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Jun 10, 2020 • 4min
Grow Credit, which builds credit scores by paying for online subscriptions, gets Mucker cash
Grow Credit, the startup that launched last year to help customers build out their credit scores by providing a credit line for online subscriptions like Spotify and Netflix, has added Mucker Labs as an investor and closed its seed round with $2 million in total commitments. The Los Angeles startup founded by serial entrepreneur Joe […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 10, 2020 • 3min
The future ain’t what it used to be in first Bill & Ted Face the Music Trailer
If there’s one lesson I’ve learned these last few months, it’s that life rarely works out as planned. One minute you’re the sole two members of the band whose music has been prophesied to heal the world and usher in a new era of peace, and the next you wake up middle-aged playing some barstool […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 9, 2020 • 4min
Grammarly adds custom style guides for business users
Grammarly, the popular tool that aims to help you avoid grammar and style gaffes, today announced that launch of custom style guides for its paying business users. Like with any style guide, the idea here is to ensure that a business’ communications are consistent. You wouldn’t want one email to say ‘datacenter’ while the other […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 9, 2020 • 5min
The Acura NSX: A great cell phone holder with wheels
The Acura NSX is a fun sports car with a hybrid powertrain that lays out an impressive amount of power. But I’m not here to talk about the car’s performance. One of the car’s best features is its cell phone holder. It’s time for automakers to face the reality that cell phones are a critical […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 8, 2020 • 11min
Fast-growing Madison Reed is eyeing men’s hair next; “We’re going to blow the doors off that market”
Amy Errett’s company, Madison Reed, sells in-home care color. It may not sound like a glamorous business but, as it turns out, it’s a very durable one, done the right way. Not only has the seven-year-old outfit been slowing chipping away at the dominant personal care giants like L’Oreal that have long controlled what’s currently […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 8, 2020 • 4min
As Bandcamp waives fees again, labels donate their portion to justice programs
There’s a decent chance buying music is the furthest thing from your mind right now, and I can’t say I blame you. Here in the States, 108,000 people are dead of COVID-19, and protests against the killing of George Floyd raged on for an eighth night. And neither of these society-shaping events are set to […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 5, 2020 • 2min
Global PC shipments set to drop 7% in 2020
New numbers from Canalys project a 7% drop in global PC sales, owing to financial strains. The category is one of countless impacted by the COVID-19-related shutdowns, but the group notes that the virus’s direct impact is mostly behind the industry, due to the rebounding of China’s supply chain. A resulting global recession, on the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 5, 2020 • 4min
Slack drops 10%+ after its revenue growth, guidance fail to impress
Today Slack reported its earnings results for the three months ending April 30, 2020, the first quarter of its fiscal 2021. The well-known SaaS chat service posted revenue of $201.7 million, up 50% compared to its year-ago period. Slack also reported an adjusted per-share loss of $0.02, and per-share losses of $0.13 when counting all […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 4, 2020 • 6min
Kitty Hawk ends Flyer program, shifts focus to once-secret autonomous aircraft
Kitty Hawk is shutting down its Flyer program, the aviation startup’s inaugural moonshot to develop an ultralight electric flying car designed for anyone to use. The company, backed by Google co-founder Larry Page and led by Sebastian Thrun, said it’s now focused on scaling up Heaviside, a sleeker, more capable (once secret) electric aircraft that […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 4, 2020 • 5min
Remote work helps Zoom grow 169% in one year, posting $328.2M in Q1 revenue
Today after the bell, video-chat service Zoom reported its Q1 earnings. The company disclosed that it generated $328.2 million in revenue, up 169% compared to the year-ago period. The company also reported $0.20 per-share in adjusted profit during the three-month period. Analysts, as averaged by Yahoo Finance, expected Zoom to report $202.48 million in revenue, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
