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This market is rapidly growing – so big that even financial giants such as Goldman Sachs are dipping their toes in. Valued at more than $850 billion, this market is still not being fully explored by European alternative finance, which is lagging way behind the United States and the United Kingdom. Currently, institutional investors do not have many options to diversify from established marketplace lenders. Either they put their own capital at risk by investing on a new marketplace that has little to no track record, or they set up costly legal, IT and analytics structure to fund off-balance sheet lender, which is not scalable....

Blaze has created Laserlight, a bike accessory that combines light and a laser which projects a green image of a bike onto the ground 5 meters in front of the cyclist. The image warns drivers who cannot see the bike in their “blind spot” so they are aware of the presence of the cyclists. The green light is visible during the day but not effective, says Brooke, and is really aimed for night use when “you can’t miss it”....

With new models from the likes of LG and TCL featuring 8K resolutions and pre-loaded Google Stadia, TVs have rarely looked more interesting. Let’s take a look into all the announcements from this year’s show to find out more about the TVs that will be cropping up in people’s homes in the very near future. LG TVs at CES 2021 LG is one of the biggest TV manufacturers in the world ,and it some suitably big announcements at CES this year....

A few weeks later, I was at an open-air market/art space and there was a company with a 3D printer on display. I watched the demonstration: the operator made a little David Bowie statue, a hammer, and a necklace. Again, it didn’t strike me as much more than a very expensive toy. Then I came across a video. I have a feeling I’ve said this before, but I’m not the video sharing type....

This summer, I was honored to have Brian Cornell, the CEO of Target, as a lead mentor to Revolar. I had no idea what to expect when I first met Brian. I had, of course, read all about him and was excited to meet the man who had gone undercover in his own business to hear out what his guests truly wanted. I’ll never forget our first meeting. I wanted to learn from him what it took to be the CEO of a massive business and a ubiquitous brand....

Secure Quorum created their secured alert notification and conference call solution as a conduit for companies to enact their continuity plan. Like the business’s continuity plan, companies create Secure Quorum multiple incident response plans. For each incident, companies select and provide contact information for the key personnel that need to be alerted and consulted if that specific incident occurred. Each individual user, then, creates two PINs and a personalized voice message....

I recently learned about daPulse. They are a productivity and project management platform for businesses. The driving idea behind the platform and its features is transparency. The team manager and team members all have the same view. It gives everyone the ability to see the big picture as well as individual tasks, along with allowing open and visible communication through every step. The Execution Board The execution board allows everyone to see the big picture, as well as how projects are being broken down by team member, the status of each project, and if a project is stuck at a certain point....

The new package is its cheapest tier available (outside of its free offering), and lets users manage passwords on two devices. The Essentials plan means that Dashlane now has a more value-led proposition for users, but how does it stack up against its competitors? Dashlane’s Essentials Tier The new tier from Dashlane sits between its free package and its Premium one. It’s priced at $2.49 per month, making it ever so slightly cheaper than the $3....

The number of breaches has actually dropped by 24% since the previous year, according to a new study. That’s right, folks, attacks have dropped down to a mere “alarming” pace, experts say. Here’s all the industry-wide statistics to know, along with more insight on why our high level of online attacks is here to stay. 18.8 Billion Accounts Exposed The data comes from Risk Based Security’s 2021 Mid Year Data Breach report, which collates all publicly disclosed data compromise events that were reported between January 1 and June 30, comparing them to those from the same time period in earlier years....

DemerBox’s new owner is Zac Brown, who besides touring with his band, owns and operates a company called Southern Ground, which houses a number of lifestyle brands, including a music festival, a restaurant, a winery, a knife maker, and a leather-goods manufacturer, among others. The deal closed in mid August, according to founder James Demer, who built the first DemerBox in his Falmouth basement in 2010. Details of the transaction are not being disclosed, but Demer and his cofounder, Jayson Lobozzo, have retained a minority stake in the business and continue to work for it....

