Gastric bypass surgery in a pill startup Allurion gets $27 million as it pursues FDA approval

 Allurion, a Boston-based startup offering a non-invasive gastric balloon by swallowing a pill, has gained $27 million in Series C funding from previous investor Romulus Capital, with new participation from Cogepa Investments and IDO Investments, an innovation firm based in Oman. … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Austrian Post Offices Will Facilitate the Purchase of Bitcoin

Many people still struggle with the concept of buying Bitcoin. That is not entirely surprising, as there is no convenient way to do so. Signing up for an exchange takes time and can be quite cumbersome, all things considered.That situation will come to change in Austria over the … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

PayPal makes it easier for its merchants to sell products globally

 Payments provider PayPal has over the years made it easier for a wide range of businesses to accept payments from customers at home and abroad. Now with its Global Sellers initiative, the company is making cross-border commerce easier for merchants using its payment services. Re … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

GoPro selects ten brands to be first to use the Fusion spherical camera

 If you’re just now hearing that GoPro is shipping the Fusion, chances are you’re not on the list. The company selected nine organizations and one travel blogger to be the first to receive the camera company’s spherical camera. This pilot program clearly shows that GoPro expects … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Lyft adds automatic ride receipt forwarding for business profiles

 Lyft now makes it easier for business travelers to expense the trips they take for work – rides taken under a Business Profile within the Lyft app can now be automatically forwarded to a number of expense management systems, including Expensify, Chrome River, Concur, Nexonia, Zo … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Defending Borders with Blockchain: National Security Wonks Call for Action

A new report from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies details how blockchain could be used to protect government supply chains.Source | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 7 years ago

Marley Spoon launches ‘affordable meal kit’ Dinnerly

 It appears that companies in the meal kit space aren’t out of fresh ideas just yet with news that Marley Spoon, a startup that originally hails from Berlin but has since made its focus the U.S., is launching what it claims to be the “first affordable meal kit” offering. Read Mor … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Exclusive: Inside Airbus's modular plane concept, Transpose

Is this the thing that will make flying less terrible? Continue reading… | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

How To Create Emotional Messages That Resonate With Emma Tupa From CoSchedule

How do you craft copy that inspires action with emotional messaging? Find out during this interview with CoSchedule product marketer Emma Tupa. | Continue reading


@coschedule.com | 7 years ago

3 Ways the ‘Cruise Ship’ Model Invites Your Audience Aboard

Will DeWitt provides a simple model that helps your business attract and retain more loyal customers. | Continue reading


@copyblogger.com | 7 years ago

Abstract launches as the versioning system of record for design

 Sales teams have Salesforce. Engineers have GitHub. But designers have always had slim pickings. Abstract, launching today, is a workflow platform and system of record built for designers to solve the debilitating frustrations of the design process. The company is targeting Sket … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Why the Nexus 5 is still so fondly remembered

The Nexus 5 wasn't without its flaws, but it remains one of the most-loved Android phones ever. Why? Join us as we take a look. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Design Thinking For HR Innovators: The What, How And Why

How can HR leaders use design thinking to transform people operations and better align processes to ensure each and every team member is successful? | Continue reading


@labs.openviewpartners.com | 7 years ago

Five Key Advantages of Professional Mortgage Service

Mortgage Processing Services like origination-processing, tax-monitoring, mortgage sub- servicing, etc. | Continue reading


@orchestrate.com | 7 years ago

How business intelligence can help non-techies use data analytics

The world of business intelligence (BI) is evolving. Big data is now moving from the sole care of data scientists and becoming accessible to employees throughout organizations. The mystique surrounding data analytics is falling away, with tools designed to let non-technically-min … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Five reasons to attend TC Sessions: Robotics next week at MIT

 Next week TechCrunch is hosting its first ever one-day event centered around robotics. Called TC Sessions: Robotics, there are still a few general admission tickets left which grant the holder access to the conference, workshops, and networking events. Plus there are going to be … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Wiz Khalifa’s See You Again is now the most-viewed YouTube video of all time

The music video for Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again” featuring Charlie Puth just became the most-viewed YouTube video of all time. As first pointed out by BBC News, the video currently has more than 2,895,915,000 views, pushing it ahead of Psy’s 2012 song “Gangnam Style,” which held … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

North Dakota is ranked best state for startup success

Looking to build a startup? You may think California, New York, or Massachusetts are the places to go kick things off. However, a recent report by WalletHub may have you thinking twice about the best place to run a business, as they have ranked the best and worst states for start … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

