Target Expands Drive Up Services Nationwide
Target’s same-day pickup service, Drive Up, as of now has reached all of the 50 U.S. states, according to an announcement made by the retailer. This service lets the customers shop online, after which they need to visit their local store to have their purchases...
Duolingo To Offer Latin Courses In Beta Version
Duolingo is one of the most popular apps on the market for people who want to learn different languages. The good news is that the service is giving people a way to really “carpe diem” by providing a language course in Latin. In case you...
To Help Firms Customize API Docs, ReadMe Raises $9M In Series A
Software APIs help various tools to communicate with one another. It also allows developers to access important services without having to code it by themselves. This makes APIs critical elements for driving a platform-driven strategy. Even then, they still require solid documentation to help make...
Kaszek Ventures Raises $600 Mn In Two Funds
Kaszek Ventures is an investment firm who has just raised $600 million across two new funds. It has been one of the principal architects of the current boom in startup financing and growth in Latin America. The new contract, which was raised roughly in two...
Azimo Hires New CEO As The Money Transfer Service Makes A Profit
Azimo is a U.K. based money transfer service that is backed by Japan’s Rakuten Capital. Amongst others, this company is also seeing a change at the top of the organization structure. Founder Michael Kent is moving sideways to become an executive chairman, while Azimo’s Chief...
Yelp Allows Users To Personalize Their Homepage
This morning Yelp announced that they will allow their users to customize their search results and homepage based on their personal choices. In other words, if you are a vegetarian or a parent who usually looks for kid-friendly restaurants, you will not have to retype...
VoiceOps to Raise $9M To Help Train Call Center Reps
In an era where the industry seems to bet that AI will be replacing most of the human jobs, there is one startup which is striving to use this same technology to empower the jobs it is attached to displace. VoiceOps, a San Francisco-based startup,...
John Donovan, AT&T’s CEO of Communications, To Retire In October
John Donovan, the CEO of AT&T Communications, had announced today that he plans to retire with effect from October 1, 2019. Donovan, for the past two years, has led AT&T’s largest business unit, which provides services to 100 million mobile, broadband and pay-TV customers in the U.S....
Spotify’s New Features for Family Plan Subscribers Unveiled
To give parents more control over the listening habits of their children, Spotify is adding new features to its Family Plan subscriptions. Starting in Ireland, and soon in other countries where the plan is offered, parents will be able to set the Explicit Content Filter...
MIT’s Self-Directed Boat Robots Shapeshift To Form New Structures
MIT’s work continues developing the fully autonomous robot boats called the “roboats”. The new trick is allowing them to change configurations and reassemble with one another to form a variety of new structures. This allows them to carry out primary navigation, and also to bolt...
