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How technology unlocks business models: The story of Netflix

TechCrunch

The CD, sent by USPS in a greeting card envelope, arrived safely the next day. They were much smaller and thinner than their VHS counterparts, and this technology innovation unlocked a new form of video rentals. How technology unlocks business models: The story of Netflix by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

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CommonGround raises $25M for immersive video avatar technology that doesn’t rely on VR gear

TechCrunch

“There is Zoom and there are phone calls, but we think there is a big aspect of remote meetings [not being addressed by technology today],” said Bassan-Eskenazi. Between them, Bassan-Eskenazi and Oz have started seven companies, had three IPOs, two exits and won two Emmy awards for streaming technology.

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How to integrate with eCommerce delivery and shipment carriers: DHL, FedEx, UK Royal Mail, UPS, USPS, Canada Post, Amazon

Altexsoft

Global delivery and logistics providers like DHL, FedEx, UPS, USPS, and more have free integrated solutions (except for Amazon, which we’ll cover later) to help online stores automate the shipping process domestically and internationally. USPS: federal US parcel service provider. Integrated technologies. Web and desktop.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Holiday marketing tips, low-cost NFTs, SaaS sprawl study

TechCrunch

Boston-based VC firm OpenView interviewed nearly 600 SaaS companies for its annual pricing survey and the results are in: Automation is taking usage-based pricing (USP) mainstream. Last year, 34% of survey respondents said they were using a flexible pricing model. This year, that figure rose to 45%. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin.

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How InsurTechs Can Navigate the Technology Landscape to Accelerate Growth

Trigent

It attributed organizational performance to excellence in software delivery and operational performance as technology transformations remained at the helm of initiatives. CTOs and technology leaders are now required to rapidly build new-age solutions and scale the digital platforms to fast-track processes and business transactions.

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Amsterdam’s Crisp, an online-only supermarket, raises €30M Series B led by Target Global

TechCrunch

Crisp says its USP is seasonal products sourced directly from 600+ small and high-quality producers at an affordable price in the Netherlands. Bao-Y van Cong, investment director at Target Global, headquartered in Berlin, said: “Crisp is building a world-class technology platform that is of value to both consumers and producers.

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Capsule gets $1.5M to build ‘super simple’ decentralized social media

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Where, then, does Kobeissi see Capsule’s USP — i.e. if/when there’s a sea of decentralized ‘mega-apps’ that can also claim resilience to censorship? “Others may use the same technology but I think we can do a good job on building something simple that just works and that is a pleasure to use.”

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