The bizarre naming trends that modern startups follow

 Startups put great effort into finding the perfect name. Ideally, it should be short, memorable, descriptive, and easy to pronounce. Names that meet all the criteria are commonly taken, however, so most founders find a compromise. They settle on a creative misspelling, add a word or just string together sounds they like. In the end, the hope is that a well-named startup will have an easier… Read More

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Twitter says Vine users’ emails and phone numbers were exposed for a day, but weren’t misused

 Twitter is alerting Vine users of a bug that exposed their email addresses and, in some cases, phone numbers to third parties. It’s also advising affected users to be cautious about any emails from unknown senders as a result. The company says the bug was only active for 24 hours before being patched, and doesn’t believe that the data was misused in any way, at this time. To… Read More

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Away nears 100K stylish suitcases sold as it raises $20M

 What do people actually want in luggage? A phone charger, unbreakable exterior, and maximum packing space at a resonable price is what Away discovered. So it built a line of sleek but expansive polycarbonite suitcases equipped with battery packs, and sold them direct-to-consumer. Now after selling nearly 100,000 suitcases and generating $20 million in revenue, Away has raised a $20 million… Read More

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A new era for startup investing in Latin America

 Startups in Latin America are using creative solutions to address not just local but also global problems. For investors outside the region, the prospect of working with these startups can appear attractive, yet complicated. Investing in early-stage startups in Latin America can present challenges; however, time and time again I’ve found it can be well worth the effort. Read More

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Facebook takes on Twitch with new livestreaming deal for esports

 In addition to Facebook’s announcement of a new partnership with the MLB to live stream a number of regular season games, the social network this week also signed a deal with global esports company ESL to bring over 5,550 hours of esports events and other original content to Facebook, including 1,500 of original programming. The move will aid Facebook in challenging Amazon-owned Twitch… Read More

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Twitter is down for some users

 Twitter seems to be having some technical difficulties this morning, with the network going down for some folks. Down Detector’s live outage map shows Twitter suffering outages in Japan, the UK, and now parts of the East Coast in the United States. Around 2am ET, Twitter’s Support account tweeted that some users may have had issues sending tweets, but that the issue had been… Read More

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Ford to add Android Auto and CarPlay to 2016 Ford SYNC 3 cars via update

{rss:content:encoded} Ford to add Android Auto and CarPlay to 2016 Ford SYNC 3 cars via update http://ift.tt/2qZwVdW http://ift.tt/2qZnFGE May 19, 2017 at 02:30PM  Ford is updating a large number of 2016 model year cars equipped with SYNC 3 infotainment software, adding Android Auto and CarPlay to the vehicles with a free, over-the-air update via Wi-Fi, or using either USB or going through their dealer. The upgrade will be available for around 800,000 vehicles in total, giving a huge number of Ford car owners the chance to get big infotainment… Read More

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Kickstarter launches tools for creators, because hardware is hard

 Kickstarter and its crowdfunding brethren have played a pivotal role in the hardware revolution of the past decade. But even now that developers have a wide range of democratizing tools at their disposal, hardware is, as ever, hard. Today the service launched Hardware Studio, a new suite of tools aimed at helping developers navigate the choppy waters of hardware development. Read More

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In the car with Android in the Car

{rss:content:encoded} In the car with Android in the Car http://ift.tt/2rjSQMM http://ift.tt/2q1CK5K May 19, 2017 at 12:05AM  One of the areas that Google talked up regarding Android beyond phones at I/O this year was in vehicles, and Android in the Car was the main way it’s expanding its in-car presence. The expansion of its Android Auto software offers deeper integration with vehicle infotainment and climate control systems, and putting Assistant front and center for more voice control inside the car and out.… Read More

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Twitter hires a new GM of revenue products

