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How Ryan Reynolds and Mint Mobile worked without becoming the joke

TechCrunch

It’s been a little over a year since Ryan Reynolds bought a majority stake in Mint Mobile, a deal that has already had a dramatic impact on the the MVNO (mobile virtual network operator). It’s hard to imagine a string of words in the English language less sexy than, “mobile virtual network operator.”

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Reveal raises $50M to espouse the benefits of partner ecosystems

TechCrunch

But despite their growing importance, businesses haven’t necessarily adopted technology to foster partnerships, instead relying on spreadsheets and lengthy virtual or in-person meetings. Sadones was the CTO at Multiposting, while Gautier cofounded employee sourcing and hiring platform Work4. ”

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Intenseye raises $4M to boost workplace safety through computer vision

TechCrunch

Intenseye integrates with existing network-connected cameras within facilities and then uses computer vision to monitor employee health and safety on the job. The company has moved to remote work in the wake of the pandemic and is using VR to build a virtual office and connect workers in a way that’s more immersive than Zoom.

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A ‘Stripe for phone plans’: Gigs raises $20M to help any company be an MVNO

TechCrunch

A new startup wants to make it easier for any company to sell phone and data plans as part of their own branded mobile network subscriptions — and to help, it has secured the backing of big-name investors including Google’s early-stage venture capital arm Gradient Ventures and Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. In the U.S.,

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3 Conferences Organized by DevNetwork in August

Apiumhub

Jameson – Engineer manager at Monte Carlo Data Jiri Kobelka – CEO and founder at Tatum …and many more Developer Week Cloud X will have different stages that include live keynote talks, technical workshops, multi-speaker talks, panel talks, and interactive audience Q&A. Save the date on your calendar so you don’t miss it!

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Despite remote work and the economic downturn, some companies look to London for expansion

TechCrunch

virtual events platform Hopin serves as another example, rising from a seed-stage upstart at the pandemic’s outset to become a $6 billion juggernaut in just 12 months — before laying off a huge chunk of its staff in pursuit of more sustainable growth. In the U.K., “Brexit has significantly undermined the benefits of the U.K.

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Distributed systems: A quick and simple definition

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Virtually all modern software and applications built today are distributed systems of some sort, says Sam Newman , director at Sam Newman & Associates and author of Building Microservices. As the volume of calls over the networks increases, the more you’ll start to see transient partitions and potentially have to deal with them.”.