As Bloomberg reports, J. D. Vance, bestselling author of Hillbilly Elegy, Yale graduate, and venture capitalist has teamed up with Peter Thiel, Eric Schmidt, and Marc Andreessen of Silicon Valley to establish a venture capital firm in Ohio called Narya Capital. If “Narya” sounds familiar to you,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-01-10 20:12:30 UTC ]
The vultures have begun to circle as cable companies eye assets Bellevue-based T-Mobile US Inc. plans to sell to win regulatory approval for its proposed $26.5 billion merger with Sprint Corp. The U.S. Department of Justice has lined up a short-list of favored bidders that could potentially... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-06-14 12:44:51 UTC ]
Amazon already brings joy to the millions of people who receive its packages, but now it wants to know how you’re feeling during the other 1,400 minutes in your day. Bloomberg reports that Amazon is developing a new wearable device “that can discern the wearer’s emotional state from the sound... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2019-05-23 14:16:00 UTC ]
China can’t compete with America on raising tariffs, so it may choose to hinder American tech giants to show its power. As the trade war between the U.S. and China sees no signs of abating, investment banking firm Goldman Sachs says Apple’s earnings could take as much as a 29% hit if China... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-05-22 08:06:08 UTC ]
ByteDance is looking to target territories where traditionally paid streaming music services haven’t caught on. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or don’t have or know a teenager, you’re probably aware that the hottest social media app on the planet right now is TikTok. Well, now the app’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-05-21 06:07:11 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Fri, 22/07/2011 - 09:32 Books-A-Million has bid for up to 35 US Borders stores in a last-minute offer to try and save part of the 40-year-old bookselling chain. The chain, which also runs stores under the names Books & Co., Bookland and Joe... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]