Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesTechnology Protocol Index: Splunk’s CEO on remote selling Protocol - Shakeel Hashim Good morning! This Thursday, Splunk's CEO thinks business travel will come back, updated guidance on the Paycheck Protection Program, and Epic Games …
Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesTechnology How Sporcle followed trivia fans from bars to Zoom and built a $2.5M business Protocol - Janko Roettgers Sporcle's move from bar trivia to virtual trivia is a prime example of the potential of Zoom and perhaps its competitors as platforms for third-party …
Protocolflipped into Protocol Stories The parts of remote work that'll get harder or easier in time Protocol - Kevin McAllister Customizing communication tools, updating infrastructure and security, and fostering serendipitous creativity are some ways Protocol Braintrust …
Protocolflipped into Newsletters Uber’s new rules of the road Protocol - David Pierce Good morning! This Thursday, Uber sets out its new rules of the road, virtual trivia is here to stay, and Amazon is slowly getting back to …
Protocolflipped into PoliticsU.S. Politics Amazon's been under fire over price gouging. Here's why it wants a federal ban. Protocol - Emily Birnbaum Lawmakers could help Amazon and other ecommerce platforms enormously, as long as they hew to the companies' wishes. Amazon did something Wednesday …
Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesTechnology AWS’s big bet on Arm just got real Protocol - Tom Krazit Welcome to Protocol Cloud, your comprehensive roundup of everything you need to know about the week in cloud and enterprise software. This week: how …
Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesTechnology Protocol Index: It’s a great time to hire Protocol - Shakeel Hashim Good morning! This Wednesday, everything you need to know about the Uber/Grubhub deal, why it's a surprisingly good time to launch in the U.S., and …
Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesU.S. Politics Divisions are emerging in the bipartisan push back against big tech Protocol - Emily Birnbaum Though Democrats and Republicans alike have joined the "techlash", the policy conclusions on either side of the aisle are sometimes far apart. The …
Protocolflipped into PeopleEmerging Technology How Zocdoc pivoted to video and seized the telehealth boom Protocol - Issie Lapowsky In just two months, CEO Oliver Kharraz and his team built what other telemedicine companies had needed years to pull off. One Monday morning, Oliver …
Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesTechnology What Uber wants with Grubhub Protocol - David Pierce Good morning! This Wednesday, Uber might want to take over Grubhub, tech companies are making back-to-work plans, and I'm angling for an invite to …
Protocolflipped into PeopleU.S. Politics Tesla’s reopening may be a spectacle, but it's also a warning for Silicon Valley Protocol - Lauren Hepler Elon Musk's decision to defy government COVID-19 orders magnifies the rising stakes of employee backlash and looming clashes over liability. Just …
Protocolflipped into PowerEmerging Technology Uber buying Grubhub could give it a stranglehold on U.S. food delivery Protocol - Shakeel Hashim A deal would consolidate an ultracompetitive market — but regulators could intervene. Uber is reportedly in talks to take over Grubhub, news that sent …
Protocolflipped into NewslettersTechnology Protocol Index: Acquiring companies in lockdown times Protocol - Shakeel Hashim Good morning! This Tuesday, Sinch's CEO explains what it's like to spend $370 million on acquisitions during lockdown, the outlook for smaller tech …
Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesEmerging Technology From Missoula to New Orleans, how aspiring tech hubs are fighting to survive COVID-19 Protocol - Issie Lapowsky A GE departure, layoffs at ClassPass and other shocks raise a question: Will smaller cities become attractive tech centers in a changing economy — or …
Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesTechnology How one virtual reality company took Peloton’s fitness ideas to the extreme Protocol - Janko Roettgers Within CEO Chris Milk on the state of immersive media and how his new fitness service was transformed by COVID-19 quarantines. Virtual reality's …
Protocolflipped into NewslettersTechnology The weird new lives of virtual tech interns Protocol - David Pierce Good morning! This Tuesday, tech internships are changing, Bitcoin mining is slowing, and Tesla factories are back up and running. (Was this email …
Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesU.S. Politics A bipartisan House bill would extend COVID-19 aid to more VC-backed startups Protocol - Emily Birnbaum Some of the rules for small-business loans have deterred startups from applying, and even prompted some to retract applications. A pair of lawmakers …
Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesTechnology Inside the life, death, rebirth, failure and resurrection of a beloved email app Protocol - David Pierce When Essential announced it was killing Newton, a longtime superfan decided he'd rather buy it than watch it die. Again. Justin Mitchell tried to buy …
Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesTechnology Protocol Index: Cybersecurity startup opportunities Protocol - Shakeel Hashim Good morning! This Monday, what one cybersecurity VC is looking for, WeWork-backed mortgage securities are tanking, and what the Fed learnt from …
Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesU.S. Politics New pitch for federal robocar legislation: Social distance through self-driving Protocol - Emily Birnbaum Autonomous vehicle companies are the latest to seek a change of fortune by branding their tech with the COVID-19 stamp of public good. Energized by …
Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesApple Some of the world's best cloud talent is assembling in an unlikely place: Apple Protocol - Tom Krazit Apple has for years been considered a bit of a backwater in the tech infrastructure community, far behind companies like AWS, Microsoft, Google, …
Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesTechnology Facebook got a makeover. Cue the copycats. Protocol - David Pierce Good morning! This Monday, contact tracing needs both tech and humans, Facebook rolls out a huge redesign, and Microsoft fights back against …
Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesTechnology What's been missing from VR? A cool pair of shoes, apparently Protocol - Mike Murphy Plus, morphing keyboards, toys in video games, paying your gambling debts in VR, and other patents from big tech. It's another week in quarantine, and …
Protocolflipped into NewslettersTechnology Protocol Pipeline: 'The IPO market is dead for 2020' Protocol - Biz Carson Hello, and welcome to Protocol Pipeline! I'm Biz Carson, Protocol's venture capital and startup reporter, and this is my new weekly newsletter about …
Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesTechnology VCs on challenges and opportunities during coronavirus Protocol - Biz Carson Aileen Lee, Somesh Dash and Andrew Reed on the vacuum startups can fill, what's happening in venture and whether the IPO market is dead. VCs Aileen …
Protocolflipped into NewslettersTechnology Protocol Index: COVID’s killing travel tech Protocol - Shakeel Hashim Good morning! This Friday, travel tech shows us just how bad things are, what we've learned from earnings season, and what Tesla employees think of …
Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesEmerging Technology What we learned from tech’s earnings: Things are fine, for now Protocol - Shakeel Hashim Just about every major tech company released their earnings report for the first quarter of the year in the last few weeks. After two nonstop weeks of …
Protocolflipped into PeopleTechnology How a pandemic changed the way Facebook takes care of employees Protocol - Sofie Kodner "If you are black and brown in America, even if you work at Facebook, you are more impacted by COVID-19 than many other people in many other …
Protocolflipped into NewslettersTechnology Alphabet gives up on its city of the future Protocol - David Pierce Good morning! This Friday, Sidewalk Labs gave up on building the city of the future, Facebook has a new plan for diversity and inclusion, and Elon …
Protocolflipped into Protocol StoriesTechnology The company that once shot money out of guns at Dreamforce lays off 55 workers Protocol - Sofie Kodner SalesLoft attributed the layoffs to the pandemic, which has caused sales to fall and scores of salespeople that use the company's software to lose …
