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presidential election—has prompted some to question the utopian promise of innovation, especially when it comes to Web companies and cybersecurity. Xconomy: Do you think 2017 was a. A series of events this year—from the Equifax data breach to the foreign use of social media to influence the U.S.
presidential election—has prompted some to question the utopian promise of innovation, especially when it comes to Web companies and cybersecurity. A series of events this year—from the Equifax data breach to the foreign use of social media to influence the U.S.
Or perhaps in the case of 2017, with its litany of data security breaches, social media manipulations, and allegations of sexual harassment, to just wring out the old.
presidential election—has prompted some to question the utopian promise of innovation, especially when it comes to Web companies and cybersecurity. Guengerich moved to North Texas in 2017 after years in the Austin tech community, where he co-founded Appconomy, a China-focused e-commerce startup, among other initiatives.
Xconomy asked technology and innovation leaders around our network to reflect on the most important developments in their industries during 2017, and the answers were appropriately wide-ranging.
In China, 2017 was the year of the rooster. billion in 8,035 companies (through 8,076 deals) in 2017, according to Venture Monitor data. billion in 8,035 companies (through 8,076 deals) in 2017, according to Venture Monitor data. venture funding to a total of $84.2 venture funding to a total of $84.2
million into 61 companies during the last three months of 2017, according to Venture Monitor data released Tuesday. Venture capital activity ended the year with a strong finish in San Diego, as investors poured $498.4 billion in 215 deals last year.
They left the competition with their lessons learned and came back to win first place in 2017. “To Here is what Liu and Huang did to tweak their approach to the 2017 event based on these lessons learned: “Get to the church on time.” This article is courtesy of the Galvanize blog.
Aside from these revelations about “fake news,” the year brought reports on major data breaches at Equifax and other companies, on the influence of new technologies in the future job market, and on privacy concerns about Web-connected home devices. Read more » Reprints | Share:
exchanges during the first half of 2017, according to the report EY Global IPO Trends. Improving economic fundamentals are stoking the IPO pipeline in the United States and elsewhere, according to a report issued Tuesday by the global consultant and accounting firm EY. Eighty companies raised a total of $22 billion on U.S.
Intel sealed its commitment to become a player in the burgeoning autonomous vehicle industry when it bought computer vision company Mobileye for more than $15 billion in 2017.
A series of highly publicized events this year—from the Equifax and Uber data breaches to foreign use of social media and Web services to influence the U.S. Here’s an edited transcript of our exchange: Xconomy: Do you think 2017 was a turning point in public. Read more » Reprints | Share:
We’ve just passed a year full of news about the role of technology companies in U.S. elections, democracy, free speech, fairness in hiring, sexual harassment, privacy, data security, and the future job market for humans in the age of robots and artificial intelligence.
Soci, a San Diego startup that created a Web platform for managing social media, has closed on $8.5 The five-year-old startup, which had 35 employees five months ago when it was named as a 2017 Xconomy San Diego company to watch , now has 50 employees.
Lymber, named as a 2017 Xconomy San Diego startup to watch , has developed a technology platform that enables mobile users to book openings in fitness and wellness classes. Lymber was barely a year old when Mindbody (NASDAQ: MB ) announced recently that it acquired the San Diego mobile app developer.
CEO Gerry Widmer said Wednesday the San Diego-based company is expanding its workforce and extending its Web content management system (WCMS) to international customers. founder Randy Apuzzo at the end of 2017. After establishing a partnership with the Google Cloud Platform, Zesty.io Apuzzo shifted to his preferred role as CTO.)
billion that VCs invested in the first quarter of 2017. billion that PitchBook counted in the first quarter was a third higher than the $21.3 billion that VCs deployed in the previous quarter and two-thirds more than the $16.9 The venture deal count, however, is another matter altogether. The 1,683 venture deals that.
million in a Series B funding round in 2017, and it has just added another $25 million from a Series C funding round led by veteran Silicon Valley venture capital firm Menlo Ventures. Fieldwire , whose mobile app helps builders and construction crews coordinate their work, announced today it has lined up a total of $33.5
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billion in 1,699 startups nationwide during the quarter, maintaining a pace that could reach a decade high by the end of 2017 in terms of overall funding. Venture firms invested $21.5 The quarterly Venture Monitor report is set for release today by Seattle-based PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).
million invested during the final three months of 2017, according to Venture Monitor data. Venture capital investors sank $547.2 The amount of capital invested in the San Diego area was up slightly from the $541.2 It was almost 4 percent higher than the $526.7 million invested in the first quarter last year.
View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016. The results were so encouraging, we’re doing it again.
Start a blog and write for industry forums and newsletters. Every organization and web site is begging for content, so spread yourself around. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/24/2017. Yet relationships and future warm introductions are well worth the effort in building a brand.
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I believe this use of cryptocurrency will develop and flourish long after the dust settles from the hype and crash of cryptocurrencies that we’re experiencing in 2017. In a world where perhaps foreign governments start propagating false information to influence our society, guaranteeing authenticity would become a very big deal.
In late 2017, a federal watchdog unit assigned a working group to keep an eye on cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, and to sound an alert if those alternate currencies showed signs of becoming a risk to the stability of the US financial system.
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