Month: February 2020
Patreon is adding new features for creators in Europe
Funding platform Patreon is expanding its operations outside of the United States, opening a new office in Berlin and adding payment options for euros and British pounds. The move is designed to support current Patreon creators and patrons in Europe as well as attract new international users. Starting today, new…
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Tangle EE project joins Eclipse Foundation to bring distributed ledger apps to enterprise
As the number of IoT devices proliferate, and machines conduct transactions with machines without humans involved, it becomes increasingly necessary to have a permissionless system that facilitates this kind of communication in a secure way. Enter the IOTA Foundation, a Berlin-based open source distributed ledger technology (DLT) project, which has…
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Amazon Ring cameras will spy on your neighbours, but in a nice way
Amazon Ring smart security cameras have a new way for you to make and maintain friends in your area: by sharing video moments of neighbors doing nice and neighborly things. Ring smart devices already allow access to the Neighbors app: a portal for sharing video clips, ‘suspicious’ activity, or general…
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Google backs productivity startup building algorithmic inbox for Slacks, emails and texts
There have been plenty of stories written about the so-called “Slack-lash” and the growing unrest among workers dealing with DM interruptions that take their attention away from the task at hand. Slack is a poster boy for the problem, but VCs have invested heavily in a number of collaboration tools…
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Negotiatus, looking to help businesses optimize purchasing, raises $10 million
Negotiatus, a SaaS business meant to optimize and streamline the purchasing and procurement process for businesses, has today announced the close of a $10 million Series A round. The funding was led by Rally Ventures, with participation from ERA, 645 Ventures, Green Visor Capital and Stage 2 Capital. This brings…
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Google Pixel 4 could be getting a battery fix from the Pixel 5
If you’ve got a Google Pixel 4 smartphone and were disappointed by its short battery life (as our reviewer was), you might not want to think about replacing it just yet – it seems Google could have a fix on the way. This comes from Android code, spotted by XDA…
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