Elliot VolkmanIt’s not official, but sources say the secretive Zuma satellite was lostverified_publisherArs Technica - Eric Berger"As of right now reviews of the data indicate Falcon 9 performed nominally.” On Sunday night SpaceX launched the Zuma satellite into space. What we …
Elliot VolkmanRipple, a Tinder spin-off backed by Match, launches app for professional networkingverified_publisherTechCrunch - Sarah PerezA team of former Tinder employees, led by Tinder’s original CTO Ryan Ogle, are today launching a new app aimed at professional networking. The app, called Ripple, aims to be a sort of mobile-first alternative to LinkedIn that addresses some of the problems common to the aging, now Microsoft-owned …
Elliot VolkmanMicrosoft's Xbox was the last great CES revealverified_publisherEngadget - Timothy J. SeppalaA billionaire, a renegade developer and a pro wrestler walk into a keynote... CES was a different show 17 years ago. In 2001, the Best of Show award went to the DataPlay disc, a postage-stamp-size memory card that held up to 500MB of data. If you can't remember it, don't worry — the company went out …
Elliot VolkmanGraphic design startup Canva just turned into a unicornverified_publisherFast Company - BY Melissa LockerCanva, the graphic design startup that lets users design fly flyers on the fly, has just turned into a unicorn. The company said today it raised $40 million in its latest funding round, and is now valued at $1 billion. Cofounded by CEO Melanie Perkins–one of Fast Company‘s Most Creative People In …
Elliot VolkmanChina wants an “orderly exit” from bitcoin miningverified_publisherQuartz - Zheping HuangBitcoin mining could be on its last legs in China. The country’s top internet-finance regulator, the Leading Group of Internet Financial Risks Remediation, issued a notice asking local governments to “guide” bitcoin-mining operations to make an “orderly exit” from the business, according to a leaked …
Elliot VolkmanTelegram plans multi-billion dollar ICO for chat cryptocurrencyverified_publisherTechCrunch - Mike Butcher, Josh ConstineEncrypted messaging startup Telegram plans to launch its own blockchain platform and native cryptocurrency, powering payments on its chat app and beyond. According to multiple sources which have spoken to TechCrunch, the “Telegram Open Network” (TON) will be a new, ‘third generation’ blockchain …
