John Deere announces it has agreed to buy Silicon Valley startup Blue River, which develops agriculture tech that relies on machine learning, for $305M
Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune :
Sequoia's Ascent program, which pairs technical women with mentors from other portfolio companies, is increasing number of participants from 50 to 200 this year
Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune : Tweets: @sequoia Tweets: @sequoia : Excited to launch the 2nd Ascent class tomorrow! If you're interested in being a mentor in the future, apply here: https://www.geteverwi...
GoPro to launch foldable Karma quadcopter for $799 on October 23, new Hero5 action cameras and GoPro Plus $5/month sharing service on October 2
a drone and new cameras Eric Frederiksen / The Tech Report : GoPro's foldable Karma Drone is ready for take off Shawn Knight / TechSpot : GoPro unveils Karma drone and Hero5 family of action cameras E...
Nextdoor expands to the Netherlands, its first market outside the US
Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune : Tweets: @caseynewton Tweets: Casey Newton / @caseynewton : @Techmeme is nextdoor paying for that or are they going dutch
Apple diversity report: little overall progress despite hiring 65% more women, 50% more African-Americans, and 66% more Latinos than previous year
But Is It Enough? Salvador Rodriguez / International Business Times : Tech Diversity: Apple Shows Slight Gains For Women, African-Americans in 2015 Report; Remains Overwhelmingly White Sydney Morning ...