Emburse looks to give third-party developers ways to easily issue prepaid debit cards

 Emburse launched last year seeking out businesses that wanted to handle one-time or a few expenses through issuing prepaid corporate debit cards. But it may be that the market, which is filled with a disparate different kinds of tools, needs a mo… Continue reading Emburse looks to give third-party developers ways to easily issue prepaid debit cards

Restless Bandit raises $8M to help companies dig through their old resume piles

restless bandit While at LinkedIn, Steve Goodman and his co-founders spent a lot of their time trying to help companies dig up the best possible candidates from those that exist around the Web — but might not have applied.
But after candidates have applied, their resumes are sitting in a database somewhere on a company’s servers. And they continue to sit there, likely untouched or only lightly… Read More Continue reading Restless Bandit raises $8M to help companies dig through their old resume piles

DataScience launches a service to easily query info and build models from anywhere

datascience Many of the largest companies — like Facebook with FBLearner — in the world have built an edge for themselves by making the process of studying their users and data science ongoing, tracking closely how things change over time. But for other businesses, those studies might just end with a single chart or predictive analysis report. Ian Swanson started DataScience about two and a… Read More Continue reading DataScience launches a service to easily query info and build models from anywhere

Myki rolls out a password manager that locks all your info away on your phone

myki Everything is getting hacked to the point that it’s getting kind of ridiculous — and everyone needs to have secure passwords. The trouble, however, is making them tough to crack and also being able to remember them. That’s led to a blossoming ecosystem of password management services like OnePassword. But if you ask Antoine Vincent Jebara and Priscilla Elora Sharuk,… Read More Continue reading Myki rolls out a password manager that locks all your info away on your phone

Create hassle-free slideshow presentations online with Slides

disrupt_sf16_slides-2724 Meetings are probably never going to die — and, along with that, neither are presentations. But the traditional route for making presentations is getting a little outdated, with tools like PowerPoint getting updated regularly but lacking a certain simplicity to them.
That’s why Owen Bossola and Hakim El Hattab decided to start Slides, an online service for creating, viewing and… Read More Continue reading Create hassle-free slideshow presentations online with Slides

CEO David Sacks on moving on from Zenefits’ troubled past

disrupt_sf16_david_sacks-3714 Zenefits at one point was one of the fastest growing software companies in the world, rocketing to a $4.5 billion valuation in 18 months. It was on track to generate tens of millions of dollars in annual recurring revenue. Then, everything went south, regulators started investing the company, and its CEO Parker Conrad was was fired from the company earlier this year. In short, it’s been… Read More Continue reading CEO David Sacks on moving on from Zenefits’ troubled past

Blackstorm raises $33.5M to help developers get their apps everywhere beyond the App Store

img_3742 Managing the App Store can be one of the most difficult experiences for new developers. Getting noticed is hard, the experience isn’t that great, and now Apple is allowing search ads. And to make things more interesting, there’s a lot of interest in different platforms beyond traditional apps — including messaging bots. Eventually, there will have to be a way to… Read More Continue reading Blackstorm raises $33.5M to help developers get their apps everywhere beyond the App Store

All the ways you are probably going to lose an AirPod

apple-liveblog0637 Apple has some wireless earbuds! They’re $159, and they aren’t connected by a cable to anything. They go right into your ear when they aren’t in a case that’s charging them. The battery lasts for 5 hours or so, and the case can charge them for 24 hours. Really cool, right? It’s like, straight out of the movie Her. But in Her, the characters are only wearing… Read More Continue reading All the ways you are probably going to lose an AirPod

Apple’s iPhone 7 storage finally starts at 32GB

iPhone SE - iPhone 6s Plus - 14 The iPhone’s base-level storage — starting at 16GB — has been a sticking point for quite a while. More and more content has become available over time in the form of video, apps and photos, and it can be a big limiting factor forcing users to shell out extra cash in order to skirt those requirements. Today, fortunately, that era comes to an end. The cheapest version of the… Read More Continue reading Apple’s iPhone 7 storage finally starts at 32GB

Salesforce shares face plant despite beating analyst expectations

salesforce Salesforce earnings came out today! They’re not great, either, and it looks like a weak outlook for the company’s third quarter is doing some damage to its shares which were down as much as 8%. For a company that literally defined the phrase “software as a service,” — basically, running your business online — and one that’s had a decent year (shares… Read More Continue reading Salesforce shares face plant despite beating analyst expectations