Chinese e-commerce challenger Pinduoduo is raising over $1 billion more
The price of competing with e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com is immense. That’s evidenced by challenger Pinduoduo, commonly known as PDD, which is raising more than $1...
Geek Trivia: Which Sci-Fi Author Famously Encouraged Us To Never Forget Our Towels?
Which Sci-Fi Author Famously Encouraged Us To Never Forget Our Towels? Douglas Adams Ray Bradbury Arthur C. Clarke William Gibson Think you know the answer? Source...
Mountain Lion Attacks Runner in Colorado, Runner Strangles It to Death
An unidentified man who was running on Horsetooth Mountain Open Space’s West Ridge Trail near Fort Collins, Colorado had a nasty encounter on with a juvenile...
Raisin raises $114M for its pan-European marketplace for savings and investment products
Raisin, the pan-European fintech marketplace for savings and investment products, is disclosing that it has raised $114 million in Series D funding. Existing investors Index Ventures,...
YouTube’s CEO says it will continue addressing monetization issues, admits Rewind 2018 was “cringey”
In an open letter to YouTube creators today, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki admitted that even her kids think Rewind 2018 is “cringey.” Meant as a celebratory...
Win a Six-Month Romance Book Subscription Box!
If there are book lovers who read more books than romance fans, well, I don’t know who they are. And this makes romance readers the...
Apple’s Retail and Online Stores Chief, Angela Ahrendts, to Leave By April
Apple’s head of retail and online stores, former Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts, is departing the tech giant after five years, CNN reported on Tuesday. Read more…...
Tips for Self-Publishing Your Book (February 2019)
Today I had an opportunity to share a 41 minute presentation with Mrs. Finley’s 12th grade Creative Writing class at our school, which I called, “Book...
Instacart faces class-action lawsuit regarding wages and tips
Instacart is facing another class-action lawsuit pertaining to the way it pays its independent contractors, NBC News reports. Instacart guarantees its workers at least $10 per...
Snap Is Now Slightly Less Fucked
Snap Inc., the company behind the Snapchat app and a failed line of wearable cameras, is slightly less fucked than it was before, according to Q4...