 Meanwhile, at Twitter HQ, the leadership revolving door at the entrance stops spinning clockwise for just a moment as a new face enters the building… Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey today that the company has hired Bruce Falck, previously the CEO of ad-tech firm Turn, as its head of revenue product. Amid all the headlines of departures of Twitter executives, the company has faced quarter… Read More

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Twitter hires a new GM of revenue products

{rss:content:encoded} Twitter hires a new GM of revenue products http://ift.tt/2pYcXfL http://ift.tt/2hXcbMk May 18, 2017 at 11:22PM  Meanwhile, at Twitter HQ, the leadership revolving door at the entrance stops spinning clockwise for just a moment as a new face enters the building… Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey today that the company has hired Bruce Falck, previously the CEO of ad-tech firm Turn, as its head of revenue product. Amid all the headlines of departures of Twitter executives, the company has faced quarter… Read More

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Facebook and MLB partner to bring live streamed games to the social network

 Facebook and the MLB announced today a new live streaming partnership that will bring 20 live, regular season games to the social network. The games will air weekly on Facebook, with the first – Rockies at Reds – showing tomorrow night at 7:10 PM ET on the official MLB Facebook Page. Additional games and times will be announced later on. The weekly broadcasts on Facebook will come… Read More

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Google’s AMP now powers 2B+ mobile pages and 900K domains, loads 2x faster

{rss:content:encoded} Google’s AMP now powers 2B+ mobile pages and 900K domains, loads 2x faster http://ift.tt/2qwhE2L http://ift.tt/2qwr2DT May 18, 2017 at 09:40PM  As Google looks for ways to keep people using its own mobile search to discover content — in competition with apps and other services like Facebook’s Instant Articles — the company is announcing some updates to AMP, its collaborative project to speed up mobile web pages. Today at the Google I/O developer conference, Google announced that there are now over 2 billion AMP… Read More

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Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram unite with cross-app notifications

 Facebook’s family of apps are moving in together. Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram are each testing a feature that shows notification counters from the other apps and lets you instantly switch between them. The feature could boost engagement across the apps by using those maddening red notification jewels to constantly remind you there’s something to see in the other apps. This… Read More

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Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram unite with cross-app notifications

{rss:content:encoded} Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram unite with cross-app notifications http://ift.tt/2pQ3afJ http://ift.tt/2pPN5qa May 18, 2017 at 08:41PM  Facebook’s family of apps are moving in together. Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram are each testing a feature that shows notification counters from the other apps and lets you instantly switch between them. The feature could boost engagement across the apps by using those maddening red notification jewels to constantly remind you there’s something to see in the other apps. This… Read More

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Android Pay to expand to new markets, add improved loyalty card features

{rss:content:encoded} Android Pay to expand to new markets, add improved loyalty card features http://ift.tt/2qWNzL9 http://ift.tt/2qw6ACL May 18, 2017 at 08:38PM  Yesterday at Google’s developer conference I/O, the company announced upgrades to its Payment API that will make it easier for end users to switch between their multiple payment cards when checking out on the mobile web, or paying for things in apps – even if those cards were not saved in Android Pay. Today, Google announced a few more changes to its payments business &#8211… Read More

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No, YouTube’s mobile live streaming is not yet open to all – but it’s very close

{rss:content:encoded} No, YouTube’s mobile live streaming is not yet open to all – but it’s very close http://ift.tt/2pYd8Ya http://ift.tt/2rvQzv4 May 18, 2017 at 07:56PM  YouTube appears to be further opening up mobile live streaming by dropping requirements on subscriber counts in order to gain access to the feature, according to reports out today. Google, however, has disputed claims saying the new functionality is now available to all users, instead stating that only a subset of YouTube’s users have access for the time being. That said, mobile… Read More

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Social Native raises $8 million to build a new social media ad platform

 No one, it seems, has come up with a good way to harness all the videos, photos, and tweets that budding creators post every day on YouTube, or the Facebook media juggernaut, or its smaller Snap-pier rivals. Read More

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