How It Works Alumni of the program, which is called WM Labs, will gain access to the media network’s resources, which include co-producers and focused media coverage, as well as the chance to win prizes of up to $15,000 through the Lab. The program’s three tracks include digital activism & media; social change and non-profits; and creativity and art. A selection committee has been formed from a group of “community councils, WelkerMedia staff, and external experts....

Founded in 2009, WeTransfer has been entirely bootstrapped since inception. Today, the company has 25 million monthly users who send 70 million files each month. Since 2013, the company has been profitable, with its revenues doubling in the last year. Highland Capital Partners invested the $25 million into the company, which the company plans to use to develop its product portfolio and to help them spread their influence, specifically across the United States and Europe....

The 164-page counterclaim comes following the earlier announcement of a Twitter shareholder vote to determine whether the $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform, agreed to by Musk, should still go ahead. The final decision will be battled out in a five-day trial, announced via Zoom, and set to take place on October 17 later. Here’s what we know so far. After months of secretly buying shares, and eventually gaining a majority, Musk and Twitter agreed to an estimated $44 billion deal, in what the tech mogul described as “the future of civilization’....

Eye-interaction software, employing heuristics based on context, creates a fully gaze-based user interface, enabling common tasks such as scanning, panning, zooming, selecting, compelling, and much more. Driving Out Fatigue and Inaccuracy There are some big limitations to the current VR and AR interfaces. Arm and hand gestures, head movements, and voice control can all contribute to fatigue. Although 3D hand gestures look futuristic — such as in “Minority Report” — arms and shoulders tire quickly....

The Official Statement FanDuel CEO Nigel Eccles addressed the termination in a statement covered by Axios: Following the November announcement, Recode explains, the Federal Trade Commission realized the two companies served over 90 percent of the market for fantasy sports sites, and voted in June to block the deal. Faced with an expensive court battle, DraftKings and FanDuel choose to walk away instead. There is still enormous, untapped market opportunity for FanDuel, and we will continue to execute our strategy to grow our business and further expand the fantasy sports industry....

Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen first brought the term into common parlance when he cited “disruptive innovation” in a 1995 paper. But in recent years, people have turned against the concept of disruptors as a business model: “Disruption is a theory of change founded on panic, anxiety, and shaky evidence,” according to one cutting 2014 New Yorker article. Now, we’ve got some evidence indicating that a business mindset that’s not so concerned with disrupting might just be the more successful one in the long term....

So with all this need, why do hundreds of thousands of Americans die every year without a will? Cost. Most feel that getting a will is too complicated and costly. The West Coast-based startup FairDocument is solving this challenge. Traditionally, a person would look to a lawyer to help draft a will. Lawyers struggle, too, in trying to find clients and offer them services that are reasonably priced. FairDocument has developed a blended solution that makes life easier for consumers and lawyers in finding each other, working cost effectively, and ultimately getting what the consumer wants and needs – a will that is tailor-made and affordable....

Now is positioning itself as the event discovery component of picture sharing, using the popularity of a picture and location tagging from apps like Instagram to tell users what’s hot near their current location. Now’s redesign incorporates new features such as videos from the Vines app, the ability to save places, and a social activity heat map for a better visual picture of the activity in your world. The iPhone app notifies users of picture-worthy events happening nearby....

Location tracking platforms are one of those things that could be incredibly useful in a situation like this, but for whatever reason I don’t hear too much about them in my day to day. Perhaps it’s because there are still some glaring issues when it comes to building and developing these platforms. According to GeoZilla, a UK based location tracking app, the biggest issue current offerings have to deal with is battery drain....

This trend doesn’t appear to be going anywhere, as Google is reportedly circling Fitbit for a potential acquisition, and it’s hard not to wonder how the wearable company has fallen so far. Why Fitbit Might Sell According to an exclusive report from Reuters, Fitbit has been discussing the possibility of a sale with investment bank Qatalyst Partners. The company is heavily leaning towards Google as a potential buyer, which makes sense as the tech giant has had trouble getting its WearOS products to compete with the rest of the industry....