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UK’s FocalPoint raises $17M for its software-based approach to repairing the flaws of GPS

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GPS in its many regional flavors has become a ubiquitous feature in phones, smart watches, cars and other connected devices, but for all the location-based features that it helps enable (mapping being the most obvious) it has a lot of shortcomings: it can be slow and inaccurate, it can contribute to faster battery drain, and […]

UK’s FocalPoint raises $17M for its software-based approach to repairing the flaws of GPS by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Muck Rack, the journalist database, raises $180M in its first outside funding

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For any journalist who has ever googled their name, there is a good chance that one of the hits will be for Muck Rack, a database that trawls social media, online publications, and other expanses of the internet to compile lists of people, what they cover and where, a tool used by public relations pros,…

Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

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Digital avatar startup Genies, known its for high-profile partnerships with celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Migos and Cardi B, has just released its long-anticipated NFT storefront, “The Warehouse.” Genies last earned a $1 billion valuation from heavy-hitting tech investors including Silver Lake and Mary Meeker’s Bond Capital during its most recent raise, a $150 million…

Apple kicks off fundraising effort to support U.S. National Parks via Apple Pay donations

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Apple is introducing a handful of new ways to support U.S. National Parks. The company announced today it’s continuing its annual National Park donation initiative that allows Apple customers to send money to the National Park Foundation in several ways. Starting today, August 21 and running through August 28, the company will donate $10 to…

Wayfair to layoff 5% of its workforce, or nearly 900 employees

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Wayfair, the online home goods retailer, announced today it was laying off close to 900 employees as a way to reprioritize investment needs and meet the company’s current needs. This comes after the company announced a hiring freeze back in May. The layoffs represent close to 5% of the company’s global workforce and 10% of…

Venue raises $4M from Accel and the CEOs of Slack, Remote, and SquareSpace to give team-wide video meetings a new breath of life

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Zoom has in many ways “won” the mindshare game when it comes to video conferencing: whether you’re actually using Zoom, or another service that’s wrapped into another platform like Google or Microsoft, and whether it’s for work or fun, the standalone Zoom is the one that people reference, the one that has claimed anthimeric status.…