Jean-Noël Frydman: “If it happened to me, it can happen to anyone.”
— Read on arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/france-seizes-france-com-from-man-whos-had-it-since-94-so-he-sues/
The French want their .com So they just took it!
Jean-Noël Frydman: “If it happened to me, it can happen to anyone.”
— Read on arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/france-seizes-france-com-from-man-whos-had-it-since-94-so-he-sues/
The French want their .com So they just took it!
Fitbit will use Google Cloud to make its data available to doctors | TechCrunch
— Read on techcrunch.com/2018/04/30/fitbit-will-use-google-cloud-to-make-its-data-available-to-doctors/
#Fitbit getting into medical business.
After five years at Amazon, Charlie Kindel is ready for a break. The founder of Amazon’s Alexa Smart Home division left the company on Friday, writing in an email to colleagues that “the pace of the past 5 years has finally gotten to me and I simply need to catch my breath.” “I was originally just…
— Read on www.geekwire.com/2018/amazon-alexa-smart-home-founder-charlie-kindel-departs-tech-giant-5-years/
Founder of #Alexa taking a break. What does he tell Alexa at home?
Wharton professors, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs are fueling an entire generation of Warby Parkers. Now there are more than 400 startups tackling products from toothbrushes to bras. What could go wrong?
— Read on www.inc.com/magazine/201805/tom-foster/direct-consumer-brands-middleman-warby-parker.html
#Startups on steroids.
Facebook’s Internet.org has connected almost 100M to the ‘internet’ | TechCrunch
— Read on techcrunch.com/2018/04/25/internet-org-100-million/
Every morning I wake up to the same routine. I log into the Tinder account of a 45-year-old man from Texas—a client. I flirt with every woman in his queue for 10 minutes, sending their photos and locations to a central database of potential “Opportunities.” For every phone number I get, I make $1.75. I’m…
— Read on qz.com/1247382/online-dating-is-so-awful-that-people-are-paying-virtual-dating-assistants-to-impersonate-them/
In 2014, the first-ever Independent Bookstore Day launched in California. It was conceived by bookseller and writer Samantha Schoech, who partnered with the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association to highlight the important cultural value independent bookstores bring to their communities. The following
— Read on lithub.com/celeste-ng-bookstores-are-the-center-of-the-literary-ecosystem/
#IndependentBookstoreDay
Its developers call it the fastest drone in the world: It goes 80 mph and can make deliveries over 100 miles away, and it doesn’t even need remote control.
— Read on www.stumbleupon.com/su/1dyc9J/:10nqIMJEW:84@8IVac/www.today.com/money/watch-speedy-new-drone-make-delivery-without-remote-control-t127640
Uber imposters have been kidnapping and assaulting unsuspecting passengers. TODAY national investigative correspondent poses as a fake Uber driver to show you how to avoid becoming a victim.
— Read on www.today.com/video/beware-of-fake-uber-drivers-here-s-how-to-spot-them-1211849795776