S.Pellegrino to stage 'Itineraries of Taste' dining experience

Sparkling water brand S.Pellegrino is hosting a dining experience on Harvey Nichols' Fifth Floor Terrace, inviting guests to explore their tastebuds. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 7 years ago

Sonys weiße PS4 Pro erscheint mit 'Destiny 2' im September

Sony wiederholt sich. Im September erscheint wieder ein weißes Destiny-Bundle - diesmal aber mit der PlayStation 4 Pro und Destiny Teil zwei.Die Limited Edition der Konsole wird mit 1 TB Festplattenspeicherplatz und weißen Dualshock-Controllern... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Create Mobile Responsive Web Design Without Losing Sight of SEO

No web designer is happy to create well-designed websites with professional looks if it falls short of the ultimate goal of driving high traffic to it. To achieve this end, web designers must consider the aspects of search engine optimization in their designs. The web design must … | Continue reading


@webmaster-success.com | 7 years ago

The foldable Immotor Go is a clever electric scooter, but it's too shaky to justify the price

Back in October we wrote about a quirky, foldable smart scooter from one of the co-founders of Mophie. Unlike some Indiegogo campaigns, which end in utter failure, the Immotor Go has actually made it into production — it goes on sale today on Amazon — and last month I got to ride … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Is ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi Dead?

The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights says Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the ISIS leader, is dead.Confirmed information for the #SOHR about the death Abu Bakr #Baghdadi, the “Amir of the #IslamicState organization” pic.twitter.com/JivM08RJWI— #المرصدالسوري #SOHR (@syriahr) July 11, 2017 … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Final Fantasy XII deserves its second chance

Final Fantasy XII came out during an especially tumultuous time for the long-running series. Thanks to multiple delays, the game made its debut on the PlayStation 2 during the tail end of the console’s lifespan, launching the same year as the more powerful PlayStation 3. It was a … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

5 Essential SEO Tips For Small Business Website Owners

Technology nowadays has changed the way everything works. It used to be enough to have a quality product or offer a good service and a word of mouth, a newspaper ad or a TV commercial would help you reach out to your potential customers. Today, most of us google the things we nee … | Continue reading


@webmaster-success.com | 7 years ago

UK government calls for Uber, Deliveroo to provide better benefits for workers

A UK government review into the modern workplace has recommended a range of measures intended to help low-paid workers employed by companies like Uber and Deliveroo. The Taylor review, led by former government policy chief Matthew Taylor, says individuals working full-time in the … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

British Tech Startup Provenance Aims to Make the Food and Drinks Industry Transparent by 2025

PRESS RELEASE: Following a successful international pilot tracking tuna through Southeast Asian supply chains, and a pilot project with the world's largest consumer cooperative to track fresh produce from origin to supermarket, Provenance has secured... | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Why is data journalism important these days?

The internet may have eaten some newspapers’ lunch, but it’s also blessed them with something extraordinary: data journalism. What’s data journalism? Data journalism is a marriage of a reporter’s nose for news with a statistician’s love for data analysis. By analyzing the massive … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

How Waymo is training its self-driving vehicles to detect emergency vehicles

Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has revealed how it’s been training its vehicles to automatically identify emergency vehicles. The human eye is fairly adept at observing where a flashing blue light is coming from and heading too, while the hu … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Genoox raises $6M to make genetic data analysis more accessible for clinics

 Genoox, a startup that wants to make it easier for medical professionals to use genomic data in patient care, has raised $6 million in funding. The capital includes a seed round from Inimiti Capital Partners and a Series A round led by Glilot Capital Partners. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Will Elon Musk waste x.com, just like almost all the other single-letter domains?

Elon Musk is having a good week. On Sunday, the Tesla CEO tweeted a photo of the first Model 3 sedan to roll off the assembly line. The next day, he announced that PayPal sold him x.com, a domain he previously owned. Back in 1999, Musk launched an online banking service at X.com; … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

How to Maximize Your Content’s ROI Across 3 Core Audiences

Want to see the highest return on your content marketing? Here’s how to maximize content results across owned, earned and paid audiences. | Continue reading


@pr2020.com | 7 years ago

With $50 million in funding, Brandless sells everyday essentials for $3 each

 Brandless is a new consumer-packaged goods company that is looking to reduce the cost of grocery staples with a direct-to-consumer business model. Led by serial entrepreneurs Tina Sharkey and Ido Leffler, the company is launching with a suite of products priced at $3 each. To fu … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Tell Us: What’s Your Favorite Jane Austen Line?

