Month: March 2020
How emergency declarations are helping governments respond to COVID-19
Two US states, Washington and Florida, are in states of emergency over COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus that’s sickened over 90,000 people around the world and over 100 in the US. There’s an outbreak of the virus at a nursing facility in Kings County, Washington, and six…
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Startup Battlefield applications for TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2020 are now open
Founders – it’s time to launch your company on the most famous stage in tech media. Startup Battlefield applications are now open. TechCrunch is scouring the globe to find the most innovative and game-changing startups to compete for the famous Disrupt Cup and a $100,000 equity-free prize at Disrupt San…
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Applications are open for the latest Disney accelerator program
The Walt Disney Company is now accepting applications for its 2020 Disney Accelerator, the company said today. The accelerator accepts ten growth-stage startups for a three-month mentorship program that provides access to the creativity, imagination and expertise of Disney — including unique access to Disney’s leadership team. “We created the…
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Robinhood experienced two major outages in two days
On Tuesday morning, investing app Robinhood experienced its second major outage in two days. The first outage lasted from around 9:30AM ET on March 2nd until around 2AM ET on March 3rd, according to a Robinhood spokesperson. Robinhood tweeted about the second outage at 10:11AM ET today and said that…
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Nokia Time To Die: Bond-themed Nokia phone teased for March 19 launch
Because MWC 2020 was cancelled, loads of phone companies have been hosting replacement events to launch their new smartphones, and now we know when Nokia is set to show off its new phones. According to the ‘save the date’ sent around by the company, which you can see above, the…
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Apple Stores to host over 5,000 female-focused sessions in March for International Women’s Day
Apple is celebrating International Women’s Day with a full month of events across its retail stores, App Store and other platforms, including Apple TV, plus its Apple Books and Apple Podcasts applications. In March, Apple’s retail stores will host over 5,000 “She Creates”-branded sessions as part of its “Today at…
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