Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor Partech is doubling the size of its African venture fund to $143 million Zimbabwe’s government faces off against its tech community over internet restrictions A high court in Zimbabwe […]
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Congress is ‘deeply troubled’ by Apple’s FaceTime bug, and it wants answers
Receiving a stern letter from Congress is never going to be a pleasant experience, but for Tim Cook it might just turn into a nightmare.
The Apple CEO is being called to account for a serious bug in group FaceTime which turned the video-chat feature into a stalker’s dream — allowing practically anyone with an iPhone the ability to see and hear a person on the other end of a ringing call without them ever have picked up. A Feb. 5 letter, addressed to Cook and signed by two members of congress, lays out a series of detailed privacy questions for the company and very much expects them to be answered. Read more…
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Profits at The New York Times show media dinosaurs are ruling the internet
Today’s news that the (failing?) New York Times reported net income of $55.2 million, after losses a year earlier — and that its digital business raked in $709 million — is just one indicator that some of the nation’s oldest media properties are finally crossing the bridge into the 21st century. The Times managed to turn […]
View More Profits at The New York Times show media dinosaurs are ruling the internetThe women of Congress stole the show during Trump’s State of the Union address
During Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, a chant of “USA” rang out across the chamber as a large group of attendees jumped to their feet.
Surprisingly, they were mostly Democratic congresswomen.
In Tuesday night’s address, the highest …
Congress needs your input (but don’t call it crowdsourcing)
Like many modern digital innovations, “crowdsourcing” is a concept borrowed from the commercial tech industry.
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View More California moves toward healthcare for more, not yet healthcare for allAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s supporters continue to leave touching notes outside her office
This is One Good Thing, a weekly column where we tell you about one of the few nice things that happened this week.
Since Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was sworn into Congress earlier this year she’s ruffled some feather by raising her voice and showing …
View More Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s supporters continue to leave touching notes outside her officeZimbabwe’s government faces off against its tech community over internet restrictions
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View More Zimbabwe’s government faces off against its tech community over internet restrictionsPolitiscope, an app to track Congressional voting records and bills, launches on android devices
Last September, two former National Football League players launched an app called Politiscope to track the voting records of members of Congress and the bills that they were introducing — and provide non-partisan information about what those bills and votes would mean to voters. The pro-football-playing brothers, Walter Powell Jr. and Brandon Williams, launched the […]
View More Politiscope, an app to track Congressional voting records and bills, launches on android devicesNYT honors record number of women in Congress with stunning special section
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If you picked up a print copy of the New York Times on Thursday, you were greeted with a special cover highlighting the record number of women (131) who are part of the 116th Congress.
But they’re not all featured on one cover. There are 27 different covers featuring both new and continuing members of Congress, one for each of the 27 regions where the Times delivers print editions.
A gif with all 27 covers of the @nytimes special section coming Thursday of the record number of women in the 116th Congress#nytimes @bizherman pic.twitter.com/rufnIiq3Ik
— Tom Jolly (@TomJolly) January 16, 2019 Read more…
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President Bolsonaro should boost Brazil’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
Romero Rodrigues Contributor Romero Rodrigues is a managing partner at Redpoint eVentures, the Brazilian-focused arm of the Silicon Valley venture firm Redpoint. More posts by this contributor Brazil’s fintech boom offers new vertical opportunities for investors Brazil’s tech-sector bright spots beckon as it begins to emerge from long economic crisis In late October following a significant […]
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