Adtech company BuySellAds acquires a majority stake Digg
(Do, 26 Apr 2018)
It looks like Digg has found a new owner: digital advertising company BuySellAds, which has acquired a majority stake in the news aggregator. It seems that last month’s shut down of Digg
Reader was a sign that there were changes in the works. BuySellAds CEO Todd Garland confirmed the acquisition to Fast Company, and a company spokesperson told me, […]
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Rookout raises $4.2M for its rapid production debugging platform
(Do, 26 Apr 2018)
Few people get into coding because they enjoy debugging, but since there’s no such thing as perfect code, issues inevitably pop up. Israeli startup Rookout is tackling one aspect of this by helping
developers track down issues in production code without forcing developers to do any additional coding to write additional tests and re-deploy their […]
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The FDA is cracking down on Juul e-cig sales to minors
(Mi, 25 Apr 2018)
The FDA has its eye on Juul Labs, the e-cigarette company that has captured nearly half of the $2 billion e-cig market. Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb
announced a new initiative called the Youth Tobacco Prevention Plan. While the agency is focused on making sure kids don’t have easy access […]
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Dolo delivers on the Foursquare prophecy of hyper-local tips
(Mi, 25 Apr 2018)
Dolo is the kindness of strangers as an app. Where’s the prettiest place in the park? What’s the best thing on the menu? How do I skip the line? Dolo lets you leave helpful suggestions for anyone
nearby. The new social app launches out of beta today to augment the world with serendipitous tips from […]
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Netflix picks up ‘Follow This,’ a weekly series about BuzzFeed reporters
(Mi, 25 Apr 2018)
Netflix and BuzzFeed News are teaming up for a 20-episode documentary series called Follow This. According to Variety, the show will be less focused on breaking news and more on taking us behind the
scenes to show how BuzzFeed News reporters put together specific stories. For example, in the clip below, BuzzFeed’s Scaachi Koul talks […]
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