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Oppo and Xiaomi tease under-screen selfie cameras for smartphones
The next innovation in mobile is peeking its head for all to see today after Chinese companies Oppo and Xiaomi both showed off under-screen cameras. Apple’s notch set the ball…
WTF are ISAs and can they transform education and spark a startup wave?
Soaring college tuition prices have left Americans drowning in debt without a correspondingly enhanced set of professional skills to show for it. In the past 11 years, US student debt…
Africa Roundup: Zimbabwe’s net blackout, Partech’s $143M fund, Andela’s $100M raise, Flutterwave’s pivot
A high court in Zimbabwe ended the government’s restrictions on internet and social media last month.
Apple cuts 200 staff from its Project Titan autonomous car division
Apple’s secretive efforts to develop a self-driving car — its so-called “Project Titan” — have taken a hard turn in 2019 after it emerged that the iPhone-maker has reassigned 200…
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How the Apple Watch changed the world
In 2015 Switzerland was fucked. This blunt belief, grunted out by Apple’s Jony Ive and repeated by the media as a death knell for the watch industry, seemed to define a sad truth: that the Swiss watch was dead and Apple pulled the trigger. Now, three years and four Apple Watches later, was Ive right?…
Four reasons why you should attend TC Sessions AR/VR 2018
On October 18 — just one week away — some of the most brilliant and innovative minds in reality creation will gather at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles to…
Coinbase hires Fannie Mae exec Brian Brooks as chief legal officer
Coinbase has made yet another addition to its C-suite. The cryptocurrency trading platform has hired Brian Brooks, the former executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Fannie Mae,…
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Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up
I’m not sure if you’re aware, but the launch of Apple Maps went poorly. After a rough first impression, an apology from the CEO, several years of patching holes with data partnerships and some glimmers of light with long-awaited transit directions and improvements in business, parking and place data, Apple Maps is still not where it…
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Mobile gaming is having a moment, and Apple has the reins
It’s moved beyond tradition and into the realm of meme that Apple manages to dominate the news cycle around major industry events, all while not actually participating in said events. CES rolls around and every story is about HomeKit or its competitors; another tech giant has a conference and the news is that Apple updated…
Uber said to be negotiating sale of self-driving tech to Toyota
Uber might begin selling its autonomous driving systems to outside companies, including major automakers, according to a new report from Japan’s Nikkei. The report claims that Uber has had talks…
Coinbase hires a new VP of Operations to lead its customer service effort
Coinbase just announced they’re hiring Tina Bhatnagar as VP of Operations and Technology to lead all operational teams at Coinbase and GDAX. But perhaps most relevant right now is the…
Crunch Report | AppDynamics CEO Talks Cisco Acquisition
AppDynamics CEO David Wadhwani and Cisco VP of IoT Rowan Trollope talk to us about the $3.7 billion acquisition, Alpahbet biotech moonshot lands $800 million in funding and a Snapchat…
Pornhub Launches An Unlimited Streaming Service, Pornhub Premium
It’s been generally accepted since the days of the 9600 baud modem that all Internet porn should be free. However, with the rise in high-quality video and new streaming systems,…
Consider Pitching A “Virtual Startup” To Your Boss
Over the years I’ve been part of several of startups, and I love the energy, excitement and sense of risk that comes with launching into uncharted waters. My last startup…
Are Newly Formed Roles In VC Firms Differentiators, Table Stakes Or Total BS?
In the venture capital world, we’re about to experience an explosion of hiring around one very specific function. These people won’t invest in startups, nor will they analyze companies. They…
I’m at the W Hotel in San Francisco to hear Xiaomi President Lin Bin and VP Hugo Barra give their pitch to Silicon Valley. We’ve been told we shouldn’t expect…
