Knowing your customer in the age of data privacy – ProWellTech

Knowing your customer in the age of data privacy – ProWellTech

Ted Schlein is a General Partner at Kleiner Perkins and a leading expert on cybersecurity and enterprise software. More posts by this contributor What Silicon Valley can do about cyber threats The Entrepreneur’s Guide To Surviving A Tech Bubble “Know your customer” is one of the foundational concepts of business. In the digital age, companies…

Google Lens coming to Chrome, Search for iOS browser iOS

Google Lens coming to Chrome, Search for iOS browser iOS

In addition to the big MUM upgrade that lets you ask questions about a photo, Google Lens is getting more prominent on iOS and in desktop Chrome. In Chrome for Android today, long-pressing on an image lets you “Search with Google Lens.” That will also be available in desktop Chrome when right-clicking. We first spotted…

Twich Releases New Feature To Reduce Harassment, Hate Raids

Twich Releases New Feature To Reduce Harassment, Hate Raids

Twitch announced today that it would be implementing a long-called-for feature that could potentially put an end to the hate raids that have been plaguing the platform. Twitch streamers and their chat moderators can now turn on phone-verified chat, which would prevent users from sending a single chat message until they verify their accounts with…

Google Maps readies homescreen widget w/ dynamic colors

Google Maps readies homescreen widget w/ dynamic colors

The latest addition to Google’s rapidly growing catalog of Android homescreen widgets is a handy search widget for Google Maps. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android…

Warby Parker makes it clear that direct listings are unicorn-friendly – ProWellTech

Warby Parker makes it clear that direct listings are unicorn-friendly – ProWellTech

Another day, another direct listing. The once-exotic method of going public is increasingly popular with venture-backed companies as they look to list without running head-first into the IPO pricing issues that have bedeviled a number of high-profile public offerings in the last year. Precisely who is underpricing whom in those situations is a fun, if…