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vivo NEX 3 will have 99.6% screen-to-body ratio, product manager says
vivo will officially take the wraps off the NEX 3 on September 16, and the Chinese company has been teasing the upcoming device for a while now. The NEX 3 is apparently going to have a 99.6% screen-to-body ratio, according to Li Xiang, who is vivo’s NEX product manager. He shared the intriguing info on…
Voyage raises $31 million to bring driverless taxis to communities – TechCrunch
Voyage, the autonomous vehicle startup that spun out of Udacity, announced Thursday it has raised $31 million in a round led by Franklin Templeton. Khosla Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s InMotion Ventures and Chevron Technology Ventures also participated in the round. The company, which operates a ride-hailing service in retirement communities using self-driving cars supported by…
Voyage raises $31 million to bring driverless taxis to communities – TechCrunch
Voyage, the autonomous vehicle startup that spun out of Udacity, announced Thursday it has raised $31 million in a round led by Franklin Templeton. Khosla Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s InMotion Ventures and Chevron Technology Ventures also participated in the round. The company, which operates a ride-hailing service in retirement communities using self-driving cars supported by…
Max Levchin’s Affirm seeks capital amid surge in fintech funding – TechCrunch
Another consumer finance business is lining up investors for its largest cash infusion yet. Affirm, founded by PayPal’s Max Levchin, is said to be raising as much as $1.5 billion in a combination of debt and equity, according to people with knowledge of the company’s fundraising activities. Josh Kushner’s New York venture capital firm Thrive…
How the Valley can get philanthropy right with former Hewlett Foundation president Paul Brest – TechCrunch
Paul Brest didn’t set out to transform philanthropy. A constitutional law scholar who clerked for Supreme Court Justice John Harlan and is credited with coining the term “originalism,” Brest spent twelve years as dean of Stanford Law School. But when he was named president of the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, one of the country’s…
Walmart’s Vudu adds Family Play feature so viewers can skip sex, violence and substance abuse – TechCrunch
Vudu, the streaming service owned by Walmart, announced a new feature today that will make it easier for viewers to avoid sex and violence in movies. Anyone who’s watched an R-rated movie on broadcast television or on an airplane is probably familiar with films that have been “edited for content,” but Vudu’s new Family Play…
Australian mine claims “global standard for industrial IoT” with LoRaWAN rollout
IoT connectivity provider Senet has struck a deal with systems integrator SimplyCity to enable LoRaWAN for city councils in Australia, geared towards applications including energy metering, control systems, street lighting, and traffic monitoring. Perth-based SimplyCity is targeting related smart sectors including agriculture and heavy industry, as well. It is in the process of rolling out…
Another high-flying, heavily funded AR headset startup is shutting down – TechCrunch
While Apple and Microsoft strain to sell augmented reality as the next major computing platform, many of the startups aiming to beat them to the punch are crashing and burning. Daqri, which built enterprise-grade AR headsets, has shuttered its HQ, laid off many of its employees and is selling off assets ahead of a shutdown,…
Mozilla begins charging for services — starting with Firefox premium support for enterprises
Mozilla’s foray into paid services is finally kicking off for real. The Firefox maker is rolling out a new offer for organizations that run the browser in enterprise environments with a premium support plan. Costing $10 per supported installation, Firefox Premium Support will provide several benefits, including capabilities to submit bugs privately, get critical security bug…
