Alibaba's digital media segment is proving to be a big contributor to the company's ecosystem. Alibaba Pictures had a major success in early February … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Day: February 28, 2019
Open-source communities fight over telco market
When you think of MWC Barcelona, chances are you’re thinking about the newest smartphones and other mobile gadgets, but that’s only half the story. Actually, it’s probably far less than half the story because the majority of the business that’s done at MWC is enterprise […]
SoFi founder Mike Cagney’s new company, Figure, just raised another $65 million
Figure, a 13-month-old, San Francisco-based company that says it uses blockchain technology to provide home equity loans online in as little as five days, has raised a whole lot of money in not a lot of time: $120 million to date, including $65 million in […]
Rogo rifiuti Ipb Milano, 15 arresti. Le intercettazioni: «Tutto bene, faremo il botto»
Va «tutto bene», faremo «il botto». Sono le parole che uno degli arrestati avrebbe pronunciato qualche giorno prima dell’incendio di via Chiasserini, avvenuto lo scorso 14 ottobre a Milano, e che per l’accusa sarebbe servito per «smaltire illegalmente» i rifiuti. Un incendio che riempì di […]
What to See and Do in La Manche
Pair your visit to Mont-Saint-Michel with a trip to see the Avranches … the famed military engineer employed by Louis XIV to defend France's borders. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Respawn will premiere its ‘Star Wars’ game on April 13th
After years of work, Respawn is nearly ready to show what its Star Wars game is all about. Lucasfilm has announced that EA and Respawn will formally reveal Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order at a Celebration Chicago panel on April 13th. The two are unsurprisingly […]
Enterprises look to optimize cloud spend as costs grow
As enterprise cloud spending increases, optimizing existing cloud use for cost savings is the top initiative for organizations for the third year in a row according to a new report from Flexera. The RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud report was compiled using responses from […]
Medium lowers its paywall for Twitter users
If you’re not the paying sort, Medium has a mile-wide new hole in its paywall that might interest you. (But really, you should be the paying sort.) On Wednesday, Medium CEO and Twitter co-founder Ev Williams announced that Medium is tearing down its paywall for […]
Michael Cohen’s Credibility Has Never Been More Certain
Like many reporters and editors in DC or New York, I have been yelled at by Michael Cohen. It’s been almost a rite of passage for anyone writing about Donald Trump over the past decade. There was no bone too small for his long-time lawyer […]
Verified Expert Lawyer: Andrew Erskine
Andrew Erskine has developed his legal career along with the rise of the tech startup scene in Los Angeles. Today, as a partner at Orrick in its Santa Monica office, he works with companies large and small in the area and beyond. His approach: “The […]