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Open source—software source code made freely available for distribution and modification—has undergone a drastic image change in the past decade.

Freight forwarding and logistics have long been an industry that relies on disparate workflows, heavily reliant on a pen and paper model despite trillions of dollars of annual trade. The pandemic has led to an increase in digital adoption as the need to continue commerce superseded the industry’s traditional unwillingness towards anything digital. Nuvocargo is an all-in-one digital platform that’s focused on cross-border trade between the US and Mexico, a $600B+/yr market. The company off...

Starting an e-commerce business is easier than ever with a number of plug-and-play platforms like Shopify to alleviate heavy technical burdens. Starting a successful e-commerce business is a much more difficult task. It’s no longer a case of if you build, they will come. The most seasoned e-commerce operators recognize the importance of data analytics and how leveraging this data effectively drives sales and marketing through strategic customer acquisition, marketing mix, customer retention...

AlleyWatch The average person has 100 passwords across various sites and platforms; growing 25% in the last year alone with the rush to digital increasing the number of online services being consumed, leading to more passwords to remember.  Beyond Identity, founded by internet veterans Jim Clark (Netscape) and TJ Jermoluk (@Home Network), is building a future that isn’t reliant on passwords. Initially addressing the enterprise, the company offers a scalable, frictionless, and secure passwor...

Some of Jackie O.’s Favorite Fabrics Are Back on the Market In the late 1960s, D.D. and Leslie Tillett worked with designers in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, on some historically significant prints. Now the project is being reintroduced to a new generation. Kathleen Tillett and her son, Patrick McBride, outside of their factory in Sheffield, Mass.Credit...Shana Sureck for The New York Times By Jaci Conry Published Dec. 28, 2020Updated Jan. 22, 2021 Update: Jan. 22, 2021. After this article’...