Amazon has revealed a programmable Dash Button which can be assigned to any product or purpose, a customizable version of its one-touch reordering gadgets.
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New ride-sharing apps Hopsee, Ryde arrive in Hong Kong to challenge Uber and GoGoVan
Hongkongers can now save money on their commutes to work and help the environment courtesy of ride-sharing apps such as Hopsee and Ryde. Carpooling is not a new concept.
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創業 CEO－－數位經濟時代，你該淘汰這些製造管理方法
本文作者林之晨，現為台灣 AppWorks 之初創投創辦人暨合夥人，原文刊於作者網誌「Mr Jamie」，本文編輯後刊登於《30》雜誌，現獲作者授權轉載
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Small Ball – AVC
Small Ball is a style of play in basketball when a team sacrifices size/height for speed and shooting. The Golden State Warriors, the best team in the NBA this regular season, are a good example of a team that often uses this strategy.
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Age of Learning, a quiet giant in education apps, raised $150M at a $1B valuation from Iconiq
Some startups raise a lot of money with much fanfare before they’ve ever shipped a product, but some grow under the radar, building something that clicks, and then slowly amassing users and revenues before most even realise they’ve arrived.
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Microsoft acquires Italian IoT platform Solair
Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Solair, an Italy-based IoT service that was founded in 2011 (and not the U.S.-based company that makes retractable awnings).
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Uncanny Valley
Morale is down. We are making plenty of money, but the office is teeming with salespeople: well-groomed social animals with good posture and dress shoes, men who chuckle and smooth their hair back when they can’t connect to our VPN.
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Silicon Valley’s Depression is Greatly Exaggerated — The Information
Every week, I read a growing number of stories about doom and gloom in Silicon Valley, with irresistible headlines around bubbles “popping” and “fizzing” or whatever else bubbles do. Ailing unicorns. Dying unicorns. Unicorpses. Things getting (even) worse for Theranos.
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Lady Gaga’s startup Backplane burns out and sells assets
“Why do you need money from me when you have every great investor on earth?” That’s the question that caused Backplane to buckle under the weight of its own early buzz.
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