When South Park Commons (SPC), a community of tens of engineers in San Francisco’s South Park neighborhood, came together, it mostly flew under the radar, save for a New York Times profile in 2017, a year after it was formed. Founded by Facebook’s first female engineer, Ruchi Sanghvi, she explained at the time that her […]
How Pilot convinced Index Ventures to think long-term about margins
Whether you agree or not, it’s hard to ignore the fact that the multipliers in Silicon Valley and the growth of software businesses have changed the way we think about a startup’s timeline.
フルキーボード搭載5Gスマホ「Astro Slide 5G」、Makuakeで販売受付開始
過去記事でも取り上げたことのある英Planet Computers製のフルキーボード端末「Astro Slide 5G」。この製品はクラウドファンディングサイトのIndiegogoで資金調達が行われ、その後に仕様変更によりスペックダウンしたことなどが問題視されていた。そのAstro Slide 5Gが国内のクラウドファンディングサイト「Makuake」で先行予約販売を行っており、タレコミにあるようにこのことがIndiegogoでの出資者の間で議論になっている模様。なおEngadgetの記事によるとI…
TikTok’s new ad products invite users to interact with taps, swipes, likes and more
TikTok this week presented its new plan to ramp up advertiser investment in its video platform with the expansion of e-commerce, a new promise of “brand safety” and the launch of several new and interactive ad formats, ranging from clickable stickers to “Choose Your Own Adventure”-type ads to “super likes” and more. The additions, the […]