Bennie DiNardo
BetaBoston
Boston, MA, United States
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Here’s how to remove Donald Trump from your Internet
Want to build a wall between you and Donald Trump? Now there’s a virtual way, through a Google Chrome extension, says US News & World Report. → Read More
Fidelity revises value of stakes in IPO hopefuls Twilio, Nutanix
Though it’s unclear, the Wall Street Journal says, whether the revisions are the result of changing valuations in the companies, or Fidelity Investments increasing or decreasing its holdings. → Read More
Career as Uber executive drives Meghan Joyce
Like other millennials, Meghan Joyce lives in the city, doesn’t own a car, and takes Uber everywhere. But she’s no ordinary passenger. Joyce is the ride-hailing company’s 31-year-old East Coast general manager, based in Boston. Advertisement Joyce, who grew up in Braintree, joined Uber in 2013 back when there were only about 200 employees. → Read More
Boston tech IPO market in 2015? ‘A stinker’
BetaBoston’s Curt Woodward takes the temperature of the tech IPO market. Not the best of years. → Read More
From a Boston penthouse, world’s best fantasy player plunges into startup world
Great profile by BetaBoston’s @curtwoodward on the world’s winningest daily fantasy sports player. → Read More
The Beatles Are coming to Apple Music, Spotify and everywhere else on Christmas Eve
Happy Xmas, says Re/code. Yeah, yeah, yeah. → Read More
Facebook plans to shape up social software for work in 2016
More than 60,000 companies applied to test Facebook at Work, the business version of the social network. About 300 companies participated in the pilot including Royal Bank of Scotland. “It enables us to communicate and to discuss and to share and solve problems in ways that traditional tools such as email simply can’t,” said Kevin Hanley, director of design at RBS. → Read More
‘You may own Apple’s phone, but you’re using Google’s apps’
Five of the 10 most-used apps in 2015 were Google apps, including YouTube, Google Search, and Google Maps, according to Re/code. Facebook owned three of the top 10, including Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram. Two Apple apps round out the top 10, including (strangely, given its spotty debut) Apple Music and Apple’s Maps, which the company has been pushing hard. → Read More
In a self-serve world, start-ups find value in human helpers
The New York Times catches up with Kayak co-founder Paul English on his plans to start up a travel website for travel agents. → Read More
Facebook joins crowded market for local services
Amazon, Yelp, Angie’s List, and now Facebook – the Wall Street Journal writes that Facebook has joined the crowded field of trying to connect users with companies and services in their area. → Read More
Apple shuts down Twitter analytics service Topsy
“We’ve searched our last tweet,” Topsy tweeted out Tuesday. The Verge says Apple bought the service that searched and analyzed tweets two years ago for $225 million. → Read More
Slack aims to become a control panel for your job
The New York Times reports that Slack is adding an app store to allow users of the popular workplace messaging platform to perform tasks such as filing expenses or responding to customer complaints. → Read More
Dell looks to sell Perot Systems for more than $5 billion
Here’s one way to come up with some cash to pay for its $60 billion acquisition of EMC Corp, according to Re/code. → Read More
Samsung adding pressure-sensitive display, high-speed charging port to Galaxy S7
Samsung trying to catch up to Apple with its “Multi-Touch” screen, the Wall Street Journal says, but the fast charging would be a great improvement. → Read More
Google should build hardware – but not like the Pixel C
The Verge’s Walt Mossberg is not impressed with Google’s Pixel C tablet: “The worst part about this device, which starts at $499 for the tablet alone, is that Google has made no discernible effort to create software to match the screen real estate afforded by the first tablet it has designed and built itself.” → Read More
Twitter’s Periscope is Apple’s ‘App of the Year’
A bright spot in Twitter’s otherwise difficult year, says Re/code. → Read More
Apple’s new $99 iPhone battery case doesn’t measure up
The Verge is not impressed with Apple’s entry into the battery case market. → Read More
Alphabet’s life sciences business has a new name: Verily
The Google people are slowing working their way through the Alphabet, says the New York Times. → Read More
How much did you make this weekend? Probably not a billion dollars
The value of the shares of the top 10 holders of Keurig Green Mountain Inc. rose almost $4 billion between Friday’s closing price and the price paid by an investor group led by JAB Holding Co. → Read More
Inside DraftKings’ war room
A fascinating look inside the bunker of DraftKings, the embattled daily sports fantasy site, by Neil Swidey of the Globe Magazine. → Read More