#HealthForAll: 5 Reasons We’re Betting Big on #NTD Programs By Lisa Rotondo Director, USAID   ENVISION project. #beatNTDs #globalhealth #universalhealthcoverage …see more

“helping banks evade sanctions” if true, then this will have far reaching repercussions across the chinese fintech & financial services industry, in so much as their international aspirations for example.

Well done @CraigNewmark and team at @Craigslist -- building a giant under the radar! And with just a team of around 50 people. This .org company is a real tiger -- $1 billion in real revenues! Unicorns are figments of a paper valuation.

Hey  Google , what's more important than 'winning' CES?  'Winning' the race to build the world's biggest ad network via voice integration. Which  Amazon 's Alexa seems to be doing on a daily basis. More on this tomorrow. …see more

What’s in the “secret sauce” of a truly bingeable show? Find out on the newest episode of Think About This with Shelly Palmer & Ross Martin ! https://lnkd.in/ev5c7QE

This great idea from DoorDash  (and an excellent way to differentiate their brand) came about from an internal hackathon.

Is stress helpful or harmful? It depends how you think about it. Here’s a three-step process for making stress work for you.

Will Google glassholes evolve into Amazon Alexa-holes? The crazy thing is that audio-only augmented reality is very powerful. The question: will cool factor outweigh creep factor? Think about this...

Could Apple finally launch the long-rumored subscription bundle to cover Music, TV+, News, Arcade, iCloud, and more? How much would you pay for all those services?

"Self-compassionate people aim just as high as self-critical people, but don't fall apart when they don't meet their goals." ~ Susan David, from her latest (wonderful!) Checking In podast

What did you do as a child that made the hours pass like minutes? You have just discovered your ideal lockdown activity...where can I find a tetherball?

Based on research from Sonja Lyubomirsky, the best possible self exercise Laura Vanderkam describes in this Before Breakfast podcast is worth 20 minutes of your time. https://lnkd.in/d3bPMn3

Baidu's XiaoduPods let you search the web, make calls, hear music and… get instant, real-time Chinese/English translation with processing done both locally and in the cloud. In other words, Baidu is listening, which means that the Chinese government is listening.

Another great read by Ben Thompson on how relentless focus on customers is, basically, disrupting disruption. #stratechery #disruption #startups #amazon #consumerfocus …see more

This 1981 news report about two San Francisco newspapers experimenting with a dial-up news service gives me goosebumps -- it's a real Pandora's box that is being pried open. "We're not in it to make money.... but we probably won't lose a lot," says David Cole at the SF Examiner. If only there was a telephone call you could make to the past. https://lnkd.in/eNTU-pU #MediaDisruption #newspapers #EveryMediaCompany …see more

Thank you Tom Fishburne for drawing (hah) attention to this issue! Read his full post in comments. #brandpurpose #wokewashed …see more

Congrats to The Glow Concept , a SoGal Ventures portfolio company, on a successful Series A led by GGV Capital ! As value investors, we see a tremendous opportunity in Winky Lux to create a fabulous business inside and out. Well deserved Natalie Mackey ! …see more

The International Federation of Gynecology and #Obstetrics ( #FIGO ) is represented at Women Deliver 2019, and they join the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) the World Health Organization , the International Conference of #Midwives ( #ICM ) and other leading organizations in calling for midwives to be fully integrated into the health system to ensure high quality maternal and newborn care. #globalhealth #UNFPA #WHO #ICM #maternalhealth #newbornhealth #womenshealth #reproductivehealth #reproductivejustice #midwifery #midwivessavelives pic.twitter.com/Qownw4BAcR …see more

Great context about the role of #vaccines, from Chris Elias, Director of Global Development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation . #vaccineswork #globalhealth #HealthForAll …see more

Media as a Service (MaaS) is different from all the other corporate content that is produced. Because the media content companies create should not be self-serving — that’s called marketing. That’s when content marketing fails. Businesses need to produce Editorial Content that serves their community. MaaS Media is the best media. …see more