Author: Zach_Wilson
Max Q: Lego Space Stations and robot astronauts
Max Q is a new weekly newsletter all about space. Sign up here to receive it weekly on Sundays in your inbox. This week saw a huge funding round for a new space startup that’s working on the problem of distribution and use of the new data networks made possible…
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Apple’s iPad changed the tablet game 10 years ago today
Steve Jobs stepped onstage 10 years ago today to introduce the world to the iPad. It was, by his own admission, a third category of device that sits somewhere between a smartphone and a laptop. Jobs unveiled the iPad just days after the annual Consumer Electronics Show ended in Las…
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Mural raises $23M Series A after history of capital-efficient growth
This morning Mural, a software startup focused on visual collaboration1, announced that it closed a $23 million Series A round of capital. The funds come after MURAL, formerly Mural.ly, had raised just a few million dollars previously. That fact made its round interesting: How did the company raise ten times…
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Windows 7 support may be over, but Microsoft just issued a fresh patch anyway
Windows 7 users will get a fix for a bug introduced by the final update for the operating system after all, as Microsoft has thought better of a previous decision that the patch should only be supplied to remaining paying customers (who have bought extended support). The glitch introduced with…
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GM commits $3 billion to build electric and autonomous vehicles in Michigan
GM said Monday it will invest $2.2 billion into its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to produce all-electric trucks and SUVs as well as a self-driving vehicle unveiled by its subsidiary Cruise. The automaker will invest an additional $800 million in supplier tooling and other projects related to the launch of the…
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Adding India to your business
Kumar Shah Contributor Kumar Shah is the founder of Transit Capital, a cross-border VC firm that partners with growth-stage entrepreneurs building global champions. At the start of recruiting season in business school, a top-tier consulting firm sent an invite to the entire class: “over your career, you will either be…
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