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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Twitter mistakenly suspended its own CEO’s Twitter account

SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 6: Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter, attends the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 6, 2016 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Every July, some of the world's most wealthy and powerful businesspeople from the media, finance, technology and political spheres converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive weeklong conference. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) November 2016: the month that Facebook ‘killed’ its CEO Mark Zuckerberg (and a bunch of other users) and Twitter suspended its CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey. Read More

from Social – TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2dKrLrC Twitter mistakenly suspended its own CEO’s Twitter account Jon Russell http://ift.tt/2fDL07H
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Agricool harvests $4.3 million to grow fruits and vegetables in containers

agricool French startup Agricool has raised $4.3 million (€4 million) from newly-launched VC firm Daphni as well as Parrot founder Henri Seydoux and Captain Train (acquired by Trainline) co-founder Jean-Daniel Guyot. Agricool’s product is quite unusual as the company wants to grow strawberries and later other fruits and vegetables inside shipping containers. With many people moving to… Read More

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Bad PR agencies can kill a startup before it has a chance to succeed

money shakedown Right now there’s a multi-million-dollar con being played on employees, investors and founders of startup companies — and they don’t even realize it. In a dying media world where quality coverage has become invaluable to a rising startup, public relations agencies charge startups anywhere from $10,000 to $100,000+ per month for their services. Unfortunately… Read More

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Starbucks starts selling Ember mugs, which keep your drink at a steady temp for hours

The Ember temperature control mug. Last year, Ember Technologies Inc. ran a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to build a mug that keeps hot drinks at the perfect sipping temperature. By now, it’s sold 4,000 of these devices. And in something of a coup for the startup, Starbucks Corp. has begun selling Ember Temperature Control Mugs in its stores across most of the U.S. and online for $149.95. Whether it’s coffee,… Read More

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Facebook built censorship tool to get into China despite human rights risks

facebook-china Facebook wants to be unbanned in China, so it’s built a censorship tool that could hide posts about prohibited topics from people in China, according to The New York Times‘ Mike Isaac. Rather than censor posts itself, Facebook would potentially provide the tool to a third-party in China such a local partner company that could use it to prevent users in China from seeing content… Read More

from Social – TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2gjpOF9 Facebook built censorship tool to get into China despite human rights risks Josh Constine http://ift.tt/2gIaohG
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Lab-made meat startup Memphis Meats hopes to grow a Thanksgiving turkey

turkey dinner Memphis Meats sizzled onto the startup stage earlier this year with a lab-grown meatball. Now, it’s entertaining the idea of growing other meats – including turkey. The startup has created an Indiegogo campaign to save some of the nearly 50 million birds from the slaughter each Thanksgiving by educating the public on what meat of the future could look and taste like. While I am… Read More

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Don’t know what they want? Give a pre-swappable Snappy Gift

snappy-gift Gift cards are soulless and buying the wrong gift leads to annoying returns. But you might not know if your loved one would prefer a drone, action camera, or a VR headset. With Snappy Gifts, they get to choose. Snappy Gifts is a new startup offering a fresh new approach that takes the guess-work out of generosity. You go to Snappy Gift’s app, choose a price range, and then select from… Read More

from Social – TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2ghSlvb Don’t know what they want? Give a pre-swappable Snappy Gift Josh Constine http://ift.tt/2gze0S4
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Zola wedding registry lands $25 million led by Lightspeed

screen-shot-2016-11-22-at-2-53-53-pm Zola, the smarter wedding gift registry, has signed term sheets on a $25 million Series C round of funding, according to sources close to the matter. Sources say that Lightspeed led the round, and that Zola’s pre-funding valuation was at $200 million. Zola is an online wedding registry that lets couples choose products from a number of brands and even set up a cash fund. Guests can… Read More

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Don’t know what they want? Give a pre-swappable Snappy Gift

snappy-gift Gift cards are soulless and buying the wrong gift leads to annoying returns. But you might not know if your loved one would prefer a drone, action camera, or a VR headset. With Snappy Gifts, they get to choose. Snappy Gifts is a new startup offering a fresh new approach that takes the guess-work out of generosity. You go to Snappy Gift’s app, choose a price range, and then select from… Read More

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Facebook downsizes SMB sales in Europe, reportedly cuts 30 jobs in Germany

BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 24: Coffee mugs adorned with the Facebook logo stand at the Facebook Innovation Hub on February 24, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. The Facebook Innovation Hub is a temporary exhibition space where the company is showcasing some of its newest technologies and projects. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) As Facebook’s advertising business continues to grow globally, the social network is also streamlining operations in certain markets. TechCrunch has learned that Facebook is consolidating sales operations in Europe focused on small and medium businesses. In the process it is laying off around 30 people including employees in Hamburg, according to a source among those cut. 30 is a… Read More

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Most students can’t tell fake news from real news, study shows

reading newspaper with ostrich If you thought you heard the last on fake news, you were sadly mistaken. A Stanford study found that the majority of middle school students can’t tell the difference between real news and fake news. In fact, 82 percent couldn’t distinguish between a real news story on a website and a “sponsored content” post. Of the 8,704 students studied (ranging in age from middle… Read More

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Vivaldi’s updated browser syncs smart light bulbs to ‘the color of the web’

screen-shot-2016-11-22-at-9-10-14-am I’m going to go out on a limb and say it’s probably pretty tough getting the public to notice your new browser. Most internet users are pretty set in their ways at this point. There are some pretty good options out there, and really, switching is a pain once you’ve got everything set to your liking. Launched last year by an ex-Opera chief exec, Vivaldi is targeted at power… Read More

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