Fly around the world on a single app soon....The music industry is being disrupted by startups....Why
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Fly around the world on a single app soon….The music industry is being disrupted by startups….Why is the blockchain so different…..Facebook buys into the blockchain…..Periscope by Twitter opens up its streams to call ins…..Slack files to go IPO…..See much Amazon really spent to buy PillPack and Ring….Google’s Live Transcribe will be a big help…It’s all about the Egg…those stories and more are here today, in THE COMUNICANO!!
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Multiple Airline Apps Will Be A Thing Of The Past
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Exclusive: Meet the 9 startups that Techstars believes can disrupt the music industry
From AI replicating famous voices to digital music therapy, these are the 2019 companies being incubated in Techstars Music Accelerator.
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Why Blockchain Differs from Traditional Technology Life Cycles
In the aftermath of the 2001 internet bubble, Carlota Perez published her influential book Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital.
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Kraken Raises $100 Million, Acquires Futures Firm Crypto Facilities
Kraken acquired Crypto Facilities for “nine figures” and is completing a $100 million funding round financed by its larger customers.
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Facebook Makes First Blockchain Acquisition With Chainspace
Facebook has made its first acquisition in the blockchain space. The social network has quietly hired the team behind Chainspace, a small blockchain startup founded by researchers from University College London, Cheddar has learned.
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Before It Conquered the World, Facebook Conquered Harvard
On the 15th anniversary of Facebook’s launch at Harvard, a dozen students and faculty members reflect on seeing and being the first users of the world’s largest social network.
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Periscope lets broadcasters open their streams to guests
Periscope is paving the way for broadcasters to host talk shows and invite viewers to go beyond comments and hearts by joining the conversation with their voice…
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Huawei Sting Offers Rare Glimpse of U.S. Targeting Chinese Giant
Diamond glass could make your phone’s screen nearly unbreakable—and its inventor says the FBI enlisted him after Huawei tried to steal his secrets.
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Slack confidentially files to go public
Slack has filed confidential forms to go public, the company announced Monday.
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Here are the messaging apps Slack crushed on its road to IPO
Slack was late to the world of workplace messaging apps. When it arrived in in 2013, it didn’t appear to offer much that was new — chat rooms and direct messaging were already available in a host of apps.
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New filing: Amazon spent $1.65B on acquisitions in 2018, headlined by Ring and PillPack deals
It was the second most acquisitive year in Amazon’s history by dollar volume, behind only 2017, when the tech giant spent more than $13 billion to buy Whole Foods.
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Chrome OS Instant Tethering now available on 15 more Chromebooks and 31 Android phones
Back in 2017, Google added Instant Tethering to allow Chrome OS devices to automatically share an Android phone’s cellular connection.
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Google Live Transcribe could be a big help for people who are deaf or hard of hearing
Two new features for Android phones could be a big help for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Live Transcribe automatically writes out what people are saying, and Sound Amplifier acts as a sort of hearing aid on your phone.
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Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking
Google is the latest tech company to drop the longstanding wall between anonymous online ad tracking and user’s names.
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5G initial use cases are going to be all about business
Yes, wireless carriers are talking up the consumer 5G dream, but the reality is that the real use cases are going to be all about the enterprise out of the gate.
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Meet the Creator of the Egg That Broke Instagram
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