Month: March 2020
Join the FirstMark Capital squad for a live Q&A on Zoom tomorrow at 9am PDT
Stuck at home? JK! I know you are! You’re not alone. FirstMark Capital partners Rick Heitzmann, Amish Jani, Matt Turck, Beth Ferreira, and Adam Nelson are also working from home. But neither distance nor virus can truly keep us all apart. That’s why I’m thrilled to announce that tomorrow at…
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NBA.FM will try to simulate the 2020 season as if everything is fine
Like every other sports league, the NBA is paused right now. However, the fact that there aren’t any actual games airing hasn’t stopped some people from wondering how the rest of the season would play out. So online stunt collective MSCHF is launching NBA.FM, a new simulation that will broadcast…
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Zoom isn’t actually end-to-end encrypted
Zoom states on its website and in its security white paper that it supports end-to-end encryption for its meetings. But new research from The Intercept reveals that’s not exactly true. The Intercept asked a Zoom spokesperson whether video meetings that take place on the platform are end-to-end encrypted, and the…
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How to value a startup in a downturn
The value of technology companies has fallen as the broader public markets have repriced themselves in light of COVID-19-related market and economic disruptions. And as the public markets sort out the new value of a huge piece of global business, private companies are being shaken as well. What happens in…
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Apple acquires Dark Sky, Android version shutting down in July
Dark Sky, the popular weather app, has been acquired by Apple . News of the acquisition comes by way of Dark Sky’s own blog. The company says that there will be “no changes” for users on iOS right now — but for DarkSky users on Android, the forecast isn’t so…
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Apple acquires popular weather app Dark Sky and will shut down the Android app
Apple has acquired the popular weather app Dark Sky and will be shutting down the Dark Sky Android and Wear OS apps, Dark Sky announced in a blog today. “Our goal has always been to provide the world with the best weather information possible, to help as many people as…
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