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Original Source: http://www.fastcompany.com/3057670/wework-valuation-soars-to-16-billion The office-rental company is now the sixth most valuable private company, tied with Snapchat. [Photo: courtesy of WeWork] SARAH KESSLER 03.09.16 5:15 PM Just nine months after investors placed a $10 billion valuation on WeWork, the office-rental company has raised another round of funding at a $16 billion valuation, according to documents filedRead more

Original Source: http://bit.ly/1W9IWD6 Author: John Beltz Snyder PayScale’s survey of employees from top tech companies finds good news and bad. How do you decide whether a particular job or employer is good or bad, or rather worthwhile? A few obvious questions come to mind. Does the job pay well? What is the work environment like? Is itRead more

Original Source: http://wapo.st/1U8z5OT By Matt McFarland March 1 Sitting cramped in coach on a long flight can be unbearable. And NASA feels your pain. The agency is funding early efforts to build a plane so fast it could whisk you to any city on the planet in six hours or less.NASA is giving Lockheed Martin aboutRead more

Original Source: http://bit.ly/21cHwsQ Sisense enables EXL Healthcare to simplify complex data analytics for business and medical users March 03, 2016 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sisense, the leader in simplifying business analytics for complex data with its innovative In-ChipTManalytics, today announced that EXL Healthcare is leveraging its platform to enhance data-driven medical decisions forRead more

Original Source: http://bit.ly/1LEUvSg JILLIAN D’ONFRO, BUSINESS INSIDER MARCH 3, 2016 6:24 PM TAGS: FIDELITY, FUNDING DAILY, SNAPCHAT Image Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson Snapchat has raised $175 million from Fidelity Investments at a $16 billion valuation, according to Wall Street Journal. The interesting thing is, Snapchat’s last round of funding in May 2015 reportedly valued the company at $16Read more

Original Source: https://www.pehub.com/2016/02/hydra-leads-1-2-mln-seed-round-for-genomenext/ February 25, 2016 – By Stephanie Rogan GenomeNext LLC, an automated genomic analysis platform, raised $1.2 million in a seed financing round led by Hydra Capital and private investors. Columbus, Ohio-based GenomeNext is a spinoff from Nationwide Children’s Hospital, also based in Columbus. PRESS RELEASE COLUMBUS, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GenomeNext, LLC, a leader in genomic dataRead more

Original Source: http://diamandis.com/tech-blog Virtual Reality – Context At A360 this year, my expert on VR/AR was Philip Rosedale. Philip really is one of the world’s leading experts in AR and VR. Earlier in his career, he was the creator/founder of Second Life, and more recently he is the CEO of High Fidelity. He’s truly an amazingRead more

Original Source: http://on.wsj.com/24syGeQ For United Parcel Service, investment is an opportunity to observe a market in which it doesn’t yet compete A guest-services representative uses the Deliv app on an iPad at the Williams-Sonoma in Tysons Corner, Va. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES By GREG BENSINGER and LAURA STEVENS Updated Feb. 24, 2016 9:57 a.m. ET Same-day deliveryRead more

Original Source: http://bit.ly/1S4gymG by Chuck Martin, Staff Writer, Yesterday, 7:15 PM Wearable Internet-connected devices are shipping by the millions, with a focus on fitness leading the way. More global year-end numbers just came out showing that the wearables market grew 127% in the last quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. And the numbersRead more

Original Source: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/24/google-robot-is-the-end-of-manual-labor-vc.html Boston Dynamics’ new “Atlas” robot is a game changer, not just for companies, but for society, Insider.com CEO Jason Calacanis said Wednesday. “This is really the end of manual labor. When you watch this video, he’s walking through the snow; he’s wobbly, but he gets back up,” the tech investor told CNBC’s “SquawkRead more