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E-Commerce Startups Open Door to Endless Virtual Closet

Xconomy

It’s the kind of clothes swapping that women have been doing offline since, likely, as long as there have been garments, says Emily Fox, director of marketing communications at LeTote, a San Francisco e-commerce startup. Women are tired of what’s in their closets; they. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Saxena: More Than a Tool, A.I. Must Be Used With Society in Mind

Xconomy

startup CognitiveScale and managing director of The Entrepreneur Fund , which makes investments in early-stage machine learning companies, Saxena believes A.I. But he’s also aware that the technology, if not used carefully, could end up hurting society. As chairman of Austin, TX-based A.I.

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Wireless Internet Firms Take On Big Telecoms in Cities and Suburbs

Xconomy

Thousands of these mostly small Internet providers connect customers’ homes through wireless networks that eventually link up to fiber-optic cables or other main Internet conduits further up the line. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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FAANG, Public Trust, Valuations, in 2019: The Read from Menlo Ventures

Xconomy

The market caps of some of the most successful tech titans reach as high as $1 trillion. Yet in 2018, perceptions about these dominant companies often reflected uneasiness and doubt—and for some, so did their stock performance.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. He uses his former home, a just-under 900-square-foot beach bungalow two blocks away, to house Facebook employees visiting from up north. More than 600 tech start-ups have sprung up in L.A.