Beatport to Award Grants Supporting Diversity, Equality in Dance Music – Billboard

[ad_1] Beatport on Tuesday (July 25) announced its second annual Diversity + Parity Fund, with which the company will award $150,000 to initiatives that expand diversity and equality in dance music. The fund will award two kinds of grants: one that awards amounts between $3,000 to $15,000 to smaller organizations consisting of one to three … Read more

When’s the Best Time to Use AI in Your Franchise?

[ad_1] Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The maxim “data is king” is certainly not new to the franchise world, but how these businesses utilize data faces a new frontier, in which sliced and diced information gathered from entire systems can better serve both franchisees and their customers, not to mention a franchisor. … Read more

Where data meets DEI with Mandy Price from Kanarys

[ad_1] Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Mandy Price, the co-founder and CEO at Kanarys, a SaaS startup that helps companies tackle their diversity and inclusion problems with data. Mandy talked about why she started the company after a decade-long career … Read more

‘Strange Planet’ trailer turns viral absurdist comic into Apple TV+ series

[ad_1] The official trailer for Strange Planet is here, animating the viral absurdist comic strip that highlights the nonsensical nature of modern life. Based on the graphic novel by Nathan W. Pyle, the 10-episode series illustrates the strange customs of a bunch of blue, bobble-headed beings — customs that bear a striking resemblance to our … Read more

Owner of @x Twitter handle says no one reached out ahead of Twitter’s rebranding to ‘X’

[ad_1] Twitter’s rebranding to X has not been faring well. In addition to the haphazard rollout, which saw parts of the site referencing “X” while other parts still implored you to “search Twitter” or push a blue button to “Tweet,” the company also didn’t secure the intellectual property rights to the X brand, Reuters reported. … Read more