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Cleary raises $4.5M to reinvent the intranet

January 31, 2023

When you hear the word ‘intranet,’ chances are your mind is conjuring up images of badly designed internal communications platforms from the early aughts: a place for your internal communications team to post announcements you’re not going to read. To some degree, that hasn’t changed, but employee expectations have — and so has the work […]

Cleary raises $4.5M to reinvent the intranet by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Linktree adds new monetization options, including a ‘Buy Me a Gift’ feature

January 31, 2023

Linktree, the popular link-in-bio startup, is continuing to build more tools to help creators make money on its platform. The company announced today that it’s introducing three new monetization features designed to help users turn their Linktree into a stronger earnings channel. First, Linktree is launching a new “Buy Me a Gift” button that is […]

Linktree adds new monetization options, including a ‘Buy Me a Gift’ feature by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Warner Bros. Discovery reaches deals with Roku and Tubi to license 2,000 hours of content, including ‘Westworld’

January 31, 2023

Warners Bros. Discovery has reached deals with Roku and Tubi to license 2,000 hours of movies of TV shows, the companies announced on Tuesday. The deal will bring Warner Bros. branded free, ad-supported channels to the two streaming services. The channels will feature many popular titles, including HBO’s “Westworld,” which was recently removed from the HBO […]

Warner Bros. Discovery reaches deals with Roku and Tubi to license 2,000 hours of content, including ‘Westworld’ by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Select Star closes $15M round to add context to disparate data

January 31, 2023

Select Star, a startup providing data discovery, lineage and governance tools to mostly enterprise organizations, today announced that it raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Bowery Capital, Sozo Ventures and Pebblebed. The fresh cash brings the company’s total raised to $20 million, and CEO Shinji […]

Select Star closes $15M round to add context to disparate data by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Plugable’s new dock turns your tablet or phone into a workstation

January 31, 2023

Laptops and tablets are getting better and more powerful by the day but our fingers aren’t getting any more precise, and for extended writing and work, it’s still more helpful to have a keyboard and a larger screen at hand. These types of products have been around for at least a decade, but what’s new […]

Plugable’s new dock turns your tablet or phone into a workstation by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Orbital Sidekick raises $10M to bring hyperspectral imaging to oil and gas pipeline monitoring

January 31, 2023

Historically, oil and gas companies have monitored pipeline leaks using inefficient, expensive methods: workers equipped with handheld optical gas imaging cameras, for example. Or, as Orbital Sidekick CEO Dan Katz put it in a recent interview with TechCrunch, “a young pilot sticking their head out the window of a crop-duster.” “There’s really no persistent, objective, […]

Orbital Sidekick raises $10M to bring hyperspectral imaging to oil and gas pipeline monitoring by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Capella Space launches defense-focused subsidiary as demand for satellite imagery soars

January 31, 2023

Satellite imagery startup Capella Space is establishing a subsidiary aimed at serving U.S. government customers, as it seeks to fulfill growing demand from intelligence and defense organizations for its synthetic aperture radar tech. Capella is no stranger to working with the government. The company was founded almost seven years ago, and in that time it […]

Capella Space launches defense-focused subsidiary as demand for satellite imagery soars by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Google to ban unlicensed loan apps in Kenya as new rules take effect

January 31, 2023

Google’s new policy requiring digital lenders in Kenya to submit proof of license to operate in the East African country takes effect today. The policy aims to clamp down on rogue loan apps, which are pervasive in the country. This means that only providers with licenses from the country’s pinnacle bank, the Central Bank of […]

Google to ban unlicensed loan apps in Kenya as new rules take effect by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch