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Lee Fixel burnishes his reputation, raising his second massive fund in 2020 On Friday, former Tiger Global Management investor Lee Fixel registered plans for the second fund of his new investment firm, Addition, just four months after closing the first. But investors who were shut out of that $1.3 billion debut fund and who might […]

Daily Crunch: Pakistan un-bans TikTok TikTok returns to Pakistan, Apple launches a music-focused streaming station and SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites. This is your Daily Crunch for October 19, 2020. The big story: Pakistan un-bans TikTok The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority blocked the video app 11 days ago, over what it described as “immoral,” “obscene” and […]

Amazon Echo Dot with Clock review: A mostly aesthetic update It’s been a busy few weeks for smart speakers. Amazon kicked things off in late September with newer, rounder versions of both the Echo and Echo Dot. Less than a week later, Google updated the Home, after four years, with the rebranded Nest Audio. And […]

Matthew McConaughey on His Success Playbooks, the Powerful Philosophy of Greenlights, and Choosing the Paths Less Traveled (#474) Illustration via 99designs “If all we’re doing is asking ourselves questions, but never coming up with an answer, well, that can lead to some very imbalanced insanity at times.” — Matthew McConaughey Matthew McConaughey (@McConaughey) is a […]

Juniper Networks acquires Boston-area AI SD-WAN startup 128 Technology for $450M Today Juniper Networks announced it was acquiring smart wide area networking startup 128 Technology for $450 million. This marks the second AI-fueled networking company Juniper has acquired in the last year and a half after purchasing Mist Systems in March 2019 for $405 million. […]

Lockheed picks Relativity’s 3D-printed rocket for experimental NASA mission Relativity Space has bagged its first public government contract, and with a major defense contractor at that. The launch startup’s 3D-printed rockets are a great match for a particularly complex mission Lockheed is undertaking for NASA’s Tipping Point program. The mission is a test of a […]

27 Strategies to Achieve Your Goals Fast As a performance coach and expert in the psychology of productivity for over 25 years, I have used every tool in the book to teach people how to achieve their goals by breaking through their barriers, getting out of their heads, and getting into their productive flow. Here […]

Why Is Life So Hard? 4 Things You Can Do About It If you are wondering why life is so hard, then there is probably something missing from your life. Ask yourself, are you living a life of complacency or a life of purpose? Regardless of how you define “purpose,” you know whether you are […]

Disney+ UX teardown: Wins, fails and fixes Disney announced earlier this month that it’s going all-in on streaming media. As part of this new strategy, the company is undergoing a major reorganisation of its media and entertainment business that will focus on developing productions that will debut on its streaming and broadcast services. This will […]

Better and cheaper That’s a pretty powerful combination. Some customers gravitate toward the option that offers ease, quality and convenience, while others prefer low price. If you can do both… One way we’ve seen that done is with scale. Many people prefer the big box store to the local merchant. Not only is it often […]

Late-stage deals made Q3 2020 a standout VC quarter for US-based startups Remember back in March when the VC game was done for the year, checkbooks were snapping shut and startup layoffs led the headlines? So much for all that. Q3’s venture capital numbers are in and they are anything but weak. In retrospect, the […]

EU switches on cross-border interoperability for first batch of COVID-19 contacts tracing apps The European Union has switched on cross-border interoperability for a first batch of COVID-19 contacts tracing apps that use Bluetooth proximity to calculate the exposure risk of smartphone users after a pilot of the system last month. National apps whose backends are […]

AMC offers private theater rentals starting at $99, as cinemas continue to struggle Like countless other sectors of the entertainment industry, movie theaters have been devastated by a global pandemic with seemingly no end in sight. Initial closings stretched on for months, as distributors have delayed their biggest films, or simply cut out the middle […]

Mobile by Peak Design is a new, complete mobile mounting solution for everyday convenience After a steady stream of successful product launches and Kickstarter campaigns, Peak Design is back with a new one – Mobile by Peak Design. The startup that created a rich ecosystem of photography and packing gear is tackling mobile devices next, […]

Singapore tech-based real estate agency Propseller raises $1.2 million seed round Propseller, a Singapore-based real estate agency that combines a tech platform with in-house agents to close transactions more quickly, announced today it has raised $1.2 million in seed funding. The round included investment from Iterative; Hustle Fund; XA Network; Rapzo Capital; Lazada co-founder Stein […]

SpaceX successfully launches 60 more Starlink satellites, bringing total delivered to orbit to more than 800 SpaceX on Sunday launched another batch of 60 of its internet-beaming Starlink satellites, growing its constellation even further. That makes 835 Starlink satellites launched thus far, though not all of those are operational (some were test satellites that were […]

Instagram’s handling of kids’ data is now being probed in the EU Facebook’s lead data regulator in Europe has opened another two probes into its business empire — both focused on how the Instagram platform processes children’s information. The action by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), reported earlier by the Telegraph, comes more than a […]

Alibaba Group will spend $3.6 billion to take control of Chinese supermarket giant Sun Art Alibaba Group said today it will spend about $3.6 billion to take a controlling stake in Sun Art, one of China’s largest big-box and supermarket chains. After the transaction is complete, Alibaba Group will own 72% of Sun Art. As […]

How Sticking to Their Principles Helped Zappos and Tom’s of Maine Step Ahead of Their Competition October 18, 2020 7 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Capturing market share in a competitive industry is a matter of differentiation. When Tesla saw that its rivals favored function over form, it positioned itself […]

Unacceptable The word has a very specific meaning, which is why it’s so powerful. If we accept behavior that’s unacceptable, we’re compromising on something that we thought was too important to compromise on. And that’s how we end up with the unacceptable becoming commonplace. Published at Sun, 18 Oct 2020 08:24:28 +0000