October 29, 2020
Microsoft now lets you bring your own data types to Excel
Over the course of the last few years, Microsoft started adding the concept of “data types” to Excel; that is, the ability to pull in geography and real-time…
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October 28, 2020
Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith is buying majority stake in the Utah Jazz for $1.6B
The Utah Jazz, an NBA basketball team based in Salt Lake City, announced today that Qualtrics CEO and co-founder Ryan Smith was buying a majority stake in the…
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That dreadful VPN might finally be dead thanks to Twingate, a new startup built by Dropbox alums
VPNs, or virtual private networks, are a mainstay of corporate network security (and also consumers trying to stream Netflix while pretending to be from other countries). VPNs create…
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Kandji hauls in $21M Series A as Apple device management flourishes during pandemic
Kandji, a mobile device management (MDM) startup, launched last October. That means it was trying to build the early-stage company just as the pandemic hit earlier this year.…
Read articleOctober 27, 2020
Daily Crunch: Zoom adds end-to-end encryption to free calls
Zoom adds a much-requested feature (but with a catch), TikTok partners with Shopify and Jack Dorsey lays out his argument for tomorrow’s Senate hearing. This is your Daily…
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Rockset announces $40M Series B as data analytics solution gains momentum
Rockset, a cloud-native analytics company, announced a $40 million Series B investment today led by Sequoia with help from Greylock, the same two firms that financed its Series…
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Lightyear scores $3.7M seed to digitize networking infrastructure procurement
Lightyear, a New York City startup that wants to make it easier for large companies to procure networking infrastructure like internet and SD-WAN, announced a $3.7 million seed…
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Vimeo introduces free video messaging with Vimeo Record
Vimeo Record is a new product that allows teams to communicate through video messages. Vimeo CEO Anjali Sud said that while the pandemic has prompted many offices to…
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SimilarWeb raises $120M for its AI-based market intelligence platform for sites and apps
Israeli startup SimilarWeb has made a name for itself with an AI-based platform that lets sites and apps track and understand traffic not just on their own sites,…
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AMD grabs Xilinx for $35 billion as chip industry consolidation continues
The chip industry consolidation dance continued this morning as AMD has entered into an agreement to buy Xilinx for $35 billion, giving the company access to a broad…
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