For Your Information Blog: 12/07/23

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Gmail debuts new scheduling and availability features that integrate with Google Calendar

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Today's top story will have you scheduling meetings to your heart's content…all without having to keep looking at what days you are free. Gmail now has a Calendly-style sharing tool for Google Calendar.

Next, learn about how Chinese hackers raided U.S. government email accounts by exploiting a flaw in Microsoft's cloud email service.

Meanwhile, Adobe says Firefly has now generated 1 billion images. Find out what happens next.

The European Commission formally approved Broadcom's $61 billion bid for virtualization software giant VMware, but there are some caveats.

And Proton Drive, the encrypted cloud storage service, is now on desktops for Windows, with a Mac version coming soon.

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More top reads

Today's top TechCrunch+ story goes more in-depth about Coinbase Wallet's new on-chain messaging feature and ponders a few things, including what the new feature means for the ecosystem.

Bank island living: Pipe co-founder raises $6 million for CapStack, a bank-to-bank marketplace aimed at "de-riskifying portfolios."

Problematic profitability: Tumblr's CEO says the company is losing $30 million a year.

With a new operating system comes new features: An auto-confirm unlock feature is just one of the additions to Android 14.

Drink up: Infant formula company Bobbie takes in $70 million to acquire Nature's One.

Cloudy ambitions: Akamai expands its cloud computing footprint with new locations and services.

Are you ready?: Here's what to expect in iOS 17 when Apple releases the first public beta.

Everything all in one place: Bootstrapped since 2009, IT management company InvGate raises $35 million.

Looking for something?: Foraged's wild foods marketplace saw repeat customer rate increase over 1,000%.

In an instant: Defacto gets a new credit facility to provide instant financing to small companies.

But wait, there's more:

Bedrock's autonomous ocean-mapping ambitions score $25M as renewables rise

E-bike startup VanMoof, unable to pay bills, files for payment deferment in Holland

Google TV adds The Roku Channel to its free, streaming TV lineup

Voice cloning platform Resemble AI lands $8M

Cyber insurance startup Coalition acquires privacy assistant Jumbo

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8 VCs explain why there's good reason to be optimistic about cybersecurity

Even though cybersecurity startups are attracting less funding and “hackers are already claiming more victims than ever before,” investors who watch the sector “remain optimistic,” writes Carly Page.

To get a sense of where they’re looking for opportunities and how they’ve adapted to lower valuations and slow deal flow, she interviewed eight VCs:

Alex Doll, founder and managing general partner, Ten Eleven Ventures
Barak Schoster, venture partner, Battery Ventures
Sheila Gulati, managing director, Tola Capital
Umesh Padval, venture partner, Thomvest Ventures
Andreas Calabrese, general partner, Tampa Bay Ventures
Deepak Jeevankumar, managing director, Dell Technologies Capital
Mark Kraynak, founding partner, Acrew Capital
Ariel Tseitlin, partner, Scale Venture Partners

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