new drone
DJI’s little drone wasn’t its only big news from today’s Mavic Pro unveil event in New York City. The company also devoted a few moments of stage time to its new simply-titled video wearable, Goggles. The on-the-nose name offers up the basics of what you need to know about the new product, an all-white headset reminiscent of a VR peripheral designed to offer up… Read More
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Enterprise chat app Slack ties up with Salesforce in a deep platform partnership
Slack — the popular enterprise chat app that now has 3 million users, 930,000 of them paying — is adding in another key integration as it continues to get more embedded with its customers. Today the company is turning on what it describes as a “deep product partnership” with Salesforce — an integration that will make it much easier for businesses to share… Read More
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DJI’s folding drone is smaller, pricier and better at tracking than GoPro’s offering
“I’m sitting in New York City,” Adam Lisberg tweeted last week, as GoPro CEO Nick Woodman, dropped to his knees, unzipped a backpack and unveiled the company’s long-awaited Karma drone at an event on the other side of the country. “I’m watching a competitor unveil a new product. I ain’t worried about a thing.” Days later, DJI’s head U.S. Read More
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Momento for iMessage turns your photos into GIFs
Although the iMessage App Store is currently dominated by sticker packs, there are a few clever apps breaking through. One such app is Momento, an iMessage-only app that automatically turns your photos from your Camera Roll into GIFs you can text to your friends. What makes the new app fun to use is that it doesn’t require that you do anything to create these GIFs yourself – it… Read More
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ProsperWorks raises $24M for its Google-centric CRM solution
ProsperWorks, a cross-platform customer relationship management (CRM) service that plugs into the Google for Work platform, today announced that it has raised a $24 million Series B funding round. The round was led by Next World Capital, an early revenue stage VC firm that specializes in helping its portfolio companies expand into European markets. Other investors include Storm Ventures… Read More
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Israel’s former Prime Minister Ehud Barak bets big on emergency app Reporty
One of Israel’s most storied politicians, Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, has thrown his significant personal and political capital behind an early stage emergency services app Reporty. With Barak’s help the app company has raised $5.15 million as it seeks to leverage both his portfolio and his political acumen in its push into a crowded market. In the age of mass shootings… Read More
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Arrow picks the Smart Cube smartlock as its first Indiegogo partner product
A few months back Indiegogo and component provider Arrow announced a deal aimed at helping bring promising crowdfunding projects to market, providing hopeful campaigns with some much-needed tools in those difficult months following funding. Smart Armor will be the first hardware startup to get that push for this morning’s launch of the Smart Cube, a smartlock system that can be adapted to… Read More
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Kano moves beyond Pi with code-your-own device kits for kids
It’s been 16 months since Kano took to the stage at TC Disrupt New York 2015 to announce a $15M Series A, and to talk up its big ambition to build a creative computing brand. And 10 months since, flush with VC cash, it started work on its next big product reveal… Today it’s ready to show what it’s been working on. Read More
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Mattel’s ThingMaker, the 3D printer that let kids make their own toys, delayed until next year
Remember ThingMaker? Mattel’s $300 3D printer that would let kids print out their own toys? Its ship date – which was supposed to be this month – just got pushed back another year, according to a report from Engadget. The toy maker says it needs the extra time to “enhance the digital functionality” in order to deliver the “most engaging” experience… Read More
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Skedaddle wants to take ride-sharing out of cities and across the country
It was only a matter of time before the same forces that brought competition to the taxi industry turned their attention to the bus business. And now, what Uber and Lyft have done for ride-sharing inside cities and towns across America, startups like Skedaddle want to do for ride-sharing across America. Launched by a clutch of east coast entrepreneurs led by Adam Nestler, his brother Craig… Read More
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The EFF calls on HP to remove DRM from its printers
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has called on HP to restore customer’s ability to use third-party ink cartridges in its Office Jet printers. It is also urging consumers to sign a petition, which as of this posts’s publication, has nearly 7,500 signatures. In an open letter to HP Inc. President and CEO, Dion Weisler, activist Cory Doctorow calls on the company to take five… Read More
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Bot Metrics gives developers the tools to measure and analyze their chat bots
Bot Metrics, an San Francisco-based company that specializes in — you got it.. — metrics and analyze of chat bots has landed funding to help developers and early bot enthusiasts get a better understanding of their services and users. Read More
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Wink’s smart home hub gets some key upgrades for its second generation
The smart home has come a long way in the two-plus years since the original Wink Hub was launched as a spinoff of New York-based hardware crowdsourcer, Quirky. Among other things, a number of major players like Amazon, Google and Apple have stepped up their attempts to provide a central ecosystem for the increasingly populated world of connected home devices. But while the competition has gotten… Read More
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Invicta Medical
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- HQ: Palo Alto, California
- Categories: Medical, Health Care
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Quantapore
- Not available Series C
- HQ: Menlo Park, California
- Categories: Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care
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DeepGram
- $1.8M Venture
- HQ: Mountain View, California
- Categories: Human Computer Interaction
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VMO Rocks Sdn Bhd
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
- Categories: Food and Beverage, Events
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Advonex International
- $4.2M Venture
- HQ: Kingston, Ontario
- Categories: Renewable Energy
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Yodeck Digital Signage
- Not available Convertible Note
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Internet of Things, Outdoor Advertising, SaaS, Digital Signage, Software ... See More
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ThisWay Global
- 1.6M GBP Seed
- HQ: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Categories: Recruiting, Big Data, Mobile, B2B, Software, Information Technology
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Mekorot
- 700M ILS Debt Financing
- HQ: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
- Categories: Water
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Red Points
- 2.0M EUR Series A
- HQ: Barcelona, Catalonia
- Categories: Security, Technical Support, Legal
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Knotch
- $10M Series A
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Software, Content, Digital Media, Brand Marketing, Analytics, Advertising ... See More
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Prestige and Homeseeker Park & Leisure Homes
- 13M GBP Venture
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Construction
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Immunic AG
- 18M EUR Series A
- HQ: Martinsried, Bayern
- Categories: Therapeutics
- Investors: Not available
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Sanofi Pasteur
- $43M Grant
- HQ: Lyon, Rhone-Alpes
- Categories: Biotechnology
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Reapplix
- $2.7M Venture
- HQ: Birkerød, Hovedstaden
- Categories: Biotechnology
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Screach
- 1.1M GBP Seed
- HQ: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Categories: Mobile, Software, Digital Signage, Music, Consumer Electronics, Social ... See More
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Klaxoon
- 5.0M EUR Venture
- HQ: Rennes, Bretagne
- Categories: Information Technology
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Fortis Therapeutics
- $18M Series A
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Biotechnology, Therapeutics
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LionShare Media
- $125K Seed
- HQ: Manhattan Beach, California
- Categories: Mobile
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Milkman Deliveries
- 1.1M EUR Series A
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Delivery
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SecBI
- $5.0M Series A
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Computer, Network Security
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NS1
- $20M Series B
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: Internet, Web Hosting
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Vnomics
- Not available Venture
- HQ: Pittsford, New York
- Categories: Software
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Advwhere
- Not available Seed
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Direct Pay Online Group
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Nairobi, Nairobi Area
- Categories: E-Commerce
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AquaSecurity
- $9.0M Series A
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Security, Cloud Security, Virtualization, Cyber Security, Software
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LiquidSky Software
- $2.0M Seed
- HQ: Tarrytown, New York
- Categories: Software
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Medical Channel
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- HQ: Sydney, New South Wales
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