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This 4K video of Iceland is flippin’ gorgeous

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by on July 17, 2015 at 8:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Shareables

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Prepare your eyeballs, because the beauty of Iceland in 4K is nearly too much to handle. A couple of filmmakers studying Audiovisual Media at the Stuttgart Media University in Germany spent 14 days in the land of hot springs and smoked lamb to capture its wilderness. Iceland is an alpine tundra, a biome that covers approximately 3 percent of the Earth’s surface and is characterized by mountains, jagged rocks and sparse shrubbery. The result is a beautiful, barren looking landscape with snow, jagged rocks, and little wildlife. It’s face-meltingly stunning. And clouds puff by in an endless stream. They also managed…

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T-Mobile to pay $17.5 million over last year’s 911 nationwide outage

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by on July 17, 2015 at 8:41 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Mobile

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Last August, T-Mobile customers were unable to reach 911 emergency personnel on two occasions for a total of three hours. And now the company will pay the price: $17.5 million. An FCC investigation into the 911 outages concluded that they affected T-Mobile customers nationwide, preventing some 50 million people from calling 911 with their mobile phones during that period. Moreover, T-Mobile failed to follow FCC guidelines requiring carriers to notify customers about such failures. The company has vowed to overhaul its procedures to avoid any repeat incidents in the future as part of the settlement. FCC chairman Tom Wheeler stated, “The Commission has no…

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Google is getting into the home services market with hire of Homejoy staff

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by on July 17, 2015 at 8:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

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It appears Project Brillo and Android TV aren’t the only ways Google is looking to make a mark on your home. According to Recode, Google is getting into the home services game by hiring staff members at Homejoy, a startup for hiring professional cleaners. About 20 members from Homejoy’s product team will move on to Google as the service prepares to shut down amid lawsuits about whether its workers were contractors or employees, a la Uber. Google confirmed the hires, but wouldn’t provide more details about their new roles. Recode’s sources suggest Google will use the team to match local…

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Why you should raise more than you need

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by on July 17, 2015 at 6:44 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Entrepreneur, funding, raise

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When we went out and raised the first time (four years ago), we hit our fundraising goal. We had additional investor interest and almost closed the round. Instead, our advisor pushed us to keep going and we raised two times that amount. The second time we raised, we took on three times our target. It took our advisor serious effort to convince us the first time around (Investors and advisors: the crowd, the ringside, and your corner). We were worried about dilution and thought we had more than enough money to grow. Plus, like many founders, I wanted to get…

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Amazon is reportedly bringing its grocery delivery service to the UK

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by on July 17, 2015 at 5:56 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Amazon has been delivering groceries for a few years now now through its AmazonFresh service,  but so far it’s been limited to a few markets to the US. According to a report by Recode, the service may soon be hitting the UK as well. Fresh is currently available in California, Seattle, New York, Philadelphia, and parts of New York, and provides groceries with same day or next day delivery. Amazon is entering a busier grocery delivery space in the UK, where customers are more used to having their food shipped to them. Whereas 5% of groceries are shipped and delivered…

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