Move over micromobility — Dance ebikes has a new way to hire an ebike

I’m always curious about what people do after founding a successful startup. Many of us would live on an island or install a gin fountain in our kitchen. But three founders are turning their passion for sustainability into disrupting an old form of transport — bicycles. They’ve createda new company called Dance. The company has created Dance ebikes, which they offer as a subscription service. Their users pay a monthly fee of 79 EUR covering their bikes and an all-inclusive support package....

5 min · 1040 words · Randall Smith

Move over PayPal, online payments just got social with Dwolla

Waiting for the day when wallets will become obsolete? We’re getting there…As long as you have a smartphone with web access, you can pay for many things, peer to peer style over the Web.PayPalis an obvious choice with over 94 million users worldwide. I’ve been using PayPal for quite some time now. In fact, it’s how I receive my salary. But the problem with PayPal is thatthey charge30 cents per transaction plus 2....

5 min · 889 words · Dr. Amber Hurley

Move over Python — Rust is the highest paid programming language of 2021

“I know other languages, I don’t need to learn Rust” – sound familiar? If you haven’t started learning about Rust yet, you may want to change your tune. According to a recent study by technology training company, O’Reilly, developers who code in Rust receive thehighest average salarycompared to other programming languages. Rust has been steadily growing in popularity for the last number of years. In fact, according to this year’sStackOverflow developer survey, Rust is the most beloved language by developers....

4 min · 762 words · Donna Bennett

Move over, batteries: green hydrogen is the key to getting flying taxis off the ground

VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft are rapidly growing from prototypes to commercial vehicles. But while most prioritize electric batteries, there’s a suite of companies developinghydrogen-poweredVTOLs, including theSkaifrom US company Alaka’i. I recently spoke to Brian Morrison, co-founderand Director, to find out more. Why is Skai using hydrogen, not lithium-ion batteries? Firstly, I was curious whyhydrogeninstead of Lithium-ion batteries. Morrison said: Calling all Scaleup founders! Join the Soonicorn Summit on November 28 in Amsterdam....

6 min · 1199 words · Monica Bailey

Move over, Fortnite: Netflix confirms expansion into mobile games

After months of rumors, Netflix has finally confirmed one of the biggest changes to its service yet: the streaming platform isgetting into gaming. Granted, we knew this indirectly as the company confirmed it hadhired a new VP of Game Developmentlast week. But today we’ve gotten even more direct confirmation. Specifically, Netflix is entering the mobile gaming space — at least to start. In aletter to investors, the company said: “We’re also in the early stages of further expanding into games, building on our earlier efforts around interactivity (eg, Black Mirror Bandersnatch) and our Stranger Things games....

2 min · 385 words · Emily Quinn
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