The new series of televisions will have inputs for over-the-air (OTA) antennas and more typical cable and game box connections. The sets run Roku’s OS 8, which includes a smart guide that can show OTA broadcast television alongside streaming content. Philips says that its Roku […]
Day: December 1, 2017
Hipster airline Joon launches operations
Joon, the Air France subsidiary promoted as a hip new airline for millennials, will begin operations Friday with flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to the Portuguese cities of Lisbon and Porto as well as to Barcelona and Berlin. Air France has developed Joon to […]
Pinterest business lead Tim Kendall is leaving the company
Pinterest president Tim Kendall, who has since joining in 2012 overseen the growth of the startup’s advertising business and launch of a wide array of ad products, is leaving the company at the end of the year. Kendall oversaw the company’s business operations for the […]
The ACCC resolves to finally start policing Aussie broadband speeds in the new year
Having already placed Australian ISPs on notice back in July, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that it will officially begin monitoring Aussie broadband speeds from the beginning of next year. The consumer watchdog has appointed SamKnows to the task, having already […]
Blue Apron co-founder steps down as CEO
Less than a month after an earnings report indicated customers dropped six percent from last year, Blue Apron has a new CEO, as co-founder Matt Salzberg steps down from his role as president and CEO. Former CFO Brad Dickerson will now fill both of those […]
Ajit Pai’s Net Neutrality Shell Game
I’ve got bad news for everyone who is working overtime to protest Federal Communications Commission chair Ajit Pai’s campaign to eliminate net neutrality: You are being tricked. Pai is running a kind of shell game, overreaching (“go ahead and run all the paid prioritization services […]
There’s an implosion of early-stage VC funding, and no one’s talking about it
Victor Basta Contributor Victor Basta is the founder of the boutique investment firm Magister Advisors. More posts by this contributor: Amid record amounts of capital raised by VCs worldwide, and a sharp rise in the number of private “unicorns” valued at $1 billion-plus, there has […]
La Cgil Abruzzo a Roma «Sostenere le pensioni
PESCARA. Ci sarà anche l'Abruzzo alla mobilitazione nazionale della Cgil promossa per il 2 dicembre, che sarà conclusa dalla segretaria generale del sindacato Susanna Camusso. Il tema è quello delle pensioni ma anche della Legge di Stabilità in discussione alla Camera, e delle scelte, che […]
Sciglimento delle camere a gennaio e voto tra il 4 e il 18 marzo: la road map elettorale
L'ultimo atto dell'ordinata fine della legislatura si sta per compiere con il passaggio dal Senato alla Camera della legge di Bilancio, dove andrà in aula il 19 dicembre. Una volta che si sarà consumato il rito della manovra – con il voto finale … by […]
GM plans to put self-driving cars to work in cities in 2019
That includes commercial use for both item delivery and passenger carrying. The latter could refer to the autonomous taxi fleet of Bolt EVs GM plans to launch in 2018, which its preparing for with additional testing. The could offer its own service as well, given […]