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Why Monzo's bank transfers weren't working on the 30th of May
A technical problem at the company we use to connect to Faster Payments caused issues with bank transfers. To fix it, we’re bringing everything in-house instead.
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$1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes
As Google grows throughout the Bay Area, we’re making our biggest investment yet to help with the housing crisis.
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Why are we so pessimistic?
Using insights from three recent books, Wolfgang Fengler provides suggestions for creating more balanced and fact-based news.
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We launched an app with $500k annual revenue, and then Apple copied it
Discover the story of launching an app. with $500,000 annual run rate—and then Apple killed it and launched a similar feature
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Apollo raises $22M to simplify app development
By turning code into brilliant solutions that improve people’s lives, app developers have the power to positively impact the world. At Apollo, we want to help developers help the world .To do that, we’re tackling the hardest problem in app development: data management.
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The new Dropbox
It’s the Dropbox you know and love, but better, a single workspace to organize content, connect tools, and bring everyone together.
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Out of Stock: How to Survive the LTO-8 Tape Shortage
If you’re currently using LTO for backup or archive, you have a few options for weathering the LTO-8 shortage. Let's take a look at the options.
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Firefox: The Evolution of a Brand
Branding and brand design for Firefox. Brand identity and brand expression. Firefox web browser brand evolution. Masterbrand and product brand system.
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Decision Disagreement Framework
How do you disagree with a decision that is not in the best interest of the company? As a leader, how do you enable your team to disagree in a productive way? Learn how with Matter's Decision Disagreement Framework.
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No Kings: How Do You Make Good Decisions Efficiently in a Flat Organization?
Practical thoughts from a back-end team leader
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The ice bucket challenge dramatically accelerated the fight against ALS
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Blender Is Free Software
Blender is Free Software. It is free to use for everyone. Free to use for any purpose, also commercially. Blender is free to share with others, it is free to study Blender's sources and free to make new versions.
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It's time to switch to a four-day working week, say two experts
Working less would have a range of benefits for workers and employers and the world should embrace the four day working week, was the message two experts brought to Davos 2019.
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Adversarial interoperability: reviving an old weapon to slay today's monopolies
Today, Apple is one of the largest, most profitable companies on Earth, but in the early 2000s, the company was fighting for its life. Microsoft's Windows operating system was ascendant, and Microsoft leveraged its dominance to ensure that every Windows user relied on its Microsoft Office suite (...
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Identity Is Dead
First published April 2018.
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SaaS vs. Open Core: Which Business Model Is Best?
In the final part of this three-part series, we evaluate S-1 filings from SaaS and Open Core companies to determine if either model has an inherent advantage.
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Why the “Digital Ocean killed my company” incident scares the hell out of me
Digital Ocean recently locked out a small startup. I'm scared I could be hit by a faulty abuse algorithm and a broken customer service process.
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Google to Acquire Looker
Google to acquire Looker, a unified platform for business intelligence, data applications, and embedded analytics.
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Amazon Unveils New Alexa Dialog Modeling for Natural, Cross-Skill Conversations
Get the latest news and features about smart home, Alexa Built-in, and Alexa Gadgets.
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An update on last week's customer shutdown incident
Helping millions of developers easily build, test, manage, and scale applications of any size - faster than ever before.
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Open-Sourcing Our Reactor Design, and the Future of Transatomic
When Mark Massie and I started Transatomic in April 2011, the future of nuclear power was uncertain. In the wake of Fukushima, all bets for a nuclear renaissance were off, and starting a venture-funded advanced nuclear technology startup seemed like an unusual path, to say the very least. At the time, there were only…
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Taiwan's digital minister on combatting disinformation without censorship
Audrey Tang prefers precise language. During an interview, Taiwan's minister without portfolio - Tang's name card simply says "digital minister" - makes a swift correction when we mention the term "fake news." The preferred term is "disinformation" because, Tang says, it has a legal definition in Taiwan: "That is to…
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The SaaS Opportunity of Unbundling Excel
The unbundling of Excel is just as important as the unbundling of Craigslist. Here's what you need to know about the Excel Economy and how SaaS companies can take advantage of different verticals and use cases that Excel has dominated.
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Field Notes: Highlights from Huawei
Editor’s note: Since we closely follow China and the global nature of tech in general, among other topics related to innovation, here are highlights from a two-hour interview that Ren Zhengfei, the founder and CEO of Huawei (the world’s largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment and second largest…