Last year was a mixed year for the popular video-sharing app TikTok. After enduring the onslaughts from governments around due to security and privacy concerns, TikTok continues to see an increase in the number of users on its platform. To […]
Late 2019, we briefly covered Israeli IoT security startup Vdoo after one of its investors, 83North, raised a $300 million funding to invest in exceptional European and Israeli startups. With over $1 billion war chest, 83North invests in the best and […]
We covered Rapyd back in 2019 after the Fintech-as-a-Service startup raised $40 million in a Series B funding round to expand its technology platform that supports any local or cross-border commerce use case requiring local payments. A lot has changed since we last […]
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on thousands, if not millions, of companies around the world. Some companies went out of business for good. Some have to layoff their staff to stay afloat. That’s the case with the […]
As we noted yesterday, the electric air taxi space is beginning to get crowded. First, it was Lilium, a Munich, Germany-based aerospace startup developing a revolutionary on-demand air taxi service that is powered by the all-electric, vertical take-off and landing Lilium Jet. […]
We wrote about Xpeng back in November 2020 after the Chinese electric vehicle startup unveiled a new flying car. The Alibaba-backed electric car maker unveiled a flying car prototype at the Beijing Auto Show. Dubbed Kiwigogo, the new flying vehicle can carry two passengers […]
Early this morning, Tesla and Space CEO Elon Musk tweeted a meme gif with a cryptic message that reads: “X.com/x.” A click on the link takes you to a page on the X.com website with just the letter “y.” For […]
The ongoing assaults on free speech by big tech companies like Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, and others, reached a climax last week after the Big Tech de-platformed President Trump and all his supporters. The decision caused many people to move to […]
Shares of Twitter plunged 7% on Monday the social media giant permanently suspended the account of U.S. President Donald Trump. The company lost about $2.5 billion from its market value. It was the first time Twitter had banned a head of state. The […]
In the wake of the Big Tech’s recent onslaughts on free speech, Twitter competitor and free speech social app Gab announced today it has seen a 750% increase in traffic to its website, with 18 million visits in the last 24 […]
For some reason, we missed the latest news about Apple’s ambition to jump into the electric car space. While all eyes are on Tesla after its stock surged to a new high, Apple has been working on a plan to move […]
Back in late 2018, IBM acquired open-source cloud company Red Hat in a $40 billion blockbuster deal. Then in October of last year, the 109-year old IBM announced it was splitting into two separate companies to focus on cloud computing. […]
Is bitcoin on track to hit $100,000 in 2021? What will happen next is anyone’s guess. At this point, however, bitcoin is on track to break the $40,000 price mark if it continues on the current trajectory. In the last 12 […]
News Break is the most popular local news app everyone is talking about. News Break is doing to local news what TikTok does to video. Today, News Break is now the most downloaded local news app and source of breaking news in […]
Mambu, a Berlin, Germany-based provider of SaaS banking engine for powering lending and deposits, has raised $134 million ( €110 million) to accelerate the rapid growth and deepen its footprint in the more than 50 countries in which it already operates […]
Coronavirus pandemic and unemployment did little to stop consumers from spending over the week of Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Apple reported record-breaking holiday sales as its App Store customers spent $1.8 billion on digital goods and services in just one week, the tech […]
Hootsuite today announced it has acquired a digital customer engagement platform, Sparkcentral, to bring advanced customer care conversations to its platform for a unified customer journey. The total amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Founded in 2011 by Davy Kestens […]
The Sales Engagement market is growing at a historic pace, fueled by the transformation to digital selling, and has attracted nearly half a billion dollars in funding in the last six months. One of the leading startups in this space […]
Senti Bio, a San Francisco-based health technology startup that uses synthetic biology to engineer gene circuits that improve cell and gene therapy products, said this morning that it has raised a $105 million Series B financing round led by Leaps […]
The on-going coronavirus-19 pandemic has forever changed the way we receive healthcare. This shift in acceptance and the subsequent patient behavior has led to the rise in the adoption of telemedicine, virtual doctors, and other telehealth services including health education services, […]
