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20 days of fantasy and failure: Inside Trump’s quest to overturn the electionWASHINGTONPOST.COM — However cleareyed that Trump’s aides may have been about his loss to President-elect Joe Biden, many of them nonetheless indulged their boss and encouraged him to keep fighting with legal appeals. They were “happy to scratch his itch,” this adviser said. “If he thinks he won, it’s like, ‘Shh . …. |
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15 small businesses that are having great sales this Black FridayMASHABLE.COM — Most of the focus on Black Friday goes to big retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. But, if you don’t want to throw your money at large corporations, we found some smaller companies to shop — and save — at this year. You don’t have to wait until Small Business Saturday to shop smaller and still get great deals. |
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Primer, the fintech helping merchants consolidate the payments stack, raises £14M Series ATECHCRUNCH.COM — Primer, the U.fintech that wants to help merchants consolidate their payments stack and easily support new payment methods in the future, has raised £14 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Accel, who I understand were quite proactive in persuading to take the VC firm’s money. The young company wasn’t actively fund-raising, having quietly raised £3.8 million in funding announced in May. |
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The best women-centric and feminist horror moviesMASHABLE.COM — Women and horror movies make for strange bedfellows — yet also simultaneously one of the most fruitful marriages in all of film. For a long time, horror across all mediums was very exclusionary, both in terms of gender and race. It most often still is, despite the fact that many marginalized… |
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Google’s New 2021 Ranking Factor: Core Web VitalsJEFFBULLAS.COM — In May 2020, Google announced it would add more user experience (UX) signals to its ranking algorithm. That’s why next year, Core Web Vitals will become ranking factors. But what exactly are these Core Web Vitals? In this article, we’ll talk about what these metrics represent and how you can improve them for your website. |
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Healthtech is the New HealthcareENTREPRENEUR.COM — November 26, 2020 15 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. One out of every seven men tends to wait as long as possible to see their doctor. Don’t worry guys, you’re in good… |
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Firstminute Capital launches second $111 fund, featuring a whos-who of founders as LPsTECHCRUNCH.COM — London HQ’d Firstminute Capital has announced its second early-stage venture fund of $111m (£87m). Founded and cornerstoned in 2016 by Brent Hoberman CBE (best known as co-founder of lastminute.com and MADE.com), together with Spencer Crawley (formerly of Goldman Sachs), this new fund comes after the first fund of $100M, giving Firstminute $211M assets under management, investing across Europe and the US at the seed stage. |
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A Blog by Jeff BullasJEFFBULLAS.COM — I experience robots and machines every day. And sometimes I feel there is a war going on that I didn’t sign up for. My computer doesn’t behave itself and I need to reboot it. Annoying but it mostly works. My smartphone throws a tantrum and I power it off and turn it back on. The solution to most tech problems. |
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The 20 best movies included with your Amazon Prime subscriptionMASHABLE.COM — Everyone knows to turn to Prime Video when it’s time to rent or purchase in-demand releases — but if you’re not keeping an eye on the service’s rotating movie offerings, then you’re probably missing out on all the “free” stuff Prime Video gets you. Chock full of popular recent releases and older favorites, Prime Video has a solid lineup worth sorting through. . |
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Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s Legacy, From Tech Leaders Who Knew Him WellFORBES.COM — Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh speaks onstage at the Life is Beautiful festival in Las Vegas in 2015. Those close to Hsieh remember his relentless hyping of his hometown as a business destination. Photo by FilmMagic/FilmMagic via Getty Tony Hsieh, bestselling author and longtime former CEO of ecommerce… |
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and you should think about it tooMASHABLE.COM — Instagram has never been my favorite app, perhaps because I love reading words more than staring at photos. But beyond that core element, it’s continued to be the bane of my existence — at least while writing about the tech industry, chatting with friends, and watching the world around me strain to be more “Instagrammable.” . |
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The 65 absolute best moments from ‘The Office’MASHABLE.COM — Fact: The Officeis now and will always be one of the greatest television shows of all time. The NBC comedy, which debuted in 2005, followed the extraordinarily amusing lives of Michael Scott, Jim Halpert, Pam Beesley, and other employees at Dunder Mifflin Scranton. And even though The Office has been off the air since 2013, fans have yet to stop obsessing over the nine glorious seasons. |
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Gaze upon these good dogs at the 2020 National Dog ShowMASHABLE.COM — The National Dog Show was a much smaller affair than usual this year. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, fewer than 600 dogs competed for the honour of top dog — down from almost 2000 in 2019. There were no spectators either, with only officials, handlers, security personnel and NBC’s film crew… |
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What’s the Future of Work? An Interview With Jeff WaldJEFFBULLAS.COM — Jeff Wald is the Founder of WorkMarket.com, an enterprise software platform that enables companies to manage freelancers (acquired by ADP). Jeff has founded several other technology companies, including Spinback, a social sharing platform (eventually purchased by Salesforce). He began his career in finance, serving as Managing Director at activist hedge fund Barington Capital Group, a Vice President at venture capital firm Glenrock and various roles in the M&A Group at JP Morgan. |
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On the hunt with Yorkshire’s virus-detectivesECONOMIST.COM — Nov 26th 2020by Simon AkamOn a Friday afternoon in mid-September Mark Hutchinson and Claire Brady knocked on the door of a house in a village in Yorkshire, in the north of England. Beyond a dry-stone wall, fields of sheep rolled away. Nearby lay a small cricket ground.Hutchinson and Brady are… |
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The first country to make period products free vows to help all who need themMASHABLE.COM — Scotland has become the first country in the world to provide free menstrual products to whoever needs them. The U.already has a lot of catching up to do, and the gap is only widening. . Scottish parliament unanimously passed the landmark legislation on Tuesday, with only one member abstaining. Introduced by Scottish Labour member Monica Lennon, the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill aims to address period poverty — the increasingly common situation in which people who need menstrual hygiene products are unable to afford them. |
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7 Social Media Automation Tools That Will Make Your Job EasierBLOG.HOOTSUITE.COM — If you’re spending more time fussing with hashtags or answering DMs than brainstorming new content ideas or planning your long term social media strategy, you could probably use a shortcut. It’s time to consider social media automation. No, we’re not talking about trying to bump up your vanity… |
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How Generation Z Is Altering the Face of Entrepreneurship for GoodENTREPRENEUR.COM — November 24, 2020 7 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. For the longest time, my generation, the Millenials, were touted as the Entrepreneurial generation. For the most… |
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Conversational Commerce Is Revolutionizing EcommerceENTREPRENEUR.COM — Deploying AI to facilitate dialogue with your customers adds the missing human element, providing a more personalized experience. Grow Your Business, Not Your Inbox Stay informed and join our daily newsletter now! November 24,… |
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How to tell if you’re a ‘Lawnmower Parent’ and what to do about itMASHABLE.COM — Welcome to, an ongoing series at Mashable that looks at how to take care of – and deal with – the kids in your life. Because Dr. Spock is nice and all, but it’s 2018 and we have the entire internet to contend with. Helicopter Parents have reigned supreme in the media these last few years but they’re being replaced by a hyper-concentrated version of themselves with a new moniker: Lawnmower Parents. |
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