4 ways to make your engineering team more productive – TechCrunch

Ammar Bandukwala Contributor Improving the efficiency of your software engineering team has many advantages, prime among which is the ability to make up for problems in other areas. Whether you’re facing budget constraints, having problems sourcing and retaining talent, or simply want to boost product iteration, focusing on increasing your engineering efficiencies will yield strong […]

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Ultima Genomics claims $ 100 full genome sequencing after stealth $ 600M raise – TechCrunch

The appetite for genomic data continues to rise in the field of biotech and pharmaceutical research, but cost is still a factor even sequencing a full genome now costs as little as $ 1,000. But with claims of reducing that cost by another order of magnitude to $ 100, Ultima Genomics may even further accelerate […]

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Artiphon’s delightful Orba handheld synthesizer gets a sequel – TechCrunch

I would love to see more companies like Artiphon in the world. Hardware startups with clever ideas and a knack for bringing them to market. Back in November 2020, I spent a good bit of time with the company’s handheld synth / sampler / instrument. It didn’t turn me into Wendy Carlos, but it helped […]

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Felt’s $ 15 million chance to prove that maps are the next big medium – TechCrunch

Despite economic turmoil in the tech world, an Oakland-based startup shows that moonshots are still getting funded. Felt, co-founded by Sam Hashemi and Can Duruk, wants to disrupt the role of maps in society, and rethink how we think about the medium. The startup allows users to build a map with datasets integrated into it, […]

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Re-rethinking Databricks’ valuation in a more conservative startup market – TechCrunch

Just how hard will it be for some high-flying unicorns to go public? The question gets more serious and worrisome by the week. To understand how much the late-stage market has changed in the last few months, we’re once again pulling public market data that we will contrast against mega-unicorn Databricks’ known results. Recall that […]

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8 IT spending trends for the post-pandemic enterprise in 2022 – TechCrunch

Erik Bradley brings more than two decades of experience in creating research platforms to his role as chief strategist at ETR, a market research firm specializing in enterprise technology data. Over the past three years, the chaos of the pandemic has been felt everywhere. IT managers suddenly found themselves supporting legions of work-from-home employees; planned […]

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It’s Time to Bring Back the AIM Away Message

In the beginning, there was AOL Instant Messenger. That wasn’t actually the beginning. Talkomatic, Compuserve’s CB Simulator, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) all preceded it. But AIM was the beginning of somethinga gateway to real-time, all-the-time internet communication for the normies. You didn’t need to be a computer nerd to ride the AIM train. Your […]

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Onramp Funds accelerates e-commerce financing platform with $ 42M in equity, credit – TechCrunch

Onramp Funds, an Austin-based company providing financing to e-commerce sellers, secured $ 42 million in equity and credit to expand its working capital offering. CEO Eric Youngstrom founded the company in 2020 after a career at multicarrier shipping software company ShippingEasy. One of the problems with shipping at that time, back in 2012, was that […]

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