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Smart sex-toys are a terrible idea, notwithstanding the ways that they work for certain kinks (to say nothing of sex workers, who can charge for access to them during livestreams).
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Hey #voicefirst folks, pls read this piece by @sarahintampa on TC: https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/07/amazon-adds-hands-free-alexa-to-its-alexa-mobile-app/1/ Amazon just gave the Alexa mobile app the "Hey Alexa" wakeword. This is a
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1/ Excited to share that we are officially unveiling Angel Squad to the public today. This is a unique and inclusive community of angel investors, who have the opportunity to
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I got a lot of props for sharing a couple smart strategic moves we made at Klout. They don't all work out that way so I think it's only fair
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Some thoughts on insane design of the @tesla #cybertruck, which I initially (like everyone?) thought was awful: I don't think the polarizing design, unlike what some suggest, is based on some
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THREAD: Are you on TikTok? Yes / No? Is your brand on TikTok? No?? I’m obsessed and I know a lot of others are too, so wanted to share some
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I don't even know how to fully explain how I got here (I'm going to blame Ming) but I'm just sharing this info and you can do as you please.You
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How it started: How it’s going: GDPR clearly requires strong protections for consumer data in line with consumer expectations. The industry needs to give up trying to
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What? "Mr. Trump said that TikTok would shut down on Sept. 15 unless Microsoft or another company purchased it. He added that the U.S. Treasury Department would need to receive
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Warby Parker, arguably the most successful D2C business, is unsurprisingly raising money again.Why is this unsurprising? Because pure D2C is inherently a bad business.https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/27/warby-parker-valued-at-3-billion-raises
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So with the justifiably growing demands for moving on to Indian apps, amongst those being touted as Indian alternatives is the Hike Messenger.Understandably, their creators are Indian.But their wikipedia page
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A lot of people have sent me the Tiktok privacy & data “research”. Mobile privacy was one of my focuses in my masters CS program. I wrote a paper on
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I hope this tweet does not age well. https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/13/popular-apps-download-and-revenue-take-a-hit-in-india-as-people-stay-home/ On 2nd April,had (uncharacteristically pessimistically) shared on a super panel by @IndiaQuotient @sinha
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First it was "build an audience."Today it's "build a media company." Easier said than done… so I asked a pro how to do it, and recorded our convo.@alex is Senior
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For well over a decade, I have been a huge, huge advocate of technology and startups being an amazing equaliser for society and kryptonite to inequality/poverty. Tbh, I'm really now
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Thread: Why I'm stupid bullish on Facebook - because they have a master plan for everything1) Replacing E-commerce (shopify, click funnels, woo commerce, etc.) Right now with my stores, almost
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