Omar Choudhryflipped into Knō MagazineStartupfest's inclusivity initiative helped developer reach Crescendomontrealgazette.com - Mia AnhouryHundreds of founders of startups and investors attend the annual Startupfest conference to network and attend workshops, but this year, an …
Omar Choudhryflipped into Knō MagazineFacebook 'unintentionally uploaded' email contacts from 1.5M usersverified_publisherCNET - Steven MusilContacts harvested during new account signups for nearly three years. Facebook "unintentionally" harvested the email contacts of about 1.5 million of its users during the past three years. The activity came to light when a security researcher noticed that Facebook was asking users to enter their …
Omar Choudhryflipped into Knō MagazineZoom, the profitable tech unicorn, prices IPO above rangeverified_publisherTechCrunch - Kate ClarkZoom, a relatively under-the-radar tech unicorn, has defied expectations with its initial public offering. The video conferencing business priced its IPO above its planned range on Wednesday, confirming plans to sell shares of its Nasdaq stock, titled “ZM,” at $36 apiece, CNBC reports. The company …
Omar Choudhryflipped into Knō MagazineMicrosoft gives 500 patents to startupsverified_publisherTechCrunch - Frederic LardinoisMicrosoft today announced a major expansion of its Azure IP Advantage program, which provides its Azure users with protection against patent trolls. This program now also provides customers who are building IoT solutions that connect to Azure with access to 10,000 patents to defend themselves …
Omar Choudhryflipped into Knō MagazineAdobe announces deeper data sharing partnership with Microsoft around accountsverified_publisherTechCrunch - Ron MillerMicrosoft and Adobe have been building a relationship for some time, and today at Adobe Summit in Las Vegas the two companies announced a deeper integration between the two platforms. It involves sharing Marketo data, the company that Adobe acquired last September for $4.75 billion. Because it’s …
Omar Choudhryflipped into Knō MagazineUnicorns aren’t profitable, and Wall Street doesn’t careverified_publisherTechCrunch - Kate ClarkIn Silicon Valley, investors don’t expect their portfolio companies to be profitable. “Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies,” a bible for founders, instead calls for heavy spending on growth to scale in an Amazon-like fashion. As for Wall Street, it’s shown …
