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    Why certain VC investors earn great “Founder NPS” scores – TechCrunch

    Why are certain VCs loved by founders and others loathed? It’s a question that is key not just to founders seeking capital, but also VCs...

    airBaltic Sees 38% Load Factor In First Full Month Since COVID

    July marked airBaltic’s first full month of flights since it became the first airline to suspend operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, just...

    Twitter introduces a new, fully rebuilt developer API, launching next week – TechCrunch

    Twitter is still recovering from the fallout of yesterday’s sizable attack on high-profile accounts, but it’s continuing to move forward with its plans to...

    The Impact of COVID-19 on US Commercial Passenger Airline Fleets

    Hawaiian’s A321neos have been grounded by COVID-19; this aircraft is seen departing LAX in September 2019 – Photo: Nick BensonFor those following the impacts...

    Game developer poll suggests longer hours and less productivity as the industry adapts to remote work – TechCrunch

    Ahead of the upcoming online-only version of its big annual conference, GDC commissioned a survey of 2,500 game developers to determine how the industry...

    Riding Morocco’s Al Boraq Bullet Train

    Image: Wikimedia CommonsCrazy times require crazy measures. There’s only so many stories about airplanes we can write at a time when few of us...

    Direct Line Group acquires London-based insurance app Brolly – TechCrunch

    Brolly, the U.K. digital insurance app, has been acquired by incumbent Direct Line Group. The terms of the acquisition aren’t being disclosed, while the...

    AvGeek Pop Quiz: Do You Know These Airlines?

    It has been too long since I have done an AvGeek Pop Quiz. If you are new to these, you are in for a...

    Instagram confirms its TikTok rival, Reels, will launch in the US in early August – TechCrunch

    Instagram confirmed it’s preparing to soon launch its TikTok competitor, known as Reels, in the U.S. The company expects to bring the new video...

    Antonov’s AvGeek Maker: The An-225 Mriya

    I’ve always thought airplanes were cool, I suppose. I attended a couple of small air shows as a kid, had a turn at the...

    In the cloud era, building on platforms you don’t own is normal – TechCrunch

    When Salesforce launched Force.com in 2007, it was the culmination of years of work to bring together a way to customize Salesforce and eventually...

    Au Revoir Air France A380: This Grand Dame was Getting a Little Lame

    A little over ten years ago, Air France took delivery of its first Airbus A380 and flew its first commercial service from Paris to...

    Google’s latest R&D project is Shoploop, a mobile video shopping platform – TechCrunch

    Google’s latest experiment is a video shopping platform designed to introduce consumers to new products in under 90 seconds. The company today is launching...

    Uncharted Territory: AirBaltic’s Airbus A220 From Back to Front

    An airBaltic A220 pulls up to the gate at AMS. Photo: Jonathan Trent-CarlsonThe advertisement on the jet bridge read “Uncharted Territory,” as an airBaltic...

    TikTok is a marketers’ shiny new toy, but how do you optimize campaigns? – TechCrunch

    Tiffany Ou is the General Manager, Americas at a href="https://www.nativex.com/">Nativex, where she leads go-to-market strategies for leading game and app developers. TikTok is a rising...

    Business Class on AirBaltic’s Airbus A220… Moving on Forward

    An airBaltic A220, with the Lithuanian flag livery. Photo: Jonathan Trent-CarlsonJust a few days ago, I published my experience flying in airBaltic’s economy class...