I learned Jane Austen’s lines like a second language when I was growing up. My quip-quoting, BBC box-set owning, Austen-loving parents began immersing me in her literary world before I was old enough to comprehend all its nuances and ironic undertones. By the time I picked up Pri … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

How to Survive Running the Grand Canyon

There’s a book called Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon. The cover depicts a human skeleton lying at the canyon rim, not subtly. It’s not so much a safety manual as a collection of terrifying stories—it promises “gripping accounts of all known fatal mishaps” in the canyon. … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Der wohl schönste Blue Screen of Death ist zylindrisch

Wir haben schon deutlich größere Blue Screens of Death gesehen und auch spektakulärer geformte und obendrein auch auch noch gespiegelte, sowie deutlich prominenter platzierte, aber der öffentliche Windows-Absturz, den Twitter-Nutzer... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Siemens and AES team up to create energy storage joint venture

(Reuters) — American energy firm AES and German engineering conglomerate Siemens on Tuesday said they were forming a joint venture to serve the rapidly growing energy storage market. Demand for large-scale energy storage is growing as the price of advanced batteries tumble and na … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Russia Threatens to Expel 30 U.S. Diplomats

Russian foreign ministry officials say up to 30 U.S. diplomats may be expelled from the country if the Trump administration doesn’t return two compounds seized last year by the Obama administration.Thomas Shannon, the U.S. undersecretary of state, and Sergey Ryabkov, the Russian … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

How Can Iraq Rebuild?

On Sunday, Haider al-Abadi, the prime minister of Iraq, visited Mosul to herald the success of his army’s nine-month struggle to recapture the city from the Islamic State. In a speech on state television  the next day, he declared “the end and the failure and the collapse of the … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Global: Björn Borg stages tennis match across US border

Sportswear brand Björn Borg has staged a tennis match across the US/Mexico border, in a bid to showcase how sport can help to unite people. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 7 years ago

Embracing Flaky, Turkish Pastries and Gluttony at Dawn

Burek in Cappadocia A rogue wind swept past the street and left my teeth clattering. My hands were numb, and I couldn’t feel my feet. March in Cappadocia can be unforgiving, especially for someone from the plains of southern India. I was in dire need of a warm cup of coffee. We h … | Continue reading


@roadsandkingdoms.com | 7 years ago

Sony PlayStation 5 Arriving in 2019, Linked to 4K TV Adoption: Analyst

A new report claims we could see the PlayStation 5 as soon as 2019, once 4K adoption crosses the 50-percent mark in the United States. It's not a crazy timeline, but that's not likely the only factor in play, either. The post Sony PlayStation 5 Arriving in 2019, Linked to 4K TV A … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

Buoyant raises $10.5M Series A round as it looks to bring service meshes to the masses

 Buoyant, a company founded by former Twitter infrastructure engineers William Morgan and Oliver Gould, today announced that it has raised a $10.5 million Series A round. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Why I’m never signing up for Amazon Prime

It’s Prime Day 2017, which is Amazon’s now-annual midsummer deals bonanza designed to entice the few of us that are left without a Prime subscription to sign up. Thousands of prices get slashed, as if being admonished for their insolent cost, and replaced with marginally more aff … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Segmint Announces Strategic Partnership with IBM to Enhance Financial Institutions Data

PRESS RELEASE: Segmint today announced a strategic partnership with IBM to integrate Segmint's Key Lifestyle Indicator® (KLI®) technology with two IBM financial services solutions: Customer Insights for Banking (CIB) and Customer Insights for... | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Astroturfing Reddit is the future of political campaigning

Earlier this year, Hack PR had a problem. The unorthodox public relations firm had snapped up a new client, a deep-pocketed entrepreneur with political ambitions. Unfortunately, nobody really knew who he was, and the campaign it launched for him failed to convert into any real co … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

AI cybersecurity startup Darktrace raises $75 million, now valued at $825 million

Darktrace, a cybersecurity platform that detects threats in real time using machine learning that adapts and learns over time, has raised $75 million in a series D round of funding led by Insight Venture Partners, with participation from Summit Partners, KKR, and TenEleven Ventur … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

SAP wants to bridge the gap between IoT and business data

 SAP announced a new tool today called the Leonardo IoT Bridge that is designed to help bridge the gap between data coming from sensors in the field and business systems operating inside a firm. The manufacturing sector is in the middle of a massive shift where machines are being … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago