Coding Dojo
AUGUST 10, 2022
If you’re looking to get into programming, you might be wondering, is programming hard? The short answer is no. But … Read more >>. The post 10 Traits of Great Programmers appeared first on Coding Dojo.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 10, 2022
The global problem of an over-abundance of CO 2 in the atmosphere is ongoing, and a huge area that needs to be addressed, given the amount pumped out by industry. It’s hoped that if carbon dioxide could be converted at the point of emission, we could deal with the climate crisis a lot faster and create a sustainable carbon economy. There are a few companies trying to tackle this.
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Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 10, 2022
Important Conversations to Prepare for an Uncertain Future. In this week’s Asking for a Friend, I talk with Meredith Elliott Powell, Author of Thrive– Turning Uncertainty to a Competitive Advantage. Meredith offers practical approaches to help your team prepare for an uncertain future. The Skeptic Model for Helping Your Team Prepare For an Uncertain Future.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 10, 2022
QED Investors , a U.S. fintech-focused venture capital firm, has led a new investment in TeamApt , a Nigerian fintech that provides business payments and banking platforms. The investment was over $50 million, according to sources familiar with the matter, though neither QED nor TeamApt would confirm the figure. Existing investors from the company’s Series B last year (Crunchbase pegs it at $30 million+) — Novastar Ventures (co-lead), Lightrock and BII — all participated in this roun
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CIO
AUGUST 10, 2022
In advertising, getting the right message to the right audience is easier said than done. For Dana McGraw, vice president of audience modeling and data science at Disney Advertising Sales, the key is data — and how it can be shared with advertisers to enhance its value without compromising privacy and anonymity. “It’s about how to deliver the right ad to the right consumer at the right time so we improve their ad experience as well as the experience for the brands who buy ads from us,” she says.
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CIO
AUGUST 10, 2022
A new generation of customers has arrived, fuelled by the pandemic-induced shift to digital. They’re demanding a new generation of customer service, enabled by emerging channels such as digital messaging and chatbots, and hyper-personalised, AI-driven services. While organisations have been forced to digitise as a result of the mass shift to remote and hybrid working, and an increasing reliance on cloud-based services, many continue to face hurdles in modernising the contact centre experience to
TechCrunch
AUGUST 10, 2022
Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor. Dear Sophie: How long am I required to stay at my current job after I get my green card?
Hacker Earth Developers Blog
AUGUST 10, 2022
Cybersecurity is among the most critical aspects of building an online business and it goes without saying it needs to have an expert to make sure everything is in place. Without good cybersecurity experts, it becomes an extremely difficult task to protect your company’s data, servers, software, and other electronic systems from hackers and other cyber attacks.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 10, 2022
Scott Lenet. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Scott Lenet is president of Touchdown Ventures. More posts by this contributor. 5 lessons from ‘Star Wars’ that can transform startup managers’ strategies and tactics. The ‘art’ of VC startup valuations is a forgery. Experienced sailors know that if they turn the wheel too hard, they will soon need to compensate by turning it in the other direction, or worse, they will capsize the boat.
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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.
DevOps.com
AUGUST 10, 2022
Machine learning operations, or MLOps for short, is a key aspect of machine learning (ML) engineering that focuses on simplifying and accelerating the process of delivering ML models to production and maintaining and monitoring them. MLOps involves collaboration between different teams including data scientists, DevOps engineers, IT specialists and others.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 10, 2022
After enduring a multiquarter selloff that started in late 2021, the value of software companies on the public market is recovering. The modest rebound posted thus far appears to have formed after a bottom in valuation terms was reached in mid-June, toward the end of the second quarter. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday.
The Daily WTF
AUGUST 10, 2022
While browsing one day, Emma clicked a link on a site and nothing happened. That was annoying, but Emma wasn't about to give up. She tried to get the URL out of the link, only to discover that there wasn't a URL. Or a link. A quick trip to the DOM inspector highlighted what was going on: Project Office. This is an anti-pattern I thought had died circa 2006.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 10, 2022
Finix announced today that it has raised $30 million in new venture capital, bringing its total known raised to $133 million. The round comes nearly two years after the do-it-yourself payments company closed a $30 million extension to its $35 million Series B and about 18 months after it raised a $3 million SPV led by LatinX and Black investors. The cash tranche is significantly smaller than its extended Series B total, but Finix did include that new investors participated in the round, meaning
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InfoQ Culture Methods
AUGUST 10, 2022
At the MVP stage - do only the stuff you would do in a hackathon. Scalability and processes will become important once we have predictable revenue streams. Where are you generating your unique value proposition? Outsource all aspects of the tech solution which are not in a relationship with your competitive advantage. Follow a general tech directive but balance it with the team's autonomy.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 10, 2022
Stark is a startup that wants to help designers make software and websites more accessible for people with disabilities, and they’ve created a set of tools that plug into popular design tools and browsers to help. Cat Noone, co-founder and CEO at Stark, says she and her co-founder and CTO Michael Fouquet launched the company out of a desire to simplify accessible design.
DevOps.com
AUGUST 10, 2022
WebAssembly (WASM) is poised to drive the next era of development of cloud-native applications that can truly run anywhere. Liam Randall, CEO of Cosmonic, a provider of a platform for building and deploying WASM applications, told attendees at a virtual CloudNativeDay event that WASM will be at the core of a new IT epoch that […]. The post CloudNativeDay: WASM to Drive Next IT Epoch appeared first on DevOps.com.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 10, 2022
Nigel Morris. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Nigel Morris is the co-founder and managing partner of QED Investors. More posts by this contributor. Ending the mental health stigma in the tech community. The uncertain economic landscape of 2022 has left businesses and their founders between a rock and a hard place. Many CEOs can’t afford to simply exist within the status quo frameworks they enjoyed as part of a rosy 2021.
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Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.
Infinidat
AUGUST 10, 2022
The Industry’s First Cyber Storage Guarantee on Primary Storage. Evan Doherty. Wed, 08/10/2022 - 08:00. Guarantees are hugely important in the enterprise storage market. Global Fortune 500 enterprises have gravitated to Infinidat’s powerful 100% availability guarantee, helping make Infinidat a market leader in enterprise storage. Today, we are expanding our SLA guarantees with 3 new guarantees, and I am thrilled to pull back the curtain on the industry’s first cyber storage guarantee for recover
TechCrunch
AUGUST 10, 2022
Achieving similar marbling and texture as a cut of animal meat has been a challenge for food technology startups aiming to produce whole cuts of cultivated meat, but Novel Farms believes it has cracked the code with its pork loin. Armed with $1.4 million in SAFE notes, or simple agreement for future equity, the company, founded by Nieves Martinez Marshall and Michelle Lu in 2020, is making cultivated meat — grown from cells instead of in an animal; they met as postdoctoral scientists in the mole
Honeycomb
AUGUST 10, 2022
Power has a way of flowing towards people managers over time, no matter how many times you repeat “management is not a promotion, it’s a career change.” It’s natural, like water flowing downhill. Managers are privy to performance reviews and other personal information that they need to do their jobs, and they tend to be more practiced communicators.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 10, 2022
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CloudZero
AUGUST 10, 2022
You work hard to deliver a great product to your target market. Yet, when it’s time to price your worth, it’s challenging to set a fair pricing strategy, model, or amount.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 10, 2022
Ember’s first decade has been a journey. The Southern Californian startup first hit our (and most folks’) radar as a mug company. The company captured a fair bit of press attention with its high-end electronic mug designed to keep beverages a consistent temperature. Nichey? Sure. Mostly unnecessary? One could certainly make the case. But it was cool (or warm, I suppose) enough to garner a good bit of early adopter buzz.
Teradata
AUGUST 10, 2022
Retail and CPG businesses are trapped by the disconnect between today’s digital customers and long-established demand forecasting and supply-chain processes. Find out more.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 10, 2022
If blockchain, cryptocurrency, decentralized finance (DeFi) and web3 get your entrepreneurial motor running, do not miss our TC Sessions: Crypto daylong deep dive on November 17 in Miami. We have special launch pricing on passes and exhibitor packages, and you can save a chunk of change. But don’t pussyfoot around — supplies are limited, running low and going fast.
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Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.
thoughtLEADERS, LLC
AUGUST 10, 2022
When a stakeholder asks you to solve a problem, make sure you understand what’s driving their request. Asking follow-up questions can help you come up with better solutions. So many times when we’re asked to look into an issue, we just rush off and start solving it without really thinking through what’s causing the person to ask the question in the first place.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 10, 2022
Nightfall AI , a startup providing cloud data loss prevention services, today announced that it raised $40 million in Series B financing from investors including WestBridge Capital, Venrock, Bain Capital Ventures and — for some reason — athletes and celebrities including Paul Rudd, Drew Brees and Josh Childress. CEO Isaac Madan says that the proceeds will be put toward doubling Nightfall’s 60-person headcount, scaling the platform to more customers and markets, and expanding Ni
Zend
AUGUST 10, 2022
PHP 7.4 EOL is right around the corner. In this blog, our expert discusses how to prepare your apps for migration and options for long term support.
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