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In latest lawsuit, Qualcomm accuses Apple of leaking its software to Intel
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. is once again upping the ante in its legal dispute with Apple Inc. over their supply agreements. The chip maker’s latest move takes the form of a lawsuit that was submitted to the California state court in San Diego on Wednesday and hit the news cycle this morning. In the filing, Qualcomm reportedly ...
Fintech startup TransferWise raises a massive $280M in funding
TransferWise Ltd., a six-year-old financial technology startup that boasts more than 2 million users, today announced that it has raised a massive $280 million funding round to continue attracting new customers. TransferWise operates a money transfer service that helps consumers and companies make cross-border transactions. The startup, which said it has been profitable since May, stands out by ...
Testim.io raises $5.6M to automate application testing using AI
Looking for bugs is one of the single most time-consuming and tedious parts of software development. Testim.io Inc., a San Francisco-based startup, today announced that it has picked up a $5.6 million funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners to alleviate the chore. Testim.io offers three products designed to streamline quality assurance. The most notable is ...
Ayla Networks raises $60M in funding to simplify IoT projects
For a manufacturer looking to bring a connected device to market, developing the necessary hardware features and backend support infrastructure can be a daunting task. Ayla Networks Inc. has carved out a niche for itself by helping to simplify the process. The startup, which is based in Santa Clara, California, today announced that it’s expanding its efforts using a newly ...
Talkdesk brings its quick-thinking help desk AI to sales conversations
Sales calls can reveal a lot of valuable information about a company’s customers, especially when examined in aggregate. San Francisco-based Talkdesk Inc. today launched a new cloud service intended to help sales teams access that insight more easily. Talkdesk for Sales incorporates artificial intelligence technology that the startup has originally developed to power its contact center ...
Samsung launches the Galaxy Note8 Enterprise Edition for business users
Following another quarter of record profits, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today introduced a new version of the Galaxy Note8 geared specifically for the business world. Previewed in the company’s native South Korea earlier this month, the Galaxy Note 8 Enterprise Edition is available for $994 through its network of channel partners. This is a roughly $50 ...
After taking the digital design world by storm, InVision lands $100M in funding
More than 80 percent of the Fortune 500 and countless tech firms rely on InVision Inc.’s tools to help them design digital products. Today, the New York-based startup announced the completion of a late-stage $100 million investment that will be used to step up the pace of its growth. InVision’s competitive strategy revolves around its cloud-based ...
Waymo gives the world a glimpse inside its self-driving vehicles
Waymo has opened up about the self-driving vehicles undergoing trials at its secretive test facility in California’s Central Valley. On Monday, the subsidiary of Google LLC owner Alphabet Inc. held a press briefing at the former Air Force base where the operation is based to give the public a rare look inside. The 91-acre site ...
Alphabet’s GV joins $8.5M investment into Reaction Commerce
Alphabet Inc. is betting that an emerging ecommerce startup founded four years ago can change the way companies sell online. Reaction Commerce Inc., the startup in question, today announced the completion of a $8.5 million funding round led by the search giant’s GV venture capital arm with participation from four existing backers. The cash infusion brings ...
Yubico debuts a thumbnail-sized encryption module for data centers
Yubico AB is best known as a maker of USB security keys that help users verify their identities when logging into important applications, but its business focus isn’t limited to personal authentication alone. The Swedish company also offers an encryption module for data centers that received a major refresh this morning. Yubico has unveiled a new iteration of ...