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Wozniak talks about Apple’s rumored electric car project and the Apple Watch
Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak thinks Apple should explore other high-volume markets, such as cars, and while he intends to buy an Apple Watch, it won’t be the high-end Edition, but rather the entry-level Sport. In an interview, Wozniak, who recently became an Australian permanent resident, told The Australian Financial Review that he “was hoping ...
Google’s new project will let you pay bills from Gmail, making month-end a breeze
Google Inc. is supposedly working on a new service for its Gmail email platform that will allow users to receive their bills in digital format directly to their inbox and also pay those bills without leaving Gmail. The new service, dubbed “Pony Express”, will integrate with both Gmail and Google’s new Inbox app and is ...
Apple Pay decals aimed at reminding ‘forgetful’ iPhone users about Apple Pay
Apple Inc. is offering retail partners free Apple Pay acceptance decals via a newly updated section of the company’s website. All a retailer has to do is select the number of Apple Pay glass and register decal kits required, enter a company name, name, email address and shipping details, and Apple will deliver the kits ...
Rumor: Slack in talks to raise capital at a valuation of $2B-plus
Slack Technologies, Inc., the company behind the enterprise messaging platform Slack, is said to be in talks with investors to raise capital at a valuation of between $2 billion and $2.6 billion. The news comes less than six months after Slack secured $120 million at a valuation of $1 billion-plus. The valuation is pegged at ...
Twitter faces gender discrimination lawsuit, follows in Facebook’s steps
Twitter Inc. is facing a class action gender discrimination lawsuit, filed last Thursday in the California State court in San Francisco. A former female software engineer, Tina Huang, claims the company’s promotion process is unlawful and favors men. Secret management committees apparently make the promotion decisions, without considering job postings or reviews. According to Huang, this ...
Twin Prime exits stealth and bags $9.5M to speed up mobile content delivery
Twin Prime, Inc., a start-up claiming to solve delays in mobile data delivery, came out of stealth mode this week and has announced a funding round of $9.5 million. The Series A round funding is led by DFJ Ventures and True Ventures, as well as participation from Moment Ventures and Milliways Ventures. Om Malik, a ...
Android Device Manager now lets you find your lost phone from your wrist
Google has announced an update to Android Device Manager to include support for Android Wear smartwatches. Using your Android Wear smartwatch, you will be able to quickly and easily locate your lost or stolen device. To locate your lost phone from your wrist, you can select the “Find my phone” option in the Start menu ...
Remitly raises $12.5M Series B, plans to add countries to service
Remitly, Inc., the online remittance service, today announced it closed a $12.5 million Series B funding round. The latest round was led by DFJ and includes investments from DN Capital and existing investors QED Investors and Trilogy Equity Partners. The Seattle-based mobile payments service enables person-to-person international money transfers from the U.S. to the Philippines ...
Crowd Reactive launches EventsTag and lands $1.48M investment
EventsTag, a live social mobile tool, from Crowd Reactive Ltd., officially launched yesterday. EventsTag integrates with social media platforms to create a striking digital slideshow that brands can display at events. Using social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram, the platform captures and collates the social media activity surrounding a specific event, using a pre-determined ...
Nomad’s Pod promises four full ‘on-the-go’ charges for Apple Watch
Accessory maker Nomad Goods, Inc. is out with two new accessories for Apple Inc.’s upcoming Apple Watch. The first, the Stand, is, as the name suggests, a charging stand for Apple Watch, and the second, the Pod, is a portable power dock and cable manager for the Apple Watch. Made from military-grade extruded aluminum, the Stand ...