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Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt

David Ward Contributor David Ward is a 30-year tech industry veteran, entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of Safe Site Check In. From the outside looking in, the construction industry appears ripe for tech innovation. The industry represents 6.3% of the U.S. GDP. There are close to 1 million general…

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WhatsApp is adding a ‘best quality’ setting for sending photos and videos

Kris Holt Contributor Kris Holt is a contributing writer at Engadget. WhatsApp is working on a setting that will let users more easily bypass its iffy image compression and send photos and videos in the highest available fidelity. The “best quality” option will likely join “auto” and “data saver” choices in…

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5 fundraising imperatives for robotics startups

Lidiya Dervisheva Contributor As a partner at Next47, Lidiya Dervisheva works in the areas of robotics, AI and machine vision, as well as broader industrial and enterprise verticals. Fady Saad Contributor Fady Saad is the co-founder and strategic partnerships vice president of MassRobotics, the first and largest robotics/AI startup escalator…

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Germany’s VC industry is ready to take off, but bureaucrats need to release the handbrake

Uwe Horstmann Contributor Uwe Horstmann is co-founder and partner of the Berlin-based venture capital firm Project A Ventures. The narrative suggests that Germany is lagging behind its European neighbors when it comes to building a globally competitive venture capital market. But I think that the next five years will be…

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Demand Curve: How to double conversions on your startup’s homepage

Nick Costelloe Contributor Nick writes actionable growth marketing insights as head of content at Demand Curve. More posts by this contributor Demand Curve: 10 lies you’ve been told about marketing Between our work at Demand Curve and our agency, Bell Curve, we’ve rewritten over 1,000 websites for startups across most…

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Can advertising scale in VR?

Michael Boland Contributor More posts by this contributor Mobile and enterprise are the keys to VR/AR scale One of VR’s prospective revenue streams is ad placement. The thought is that its levels of immersion can engender high engagement with various flavors of display ads. Think billboards in a virtual streetscape…

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