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We may look back on the summer of 2017 as a watershed moment for gender diversity: the lava of simmering issues erupts, and once out, flows to reshape the landscape. However, what happened this summer to tech giants like Uber and Google is merely a symptom of a gradual change in a shifting landscape, that little-by-little has led to people taking notice of a personal blog from a female… Read More
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The home studio has arguably revolutionized the music industry more than any other single element. Sessions that once required devoted space and tens of thousands of dollars can now be recorded solo in the comfort of one’s own home. Of course, the downside of bedroom recording is that there’s often no around one to help out. Developed over the last 24 hours at the Disrupt hackathon… Read More
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Public speaking can be terrifying. Before every TechCrunch Disrupt, moderators are required to go through mandatory speaker training to ensure we’re not flaming disasters on stage. Our bosses bring in a real-life human to train us and point out how often we use filler words or simply don’t make any sense at all.
SpeechCoach.ai, a project that came out of Disrupt SF 2017’s… Read More
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In their own words (source – https://www.themauicookielady.com)
The Maui Cookie Lady (MCL), founded by Mitzi Toro, is a distinctive brand of premium, home-baked gourmet cookies that feature an array of Hawaiian flavors.
Originally starting as a fundraiser at a local farmers market on the island of Maui, MCL cookies are now proudly featured at top hotels & resorts and other high-quality artisan markets. Popular flavors include Kona Coffee Espresso using Peaberry Beans, Pineapple Lychee Passion with Hibiscus Flowers, White Tea and Lemon Chocolate, Mango, White Chocolate Macadamia Nut, Grown-Up Samoas (made with Maui Brewing Co.’s Coconut Porter craft beer), Butterscotch Kisses (made with Sammy Hagar’s Maui Distilled Macadamia Nut Rum) and our Original Butter Rum Triple Chunker.
At MCL, we aspire to be the an artisan island cookie company from Maui that will grow to achieve international distinction and are building distribution channels to achieve that dream.
Inspiration
A long-time cookie enthusiast, our founder, Mitzi Toro began baking delicious cookies in 2012 as a fundraiser to thank the nurses at Maui Memorial Hospital for taking such phenomenal care of her terminally-ill father. After raising funds for these dedicated nurses for a few months at a local farmers market, Mitzi was encouraged to transform her cookie fundraiser into a business by her regular customers who came to immensely love her delicious product.
Thus, the Maui Cookie Lady cookie company was born. After building her own commercial kitchen and officially beginning their made-on-Maui cookie production line, the company quickly garnered fans from as far away as the UK, Japan and even Dubai!
Our little island boutique bakery continues to gain loyal customers due to our creative, drool-worthy flavor combinations and our proud use of only the highest-quality ingredients in our tasty products.
The Maui Cookie Lady takes orders on-line and they ship to just about anywhere: www.themauicookielady.com/collections/all
In the news
Maui Cookie Lady to be carried at Saks Fifth Avenue | Mauinow.com, 4 Sept., 2017
To learn more about The Maui Cookie Lady visitwww.themauicookielady.com
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Add Twitter to the list of companies that have had to respond to questions around the ability to target ad campaigns against derogatory keywords in their advertising platform, though Twitter says this was a result of a bug. “We determined these few campaigns were able to go through because of a bug that we have now fixed,” a Twitter spokespersons aid. “Twitter prohibits… Read More
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Apple did not make the first personal computer, nor the first tablet computer, nor the first smartphone. Measuring it against what comes first is — to paraphrase Steve Jobs — a boneheaded way of looking at the company… Read More
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The Gillmor Gang — Doc Searls, Denis Pombriant, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, September 15, 2017.
Topics: Bitcoin, Apple Watch 3, iPhone X, commodity cloud
G3: Control Panel recorded Thursday, September 14, 2017 with Denise Howell, Elisa Camahort Page, Mary Hodder, Kristie Wells, and Tina Chase Gillmor.
Topics: Equifax, Tesla, Apple Watch 3, Face ID. Read More
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Disrupt SF approaches with just a couple days until we kick things off. Here are all the deets you need to make for a stellar conference experience.
Checking-In
Doors open to attendees at 7:00am on Monday and Tuesday and 7:30am on Wednesday. Programming begins at 9am each day. Print out your Universe ticket or pull it up on a mobile device for quick entry into Disrupt. Please bring your… Read More
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Patreon is raising at a $450 millon valuation, Chrome mutes autoplaying videos and Hulu is spending $2.5 billion for original content. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
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This is one of the minor dangers of owning an Amazon Echo. Most anyone can activate the device by just saying the wake word including Cartman. And in the season opener of South Park, that’s exactly what happened. Watch. South Park messing with Alexa #SouthPark #Alexa pic.twitter.com/4qtJkwQJ6R — Moritz Wittmann (@MoritzWittmann) September 14, 2017 If someone watched that episode… Read More
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