I have an aversion to karaoke after the band I used to play in was entirely upstaged at a gig by a karaoke machine, but, as pastimes go, it remains a huge market. And where markets are big, startups like to go. Enter Finland’s Singa, which is building a digital karaoke service that, in its own words, wants to do for karaoke what Spotify has done for music. The Helsinki-based company… Read More
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Amazon’s entry-level tablet received some modest updates, including a slightly thinner design, an extra hour of battery life and enhanced screen contrast.
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In the fast-paced with of traditional venture capital, corporate venture sometimes gets a bad rap, but often it depends on the people involved rather than the brand name, logo or misguided perceptions. Likewise corporate accelerators. However, many have been getting a makeover in the last couple years, so outfits like Founders Factory is linking corporates up with startups in a sort of pact… Read More
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The show follows app developers as they try to sell their creations to a panel of celebrity judges.
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More classic movie monsters are joining “The Mummy,” as part of Universal Pictures’ Dark Universe franchise, according to director Alex Kurtzman.
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First, the pizza chain offered up a commercial paying homage to the John Hughes’ comedy, but now they’re showing the whole film for free. With pizza discounts!
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Bozoma Saint John leaves Apple for Uber, 20 people get fired at Uber over sexual harassment, Amazon discounts Amazon Prime for the less fortunate and Pinterest passes a $12 billion valuation. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
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DeRay McKesson has a plan. The man who became one of the most recognizable faces (and social media voices through his over 800,000 person strong Twitter feed) for the campaign for social justice that launched in the wake of the police killing of Michael Brown in 2014, is thinking about what’s next for the increasingly large community of people in the United States advocating for change… Read More
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This oddball Frankenstein plane, invented by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is designed to launch rockets into space.
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You’ve deconstructed her last text message a few hundred times over. Now it’s time to call in the crowd.
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