The opening to Chris Hughes’ much-publicized New York Times essay yesterday—attacking the company that made him vastly wealthy—was almost Shakespearean in its drama. After describing his last personal meeting with the Zuckerbergs—in their house, sharing a hug in parting with Mark’s wife, Priscilla—he lays out […]
Day: May 10, 2019
3 ways Android Q is being built for 5G
Android Q has a lot of exciting UX additions and improvements, like Dark Mode, but it also has some under-the-hood additions to help usher in the era of 5G phones. Chief among them, we learned at Google IO 2019, are new capabilities for app developers […]
G Adventures Launches New National Geographic Family Journeys Trips
Looking for the ultimate family-bonding trip? Check out G Adventures' brand new Family Journeys, designed for multi-generational travelers. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Uber opens at a disappointing $42 per share
At long last, it’s lift-off for Uber. After pricing its initial public offering at $45 per share, at the bottom end of the range it set previously, to raise $8.1 billion, transportation startup began trading today on the New York Stock Exchange, and the shares […]
A brief history of Uber’s bumpy road to an IPO
It’s been nine years since UberCab made its first appearance on the WordPress pages of this website. In the ensuing years, the startup has grown from an upstart looking to upend the taxi cab cartels, to a juggernaut that has its hands in every form […]
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Moon: Here’s what we know so far about Blue Origin’s new lunar lander
Jeff Bezos, chairman of Amazon and founder of the spaceflight company Blue Origin, unveiled the latter company's Blue Moon lander on Thursday at a … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Fisco, Agenzia Entrate: definite regole nuovi indici affidabilità
Roma, 10 mag. (askanews) – Definiti i diversi punteggi in base ai quali è possibile accedere alle agevolazioni previste dalla legge per i contribuenti … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Uber’s first day as a public company didn’t go so well
Ouch. Yikes. Oof. Sigh. Those are some of the friendlier phrases I imagine came out of the mouths of bankers, investors, executives and really anyone who has been paying close attention to Uber’s road to the stock markets today when the company debuted on the […]
Cryptomining gangs go to war over unsecured Linux systems
In an effort to gain greater control of vulnerable cloud-based infrastructure, two hacking groups behind large-scale cryptomining campaigns have begun to target each other’s cryptominers. The Pacha Group, first detected in September of 2018, is a threat group of Chinese origins which was profiled by […]
Gadget Lab Podcast: Breaking Down Microsoft Build and Google I/O
Developer conferences aren’t just a chance for tech companies to incentivize app makers and show off the latest tricks and tools in software. The events also present an opportunity for companies like Facebook, Microsoft, and Google to assure the public that they are on it […]
