In a move set to disrupt the multi-trillion dollar, global shopping industry, Shping will launch a cryptocurrency for product marketers to reward and influence shoppers before they make their purchases, in store. Commencing January 2018, for one time only, Shping […]
If you think Google is just a search engine company, then think again! Google is taking over the travel world. In 2017 alone, Google is expected to generate $14 billion in revenue from its travel business that is estimated to be […]
28, December 2017 (Melbourne Australia) – On the back of its huge presale success, Melbourne-based startup CanYa announces the close of its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) with $12 million AUD (11013 ETH) raised. This makes CanYa Australia’s 2nd most successful ICO ever (after […]
According to a Chinese local media report, Google has invested about $77 million (RMB 500 million) into the Chinese game streaming platform Chushou TV. This is Google’s first major investment in game streaming startup. Insiders see the move as another step […]
Are you a Blackberry OS and Windows 8.0 Phone’s WhatsApp user? Then be prepared to switch to Android or iOS in 2018. WhatsApp just announced it will stop supporting Blackberry OS, Blackberry 10, or Windows Phone 8.0 and older effective […]
Good morning. Here are top tech startup news stories you need to know this Wednesday, December 27. Digmine Cryptocurrency Mining Virus Spreading Through Facebook Messenger. Researchers at security firm Trend Micro are warning users of a new cryptocurrency mining bot that […]
Cinema has evolved over the years with technology innovations and fallen prices of flat screen TVs. With proliferation of online video streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, some people do not see the need to go to cinemas. Movie goers […]
Yesterday we wrote about researchers’ views on the current state of artificial intelligence (AI) and the fact the current AI is dumber than a 5-year-old and no smarter than a rat. We also pointed out the warnings and threat AI […]
Happy holidays folks! Here are top tech startup news stories you need to know this Tuesday, December 26. Uber to sell its US auto-leasing business to startup Fair.com. Startup car marketplace Fair.com has reached a deal with Uber Technologies Inc. […]
We’ve all heard or read about how robots are going to take away our jobs. Saudi Arabia even went as far as granting citizenship to “Sophia the robot” back in October (See the video below). With crytocurrency at the top of […]
We’ve all been there. We launched a new product but we lack the customers’ feedback and insights required to improve the quality of the product. Young startups sometimes rely on feedback from early adopters, friends and family and online sites […]
Happy Holiday! Here are top tech startup news stories you need to know this Sunday, December 24. Taiwan startup raises $10 million in capital to provide a fix for false alarms. 3-yeard old Umbo Computer Vision, a Taiwan startup, has raised […]
We all like to read about startups success stories. The fact of life is, startups do fail. However, there is a value in talking about failed startups because we all learn from our own failures or failures of other. In […]
Happy weekend! Here are top tech startup news stories you need to know this Saturday, December 23. Amazon buys Blink in a bid to beef up its connected home lineup. Amazon just announced the acquisition of Blink, a brand that knows […]
If you are like me, I’m tired of the monopoly of the cable companies. It gets even worse if you live outside the city. And I’m not alone, the choices are limited. Most Americans have a few Internet provider companies […]
CNN has pulled the plug on its Snapchat daily news story according to sources familiar with CNN decision. The Update, is a daily show on Snapchat that started in August. It covered hard news with breaking updates throughout the day. […]
Good morning! Here are top tech startup news stories you need to know this Friday, December 22. China’s Baidu takes driverless tech startup Jingchi Corp. to court. Baidu, the Chinese search giant, has accused the tech startup Jingchi Inc. founded […]
What goes up must come down. Bitcoin has seen meteoric rise since January. However, Bitcoin is not immune from the law of gravity. Bitcoin dropped more than 30 percent from an all-time high of $20,000 on Sunday to about $13,000 today. […]
Yesterday we reported Apple admitted it had been secretly throttling the performance of older iPhones. Apple is now being sued after the company admitted to slowing down older iPhone models to keep them running longer. Two iPhone customers, Stefan Bogdanovich and Dakota Speas, […]
As part of new iPhone X features, Apple introduced Face ID as a to protect user information on your iPhone X. Now there were a number of complaints from iPhone X users that Face ID allowed other users of their […]