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Uber is paying $3.1BN to pick up Middle East rival Careem

Posted by heshamg on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @06:24AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/26/uber-is-paying-3-1bn-to-pick-up-middle-east-rival-careem/

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Uber to Seal $3.1B Deal to Buy Careem This Week

Posted by heshamg on Sunday March 24, 2019 @09:34PM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-24/uber-is-said-to-seal-3-1-billion-deal-to-buy-careem-this-week

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Nike's new self-lacing basketball shoe is actually smart

Posted by heshamg on Monday January 21, 2019 @05:23AM
from the wired.com dept.

https://www.wired.com/story/nike-adapt-bb-sneaker/

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Re:Founder’s Guide to the Y Combinator Interview on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @12:32PM (#18338443)

What did they mention the reason for rejection was in the email?

Re:Founder’s Guide to the Y Combinator Interview on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @03:18AM (#18334464)

What did they mention the reason was in your rejection email? If you don't mind sharing that of course :)

SoftBank’s unicorn hunter

Posted by heshamg on Sunday August 05, 2018 @03:52AM
from the money.cnn.com dept.

https://money.cnn.com/interactive/technology/masayoshi-son-profile/index.html

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Ask HN: What problems do some of the successful startups solve?

Posted by heshamg on Friday July 13, 2018 @10:36AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Most successful startups or products solve a problem. It would seem intuitive that most people/users can explain the problem in one simple sentence, but many people can't or have different opinions.How would you describe it for products like Uber, Spotify, Airbnb, Netflix, Bird or whatever you find interesting?Examples Tinder: It's awkward to approach and start a conversation with someone in...

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Apple's 1981 Plan for the Mac

Posted by heshamg on Monday June 11, 2018 @06:21PM
from the entrepreneur.com dept.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/314615

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The problem of China's huge bike graveyards [video]

Posted by heshamg on Friday May 11, 2018 @11:36AM
from the bbc.com dept.

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-china-43999482/the-problem-of-china-s-huge-bike-graveyards

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SoftBank's Son Confirms Walmart to Acquire India's Flipkart

Posted by heshamg on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @06:05AM
from the reuters.com dept.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-flipkart-m-a-walmart/softbanks-son-confirms-walmart-to-acquire-indias-flipkart-idUSKBN1IA14H?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29

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Dropbox S-1 Teardown

Posted by heshamg on Monday February 26, 2018 @12:51PM
from the seeingbothsides.com dept.

https://seeingbothsides.com/2018/02/24/dropbox-s-1-teardown/

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Traffic’s Mind-Boggling Economic Toll

Posted by heshamg on Saturday February 10, 2018 @08:42PM
from the citylab.com dept.

https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/02/traffics-mind-boggling-economic-toll/552488/

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Uber Names Ex-Orbitz CEO Barney Harford Chief Operating Officer

Posted by heshamg on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @11:37AM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-20/uber-names-ex-orbitz-ceo-barney-harford-chief-operating-officer

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Walt Disney Buys Murdoch's Fox for $52bn

Posted by heshamg on Thursday December 14, 2017 @07:38AM
from the bbc.com dept.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42353545?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook

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Dijkstra's algorithm visualization

Posted by heshamg on Saturday December 09, 2017 @11:11AM
from the projects.indicatrix.org dept.

http://projects.indicatrix.org/dijkstra.js/

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Debate Rages Over Self-Driving Car Software

Posted by heshamg on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @07:53PM
from the theinformation.com dept.

https://www.theinformation.com/debate-rages-over-self-driving-car-software

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Steve Jurvetson is out at his own VC firm after allegations of sexual harassment

Posted by heshamg on Monday November 13, 2017 @04:00PM
from the recode.net dept.

https://www.recode.net/2017/11/13/16645274/steve-jurvetson-out-draper-fisher-jurvetson-sexual-harassment

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Uber confirms SoftBank has agreed to invest

Posted by heshamg on Sunday November 12, 2017 @07:05PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/12/uber-confirms-softbank-has-agreed-to-invest-billions-in-uber/

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Messenger just launched an Intercom Competitor

Posted by heshamg on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @01:36PM
from the messenger.fb.com dept.

https://messenger.fb.com/blog/2-2-release/?ref=producthunt

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Samsung Electronics CEO Steps Down During 'Unprecedented Crisis'

Posted by heshamg on Friday October 13, 2017 @04:47AM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-13/samsung-electronics-ceo-steps-down-amid-unprecedented-crisis

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Jamie Dimon faces market abuse report after his comments about Bitcoin

Posted by heshamg on Thursday September 21, 2017 @09:02PM
from the cityam.com dept.

http://www.cityam.com/272451/jamie-dimon-faces-market-abuse-report-after-his-comments/amp

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Startup with Google

Posted by heshamg on Thursday September 21, 2017 @12:04PM
from the startup.google.com dept.

https://startup.google.com/

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Scaling Laravel Using AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Posted by heshamg on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @07:23PM
from the deliciousbrains.com dept.

https://deliciousbrains.com/scaling-laravel-aws-elastic-beanstalk-part-1-setting-up-laravel/

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Scaling on AWS to a million+ users

Posted by heshamg on Saturday September 16, 2017 @09:10AM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/aws-activate-startup-blog/scaling-on-aws-part-1-a-primer-dbf1276ded5a?src=google

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Jeff Immelt says he’s not going to be the CEO of Uber

Posted by heshamg on Sunday August 27, 2017 @12:17PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/27/jeff-immelt-says-hes-not-going-to-be-the-ceo-of-uber/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook

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Texts Between Travis Kalanick and Anthony Levandowski

Posted by heshamg on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @05:03AM
from the scribd.com dept.

https://www.scribd.com/document/356375219/TK-texts#from_embed

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Re:Show HN: OPEN SOURCE scalable BACKEND services generator + util \m/ on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @05:59PM (#14974109)

Setting it up, looks great. I have a question though.. what's the difference between server api and client(s) api(s) JSON config?

Travis Kalanick’s deposition in Waymo lawsuit

Posted by heshamg on Monday August 07, 2017 @03:13PM
from the scribd.com dept.

https://www.scribd.com/document/355732028/WAYMO-LLC-Plaintiff-vs-Case-No-UBER-TECHNOLOGIES-INC-Travis-Kalanick-Deposition

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Uber, Lyft Are Both the Object of Masayoshi Son's Interest

Posted by heshamg on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:18AM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-07/uber-lyft-are-both-the-object-of-masayoshi-son-s-interest

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Larry Page Deposition in Uber vs. Waymo

Posted by heshamg on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @06:40PM
from the scribd.com dept.

https://www.scribd.com/document/355385613/Larry-Page-deposition-Uber-vs-Waymo#from_embed

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