April 28, 2017
Cloudera finishes up 20% in stock market debut
After pricing its IPO at $15 per share, Cloudera, the enterprise big data company, closed the day up more than 20 percent, at $18.09. This also is above…
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April 27, 2017
Alphabet’s efforts beyond search are ballooning into their own huge businesses
Alphabet’s advertising business seems to be following the same pattern these days — but its operations beyond that look like they are beginning to grow into strong businesses…
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Dropbox really wants us to know its finances are healthy
Healthy financial milestones sugarcoat the conversation temporarily, but eventually Drew Houston is going to have to step into the public markets. At that point nobody will care how…
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Twitter shares spike 10% after it delivers a much-needed earnings beat
Twitter delivered a surprising and much-needed positive quarterly earnings report this morning — and it’s finally seeing some positive moves in its stock price. That’s going to be…
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Twitter desperately needed a hit first-quarter and somehow managed to deliver
In an very un-Twitter move, the company completely beat out the increasing decline of its business that tech observers were expecting. This is a hugely positive sign for the…
Read articleApril 20, 2017
Another smart card bites the dust, as Plastc ends operations and leaves pre-orders unfulfilled
Plastc is throwing in the towel today. The smart card maker sent a message to backers (which now also graces the startup’s homepage) announcing that it’s “exploring options”…
Read articleApril 20, 2017
Orange is launching a bank because reasons
French telecom company Orange is launching a bank this Summer in France. Orange CEO Stéphane Richard listed some of the features behind Orange Bank this morning at a…
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PayPal teams up with Android Pay for mobile payments
PayPal is joining forces with Google’s Android Pay mobile payments platform, the companies announced this morning – an effort aimed at allowing PayPal to expand its footprint both…
Read articleApril 13, 2017
Baidu is acquiring xPerception, a U.S. startup focused on computer vision
Baidu is acquiring xPerception, a US startup specialized in computer vision, according to Reuters. Details are sparse, but we know the startup has its own module for object…
Read articleApril 13, 2017
15 venture capital funds to know if you’re working on a machine intelligence startup
Major tech trends tend to draw lots of “dumb money” from investors, and machine intelligence is no exception. Some will lose money on insignificant acqui-hires while others may…
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