Consumer payments startup Braid, backed by Index and Accel, shuts down
Braid, a four-year-old startup that aimed to make shared wallets more mainstream among consumers, has shut down. Founded in January 2019 by Amanda Peyton and Todd Berman (who left in 2020), San Francisco-based Braid set out to offer friends and family an FDIC-insured, multi-user account that was designed to make
Read moreMax Q: Castelion comes out of stealth
In this issue: Meet Castelion, news from Amazon and more.
Read moreX CEO Linda Yaccarino drops out of the WSJ Tech Live conference
Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox Media X / Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino has just canceled her appearance at the Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live conference next week, saying “with the global crisis unfolding, Linda and her team must remain fully focused on X platform safety.” And... X CEO
Read moreAs SBF’s trial heads into its second week, here’s what we know so far
Here are the juicy details we gleaned from the first week of testimonies.
Read moreJohn Riccitiello steps down as unity CEO with former Red Hat chief exec Jim Whitehurst taking over for now
Weeks after upsetting developers with a proposed runtime fee, only to quickly backtrack on the idea, Unity announced today that CEO John Riccitiello was stepping down from his multiple roles as president, CEO and board chair, going from having a ton of responsibility to having a lot of time on
Read moreThe psychology behind startup dealmaking: Pitching your pilot to an industry Goliath
Startups must maintain acute awareness of often short-term corporate psychology, embracing adaptability and nurturing internal champions.
Read moreBuzzy social app Fizz sues rival Sidechat over unfair competition practices
Fizz, the buzzy anonymous social app that’s now being used across more than 80 college campuses, has filed suit against rival Sidechat, alleging unfair competition and a range of abuses, including attempts at disrupting Fizz’s launches, spreading rumors about Fizz having hackers, trademark infringements, sending false spam reports to Instagram
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Read moreChris’ Corner: Can Has Blurs, Filters, and Masks
You’ve seen CSS’ new :has() selector right? There are all these “basic” use cases that leave me smiling because the solutions of the past were inelegant at best, and now are easy and satisfying. Here’s one: You want margin below your <h2> … unless there is a <time> right below
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