Top Stories of the Day // April 1, 2017

Saturday, April 1, 2017 Posted by bloggerdaddy
April Fools’ 2017: Here’s the best and worst of this year’s pranks (so far) | Robinhood stock trading app valued at $1.3 billion with big raise from DST | Amazon quietly launches its own social media influencer program into beta | How Stories Search makes Snapchat a real-time YouTube | Cloudera posts long-awaited IPO filing | Here are the frontier startups that presented at Singularity University’s third demo day | SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy launch could attempt upper-stage recovery |
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SATURDAY, APRIL 1 2017 TODAY'S TOP STORIES:
TOP HEADLINE | Greg Kumparak

April Fools’ 2017: Here’s the best and worst of this year’s pranks (so far)

April Fools’ Day falls on a Saturday this year. Seemingly worried that the internet goes away on weekends, a bunch of companies rolled out their April... Read More…
Josh Constine, Ryan Lawler

Robinhood stock trading app valued at $1.3 billion with big raise from DST

Zero-fee stock trading app Robinhood has added to its coffers, raising another big round of funding. According to sources, the round was led by Yuri Milner... Read More…
Sarah Perez

Amazon quietly launches its own social media influencer program into beta

Social media influencers – like Instagram stars or YouTube celebs – often promote products they like, either as part of a brand relationship or as... Read More…
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TechCrunch NYC Trivia Throwdown | April 6

TechCrunch's Jordan Crook hosts a startup-themed trivia night for the tech community filled with fun questions, prizes, and even a few surprises. Trivia Throwdown will take place on April 6 in NYC! Learn More
Josh Constine

How Stories Search makes Snapchat a real-time YouTube

Snapchat is shifting from a social network limited to content shared by people you follow to an ephemeral, real-time database of what's going on now everywhere.... Read More…
Kate Conger, Katie Roof

Cloudera posts long-awaited IPO filing

Cloudera, the enterprise big data company that's received significant backing from Intel, has unveiled its much-anticipated IPO filing. Read More…
John Mannes

Here are the frontier startups that presented at Singularity University’s third demo day

The nine startups participating in Singularity University’s accelerator program presented this afternoon at Moffett Federal Airfield just outside... Read More…
Darrell Etherington

SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy launch could attempt upper-stage recovery

Elon Musk suggested Friday that when SpaceX does its first demo flight of the Falcon Heavy large payload rocket later this year, it might also include an... Read More…
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