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Asana, the productivity startup from Facebook’s Dustin Moskovitz, is growing crazy fast

Sep27
by on September 27, 2018 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


Asana, the workplace productivity and planning startup founded by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, today announced it had reached 50,000 paying customers. This customer base has grown from 20,000 customers in just six quarters. This figure is in addition to the number of individuals using the free version of Asana, which is believed to be over one million. Speaking to TNW, Moskovitz said: “2018 is shaping up to be a really pivotal year for us. Not only are we growing the business really quickly, but we’re actually continuing to accelerate on a growth-rate perspective as we scale.” In order to cope…

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Bitcoin hard fork nightmare becomes reality after testnet splits

Sep27
by on September 27, 2018 at 3:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A week ago, Bitcoin developers disclosed a glaring vulnerability in the network that could’ve led to a series of abrupt chainsplits. Well, it appears this scenario has begun to play out. The good thing is that the incident took place on a controlled testnet, not the Bitcoin mainnet. A quick refresher – on September 18, devs disclosed bugs in Bitcoin Core software that gave miners the option of bringing down essential parts of the Bitcoin infrastructure (nodes) by submitting a ‘bad’ block to the blockchain. While developers have already issued a fix, it is still up to the individual node operators…

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Will the algorithmic timeline be the death of social media?

Sep27
by on September 27, 2018 at 2:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Remember when social media was about posting on a whim without any hidden agenda or transparent humblebrag? Those were the days of endlessly scrolling through your Facebook timeline until you caught up with the latest updates from your friends and family. A built-in stopping point provided a sense of control over our timelines. We scrolled until we caught up and then put the smartphone down again. However, the end of chronological scrolling has left many users blaming the infamous AI algorithms for ruining the party by silencing friends and promoting sponsored posts. In 2018, there have been numerous headlines around…

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Will the algorithmic timeline be the death of social media?

Sep27
by on September 27, 2018 at 2:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Remember when social media was about posting on a whim without any hidden agenda or transparent humblebrag? Those were the days of endlessly scrolling through your Facebook timeline until you caught up with the latest updates from your friends and family. A built-in stopping point provided a sense of control over our timelines. We scrolled until we caught up and then put the smartphone down again. However, the end of chronological scrolling has left many users blaming the infamous AI algorithms for ruining the party by silencing friends and promoting sponsored posts. In 2018, there have been numerous headlines around…

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Grow your brand’s Instagram page while you sleep with Appz Instagram Assistant

Sep27
by on September 27, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


You can still take advantage of Instagram’s benefits without the entire process becoming a serious time suck. Appz is an Instagram assistant that can handle a big chuck of your Instagram maintenance duties for you — and right now, a lifetime of Appz access is more than $1,000 off, just $39.99 from TNW Deals.

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