If you have a 'need for speed' then watch the Porsche video as the 919 sets a new speed record...Bird
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If you have a ‘need for speed’ then watch the Porsche video as the 919 sets a new speed record…Bird’s big fund raising sparks more conversation…Former COMUNICANO client Flowroute gets acquired…Tesla gets more cars on the road…..How much are they getting paid in the Silicon Valley….Instagram wants to know……..Whole Foods drops Amazon….News about AI, Google, T-Mobile and SMS…more and more as the loaded up Monday edition comes your way, with all you need to know, all in today’s COMUNICANO!
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The 919 Tribute Tour: On-board record lap, Nordschleife. - YouTube
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Bird's $400 million in 4 months is the poster child for Silicon Valley
Electric scooter company Bird has raised so much money so fast that its venture capitalist investors are left defending their investment choice. Despite their exuberance, electric scooters look like a niche transportation choice at best.
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Seattle-based cloud telecom company Flowroute to be acquired by West Corporation
In a move to expand its existing service technology, Omaha, Neb.-based telecommunications company West Corporation announced Friday that it agreed to acquire Seattle-based Flowroute.
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Tesla reaches Model 3 production milestone and record 7,000-car week total production, says Elon Musk
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Can Elon Musk and Tesla Reinvent the Way Cars Are Made?
Scrambling to turn out its first mass-market electric car, the automaker set up multiple assembly lines and is changing production processes on the fly.
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Silicon Valley’s Exclusive Salary Database
Unlike popular self-reported salary sites like Glassdoor or Stack Overflow, Option Impact is reserved for elite users—VCs and the executives at the startups they back.
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Instagram adds ability to ask questions in Stories
It seems like Instagram is in the news every other day. Highlights include its new Lite and IGTV apps, though there are several Instagram app tweaks sprink…
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T-Mobile is rolling out support for the next-gen texting standard backed by Google -
T-Mobile is starting to support a universal messaging standard that’s supposed to make traditional texting look a bit more like chatting in a modern messaging app, complete with read receipts, typing indicators, and more.
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Airbnb aims to be ‘ready’ to go public from June 30, 2019, creates cash bonus program for staff – TechCrunch
Airbnb, the accommodation rental business, has been building up a larger profile as a travel services powerhouse to fill out its $31 billion valuation, and now it’s putting some pieces in place inside the company — specifically aimed at employee compensation — to prepare for the next phase of its growth, which could include going public as soon as June 30, 2019, but not later than late 2020.
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Tech companies just woke up to a big problem with their AI
Tech companies are beginning to accept that the artificial intelligence they’re building their futures on could be flawed.
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The AI bubble won't burst anytime soon, but change is on the horizon
During an AI podcast a couple months ago, someone asked me if AI would be the next big tech bubble to burst.
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Google Home app will soon get a much-needed makeover
The Google Home app is a hot mess right now, to say the least. It’s primary purpose is to set up new Chromecasts and Google Home speakers, but the company… by Corbin Davenport in Applications, Google, News
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Google Pixel Watch rumors: Everything we've heard so far
Google doesn’t currently sell its own smartwatches, but 2018 could be the year that changes: the tech giant is reportedly working on the Pixel watch, a flagship smartwatch for its Wear OS platform.
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Google Maps is about to get Waze’s best feature
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Amazon missing from Whole Foods' Prime rollout
Whole Foods stores are now dripping with Prime banners, but there’s no mention of the word Amazon in sight. And, it looks like that might be on purpose.
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Take Alexa with you everywhere you go with this sleek smartwatch
Amazon’s Echo speakers are a fantastic gateway into the world of Alexa while you’re at home, but what happens when you’re on the go?
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Permanent LTE exploits steer users to rogue websites
LTE was theoretically supposed to fix the security holes baked into earlier wireless standards, but it isn’t completely immune.
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A massive cache of law enforcement personnel data has leaked
Exclusive: Leaked data reveals many police departments are unable to respond in an active shooter situation.
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What Blockchain Can’t Do
Someone needs to verify the link between digital records and physical objects.
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Here’s Some Cryptocurrency. Now Please Use It.
Ripple, a start-up company, is sitting on $30 billion of its digital token, XRP. It is trying to get people to think of XRP as more than an investment.
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It started with your shoes, then your water. Now the TSA wants your snacks.
Passengers at airports across the country are reporting that increasingly TSA agents are instructing them to remove their snacks and other food items from their carry-ons and place them in those ubiquitous plastic bins for separate screening.
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Here are the 10 most sold phones of all time — you’re in for a surprise
Sales of Samsung’s Galaxy S and Note series pale in comparison with these devices. Check out the list of the most popular phones of all time.
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Consumer Reports launches special campaign to call out Comcast’s hidden fees
Hidden fees are a depressingly standard part of having a cable or internet subscription in 2018. When AT&T was spotted tripling its “administrative fee” for wireless customers this week – a move that could net it $800 million in new revenue – the best its PR reps could do is shrug and say that…
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“Perhaps it is simpler to say that Intel…was disrupted”
Please read @stratechery’s excellent post on Intel https://stratechery.com/2018/intel-and-the-danger-of-integration/, “Intel and the Danger of Integration” by Ben Thompson.
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