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Facebook acquires Mapillary
Today we're announcing that Mapillary has joined Facebook on the quest to improve maps everywhere and for everyone.
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Disqus Security Alert: User Info Breach
More publishers trust us to engage, grow, and understand their audiences than any other. Build your on-site community with Disqus.
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Coco: Framework for enterprise blockchain networks
Microsoft is committed to bringing blockchain to the enterprise—and is working with customers, partners, and the blockchain community to continue advancing its enterprise readiness.
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Synadia and TigerBeetle Pledge $512k to the Zig Software Foundation
Synadia and TigerBeetle have together pledged $512,000 to the Zig Software Foundation over the next two years in support of the language, leadership, and communities building the future of simpler systems software.
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The iPhone Franchise
The iPhone is a franchise, a product that will make money in well-defined ways; Apple understands that and is exploiting it more than ever before with the iPhones XS and XR.
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How GitHub Works: Hours are Bullshit
Written pieces, talks, and other bits by Zach Holman.
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Java is still available at zero-cost
The Java ecosystem has always been built on a high quality $free (zero-cost) JDK available from Oracle, and previously Sun. This is as true...
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Redesigning the Windows Logo
Get to know Windows 11, the Windows that brings you closer to what you love.News and features for people who use and are interested in Windows, including announcements from Microsoft and its partners.Guidance to help developers create products and se
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Two Weeks Vacation is only a Recommendation, not a Rule
How much vacation time did you take last year? If you're like most workers in the States, it was probably less than 3 weeks. That's all your...
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The Unauthorized Story of Andreessen Horowitz
Why media whisperer Margit Wennmachers is going direct.
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Open Collective Official Statement – OCF Dissolution
Dear Open Collective Community, It is with sad hearts that we have heard the news about Open Collective Foundation decision to dissolve, effective December 31. The full content of their announcement, which came as a surprise to us, can be found here, and they have also created an FAQ. We
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The piracy paradox at Udemy (2015)
My Pluralsight courses get pirated all the time. I used to have Google alerts for them but frankly, the flood of emails I’d get each day just didn’t justify the “return” I’d get by forwarding them on to the Pluralsight piracy folks. I ended up rationalising it
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Facebook Handled their IPO Exactly Right
Andrews Ross Sorkin wrote a piece for the NY Times that was just ridiculous. He put the blame squarely on the back of the CFO of FB. Talk about getting it 180 degrees wrong.
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Unshackle the Middle Class
Marc Andreessen is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is an innovator and creator, one of the few to
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Why Is Booz Allen Renting Us Back Our Own National Parks?
In 2017, consulting giant Booz Allen cut a deal with the government to extract junk fees from Americans who want to use Federal lands and waters for hunting or fishing. Will Congress or Biden act?
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Reddit goes open source - the actual announcement from reddit.
Get the latest product news, company announcements, and user insights from the official Reddit blog.
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Clearing Up a Few Things About Facebook’s Partners
We're facing questions about whether Facebook gave large tech companies access to people's information and, if so, why we did this.
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Google Maps India learns to navigate like a local
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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Everything about the state of the Mac
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Product Strategy Means Saying No
Articles and Podcasts on Customer Service, AI and Automation, Product, and more.
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The AI Industry Is Lying to You
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