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Docker gets a new CEO
There is change in the air for Docker, the company that helped make software containers popular among developers. But Docker is under pressure from the growing ecosystem of Kubernetes-based services and other startups. So maybe it doesn’t come as a surprise that Docker CEO Ben Golub is stepping down. Golub will be replaced by Steve Singh, who is joining Docker from SAP. Read More
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Safaricom and mSurvey launch Consumer Wallet to map Africa’s cash economy
Kenya’s leading mobile provider, Safaricom, is teaming up with data collection startup mSurvey to launch Consumer Wallet ― an online platform using mobile and SMS to map Africa’s cash-based economy. T-Mobile CEO Apologizes For “Offending” EFF And Its Supporters
After an aggressive response to his company, T-Mobile, being called out for being anti-Net Neutrality on its new “Binge On” product by the EFF, CEO John Legere has backtracked a bit. In case you missed it, he flippantly asked “Who the fuck is the EFF?” during a Twitter Q&A last week. EFF supporters told him. In droves. Here was his apology today, which is of course… Read More
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Sampler Is Like Those People Who Give You Free Warm Cheeseballs At Costco But Only On The Internet
Giving out samples on the street is kind of silly. Taking a little cup of urine-colored sports drink or a nasty bag of chips offers little in the way of customer generation and it usually ends up in a messy sidewalk and tired sample givers. But what if you could give away urine-colored sports drinks over the Internet? Now you’re cooking with gas! Marie Chevrier at Sampler wants to make… Read More
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Meet Alphabet, Google’s New Corporate Boss As Sundar Pichai Takes Over The Search Company
Google just rocked the world with some light news on a Monday. It has restructured the company and everything will now report up to “Alphabet Inc.” a new corporate name. That includes Google, which will now be CEO’d by Sundar Pichai (one less Twitter CEO candidate). Its site? https://abc.xyz/. Strangely enough, Google doesn’t own Alphabet.com (yet?). BONUS: Click… Read More
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The Three Qualities Twitter’s Next CEO Must Have
Perhaps you’ve heard there’s a job opening over at Twitter. The blue bird is looking for its next CEO after longtime leader and all-around good guy Dick Costolo decided to step down after a successful run taking Twitter from mid-sized startup to public company. Chris O’Neill Named CEO, Phil Libin Executive Chairman In Evernote Executive Shuffle
Evernote has made some changes at the top of the company today, naming Chris O’Neill its new CEO and announcing that Phil Libin will be sliding over to the Executive Chairman spot, where he can be “more more actively involved with shaping the next generation of Evernote products.” Read More
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I Can Has New CEO? Cheezburger’s Ben Huh Steps Down After 8 Years
After acquiring a tiny little site called I Can Has Cheezburger? in 2007, Ben Huh took it to levels that went way further than the internet. The site, and at one time Huh himself, were a bit of a household name. Today, he has announced that he’s stepping down as CEO, to be replaced by its President and COO Scott Moore. Before there was Buzzfeed, before there was every Huffington Post… Read More
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Polish Startup Filmaster Sells To Samba TV For €1 Million
Filmaster, a movie recommendation engine built by a team in Warsaw, Poland, has sold to Samba TV for a little over €1 million. Filmaster was funded by HackFwd and HardGamma Ventures although the founders kept most of the company as it was sold.
Described as a service that offers movie recommendations using “its own proprietary artificial intelligence and machine learning… Read More
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Acceleprise Accelerator Aims $3.5M Fund At Early Stage Enterprise Apps
Acceleprise Ventures, a San Francisco-based incubator anchored by investor Sean Glass, announced a new $3.5 million fund with a pronounced enterprise app bent. It also announced 10 newly funded companies.
The company works with 8-12 pre-seed B2B companies per round to help them grow from acquiring their first customers “to building scalable and repeatable processes that can fuel… Read More
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