You’ve probably read in multiple reports that 90 percent of startups failed. The remaining 10 percent that survived faced stiff competition and challenges. The statistics did not deter innovative founders from taking the risks. They took the plunge and launched […]
WhatsApp’s users in Europe, Asia, and South America experienced outage as the app went down in several parts of the world today. The messenger app went down on New Year’s Eve angering millions of users across globe. The website, Outage.Report, found […]
Good afternoon, folks! As 2017 draws to a close, we think it is worth looking back at the top tech stories of 2017. These news stories are not limited to just startups. We begin the top ten. The rise of […]
WeChat, the Chinese’s largest free messaging and calling app, is set to become an official digital personal identification system in China. Chinese has reached a partnership with TenCent, the owner of WeChat app, to roll out a national digital ID […]
Good morning! Here’s what’s going on in tech startups this Friday, December 29. IKEA may have some competition. Campaign Living, a new furniture startup, is taking on IKEA with furniture that doesn’t need tools. Campaign Living, a new startup, makes furniture […]
ICOs are becoming the new IPOs. We’ve written quite a lot about ICOs. Startups have always had to find ways to fund their ideas in their early days. Startup goes through funding cycle ranging from seed capital to IPO. Some […]
Good Afternoon! Here are top tech startup news stories you need to know this Thursday, December 28. Mysterious startup UBI Blockchain Internet is riding the bitcoin wave. Hong Kong startup, UBI Blockchain Internet, stock price is soaring. The startup was launched […]
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 […]
