Here are a few worries businesses have about the cloud, and why you should make the shift anyways. 1. Isn’t it expensive? There are still some businesses which find it daunting to make the shift – simply because of money. The expenses of finding the right cloud, paying the experts to make the shift for you, and the money lost during the downtime are very real concerns that make some reject it altogether....
Specifically, Snoop Dogg will be focusing on the tech side of the market, seeking companies that unite the legal cannabis market with dynamite, technological innovation. This won’t be the first time he has invested his time, energy, and money into the tech sector though; Snoop Dogg has already gotten on board to fund Reddit and Robinhood. Snoop Dogg and marijuana have long been synonymous – like hotcakes and syrup. However, this time he won’t be focusing on the growth or cultivation of the flowers -it’s all about the tech side of things....
A cursory search of the #food and #foodporn tags on Instagram will reveal millions of shots (168,422,776 posts and 76,245,234 posts, respectively) of meals, beverages, ingredients and food makers. It’s no secret that people are obsessed with food photography, due to the prominence of foodie culture in mainstream media. Because there is so much public interest in food, many people are traveling further to try new flavors. According to a study in The American Culinary Traveler, the percentage of US leisure travelers who seek unique dining experiences on their travels grew from 40 percent to 51 percent between 2006 and 2013....
The assault on Microsoft is reportedly part of a wider and longer-lasting wave of attacks that have been taking place over the last six months, which has seen the company inform over 600 users of more than 22,000 attacks. These attacks appear to show no sign of slowing down. Microsoft itself has previously warned us about them. If you’re a Microsoft 365 user, there are measures you can take to mitigate this latest threat specifically – we detail how....
Here are this week’s Tech Cocktail Top Stories:
Productivity in the US Decreased in the Last Quarter of 2014 We live in a society that values consumption. New cars, fashionable clothes, big homes and boats to enjoy out on the lake are just some of the things we buy every year. The funny part is that many of these items are purchased to impress people we do not like, with things we would not have bought for ourselves without the benefit of the external appearance of success that we gain....
We tested this entry-level FPV quadcopter over the course of a month on windy days, inside, outside, and with our new favorite test: into walls. Just skip to the end if you want to watch this smash into a wall. And, yes, the full name of the drone is a mouthful. Getting Started The Syma X5HW is a bit different from their other models as it includes a built-in barometer to help it retain its position and the FPV feature....
Overall, Tapstream grew 14 times larger in 2014 and they now handle over 10,000 requests per second from mobile app clients. Mind you, Tapstream was only founded in 2014. They’ve been busy providing free mobile install tracking for hundreds of mobile ad networks, mobile web, and social ever since. A large portion of their success is fueled by their customers’ interest in deferred deep links – a program that allows app makers to link newly acquired users to a specific spot inside their app....
Need more funding news? You can get the Tech.Co deals roundup send directly to your inbox by subscribing here. Funding Boston’s ChoiceStream Brings in $14M to Expand Programmatic Platform ChoiceStream, the Boston, MA-based provider of programmatic advertising for brands and agencies, announced yesterday that it closed a $14 million Series C round of funding. North Atlantic Capital led the 14-year-old company’s financing, and included additional investments from previous investors....
We’ve had many great Chicago startups pitch our events before, and we can’t wait to see what else Chicago has for us. There is, for example, WeDeliver – the company that provides a hyperlocal, same-day delivery service for local merchants – who pitched at a Tech.Co event back in 2013. Since then, the company has gone through Techstars Chicago, received an investment from Steve Case, and raised $800,000 in seed funding....
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Do you read Tech.Co every day? Once every couple of weeks? What kind of content would you like to see? Are we being helpful enough in providing resources for startups and entrepreneurs. Please let us know! Need more Tech.Co? Sign up for the Tech.Co newsletter today, and get the weekly wrap-up direct to your inbox. Here are this week’s Tech.CoTop Stories: Like what you’re reading? Have some great knowledge and think you have what it takes to write some great content for others in the startup or tech space?...
From data breaches to discriminatory hiring practices, tech companies and CEOs haven’t made the best impression in 2018. Whether on the news or in Congressional hearings, these tech titans have been lambasted for a wide range of offenses that are hardly becoming in the most progressive industry in the world. We’ve collected some of the worst offenders of 2018 below, and outlined their ideal New Year’s resolutions for 2019. Check them out below and have a happy new year!...
Editor’s Note: This article is written by Saif Rahman, co-founder and CEO of California-based Mobile First entertainment. (MFE), which was founded in 2013 by a group of actors and producers who were frustrated by a lack of control and of revenue finding its way back into the pockets of the talent around them. This gives him a unique insight into today’s media environment. Tidal American singer songwriter Taylor Swift is one of many established musicians to be frustrated by poor revenues from big services, such as Spotify and Pandora....
As the name suggests, growth hacking refers to the application of out-of-the-box ideas to scale your products and services in a viral way. It involves unconventional experimentation across product development and marketing channels to enhance customer engagement. Growth hacking encompasses the use of unconventional techniques such as viral marketing, social media, and targeted advertising. These innovative ideas come up as a cost-effective alternative to traditional methods. At the same time, these have the capability of giving exceptional results....
Sadly, for hit from the show, there are plenty of misses. However, we like to keep things positive over here at Tech.co, so we’re going to be taking a look at the best tech from this year’s show. We’ve got $1,000+ phones, sub-$500 phones, diddy little smart hubs, and some great new wearables. So there should be something for everyone — let’s dive in. Samsung Samsung’s IFA presence consisted on a mixture of new devices, and some old familiar faces....
The emergence of what we know social media to be today is only due to the advancement and adoption of technology. If it were not for high speed wireless connections and smartphones, Instagram and Snapchat would not exist in their current forms. For Facebook to expand beyond their humble beginnings as a ripoff of Hot or Not, they had to add functionality like Farmville and open their network outside of colleges....
Throughout the series, audiences have seen the characters face temptation, but at the end of the day, we’re rooting for their success. Similarly, digital marketers have faced some familiar and sometimes overwhelming challenges. What can we do to avoid the path to the dark side and instead come out as heroes to our customers? We’ve taken a few marketing lessons from Star Wars. Like this one from Yoda: Avoid Being a Stormtrooper to Automation Machines are necessary to automate and optimize digital advertising at scale with billions of ad impressions served every week and tens of billions of opportunities processed each day, but humans are still a valuable part of the equation....
They include: CoFoundersLab – Founders Shahab Kaviani and Culin Tate are dedicated to helping entrepreneurs launch new businesses by helping them overcome the first challenge in launching a startup – finding the perfect co-founder. It’s eHarmony for entrepreneurs. The service is similar to FounderDating, but serves different geographic markets. Feastie – Founder Valerie Coffman wants to make it easier and more affordable for people to cook healthy, tasty meals. The site provides nutritional information, shopping lists, and coupon matching – and, most notably, a recipe engine that uses natural language processing to extract ingredient information from recipe webpages....
While food and beverage companies don’t fit the mold of the everyday startup, these titans of tasty are just as entrenched in the process as any other company looking for employees, seeking media attention, and, most importantly, pursuing capital. And if you’re wondering which startups are doing the best around the country, CB Insights has done the heavy lifting for you. That’s right, the popular data website has used their immense power to calculate the most well-funded food and beverage startups in every state....
