In October 2018, German software maker SAP acquired survey software maker startup Qualtrics for $8 billion. As we noted back then, the announcement came just before Qualtrics planned IPO. Qualtrics is a software maker that competes with SurveyMonkey in the survey […]
Early this month, Apple announced that the new Apple iPhone’s privacy feature will no longer let Facebook track users without their consent. Apple said it will turn off automatic “opt-in” to prevent Facebook from tracking your data for targeted advertising. […]
With dozens of website builders out there, you may be wondering we need another one. The point is that there is always room for better and innovative tools that make people’s life easier. Yesterday, Namecheap, a Phoenix, Arizona-based tech startup […]
We now live in a unique time where the survival of most companies is driven by the 24-hour news cycle. Just a few days ago, we saw how Elon Musk’s tweet sent the stock of GameStop soaring to new heights. […]
First, it was GameStop stock. After the Reddit board, WallStreetBets succeeded in driving up the GameStop stock by over 1000 percent, now another Reddit board, SatoshiStreetBets wants to the same to cryptocurrency. Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that started as a joke, is […]
Yesterday, we wrote a piece about General Motors and the auto giant’s plans to end the production of diesel- and gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 and instead exclusively offer electric vehicles. However, with the arrival of electric cars, it’s easy to forget […]
The last time we wrote about RepairSmith was back in June 2020 when the Daimler-backed car service startup acquired More Automotive Group to expand its mobile fleet service. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the startup continues to see strong growth due […]
What a rollercoaster week! The battle between Reddit traders and Wall Street hedge funds over GameStop stock has thrust the practice of short selling into the spotlight. For now, it looks like the Reddit army of over 2.8 million members defeated […]
Under heavy pressure from millions of people on social media, the free-trading app Robinhood finally caved. Robinhood issues a statement this evening that it will now allow GameStop stock to continue to trade on its platform. Immediately after the announcement, GameStop […]
The battle between retail investors and Wall Street reached a new level today as lawmakers and prominent people expressing their outrage about how trading exchange platforms like Robinhood, Ameritrade, and WeBull denied trading access to Reddit army (WallStreetBets), a subreddit […]
The fight between the Reddit army of over 2.8 million members gets nasty this afternoon after Robinhood users started to report that Robinhood is selling their GameStop (GME) shares without warning. Now a group of Robinhood users has filed a […]
A few hours ago, we wrote about Robinhood after the free-trading app halts trading of GameStop stock as Reddit investing frenzy spreads around the world. It all started after several hedge funds and Wall Street elites lost billions as a […]
The last time we wrote about ClassDojo was back in February 2019 after the Y Combinator-backed EdTech startup raised $35 million in Series C funding to accelerate international expansion. ClassDojo is the company behind the world’s most widely used communication app for pre-K-8 […]
Just two weeks ago after General Motors (GM) unveiled a futuristic flying Cadillac, the Detroit-based automaker announced today that it will end the production of all diesel- and gasoline-powered cars, trucks, and SUVs by 2035 and shift its entire new […]
As Reddit traders continue to wage battle against Wall Street, individual investors are calling on one another to ‘hold the line’ and avoid selling any of the heavily shorted stocks that were restricted on Robinhood Thursday morning. The calls came as […]
In what many are calling market manipulation, the free-trading app Robinhood just halted the trading of GameStop stocks on its platform. The fintech startup unlisted the stock and several others. People are angry and retail investors are crying foul. According […]
Online app-based trading platforms see a surge in usage as Redditors and little guys stick it to Wall Street. A breed of upstart apps like Robinhood, WeBull, and Freetrade have gained in popularity in recent weeks as Reddit army of more than […]
Electric-vehicle startup Faraday Future becomes the latest EV company to join the so-called special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). Today, the Gardena, California-based Faraday Future announced it will go public through a merger with Property Solutions Acquisition Corp in a deal valuing […]
Huawei is a Chinese multinational technology company that provides telecommunications equipment. In May 2019, we wrote about Huawei after Google suspended some business activity with Huawei, killing the Chinese company’s giant global smartphone ambitions. The suspension came after former President Trump declared […]
You guys are probably tired of reading about GameStop, Gamestonk, Wall Street bigwigs, and the WallStreetBets (a Reddit army of over 2 million users). The point is, if you are a startup founder or investing your money in some kind […]
