IG launches ‘Instagram Live Rooms’ for live broadcasts with 4 creators
Since its inception, social media giant Instagram has been focused on developing features that would help creators better connect with their followers. With the same goal in mind, Instagram has introduced ‘Live Rooms’ that give creators the ability to go ‘Live’ on the social platform...
10 Reasons to Adopt Programmatic Advertising for Your Brand Now
Introduction While traditional methods of advertising include tenders, proposals, quotes and human negotiations, programmatic advertising includes the use of machines and algorithms to buy digital ad spaces. Simply put, programmatic ad buying is the use of software to purchase digital ads. The growing demand for...
6 Different types of cryptocurrencies and why governments fear them
According to Statista, the most famous cryptocurrency Bitcoin saw about 333,000 daily transactions in December 2020. In the same month, Ethereum was processed over 1.1 million times a day [1]. Bitcoin was the first decentralized cryptocurrency or digital currency and was created in 2009. Over...
Tech company Accenture scored $114 million Defence deal
Introduction Accenture, a Fortune Global 500 company, has landed a Defense vetting system overhaul deal worth $114 million. Under this deal, the Department of Defense has chosen the tech giant as its system integrator for its overhaul of Australia’s core security vetting IT system. This...
Celebrity birthday messages platform Memmo raises £7.1 million
Memmo.me, a celebrity birthday message platform, announced that it has raised $10 million (£7.1 million) in a Series A round of funding. Memmo.me is a startup that allows its users to pay celebrities for personalized birthdays and other video messages. The funding round was led...
UK-based Fintech Atom Bank to Raise £40 Mn, Plans for Initial Public Offering
Atom Bank, one of UK’s most innovative fintech banks is set to raise around 40 million pounds from its current shareholders. The retail bank revealed that it will use this capital to fuel its growth. Atom’s Vision The bank has expressed plans to float on...
Eftpos Announces Plans of Rolling Out National QR Code Payments Network
Eftpos, the Australian debit card provider revealed its plans of rolling out a national QR code payment network. The new system will play an important role in providing a seamless payment experience across the point of sale, mobile, and e-commerce platforms in Australia. According to...
Unveiling Features of Cloud-Based Business Process Management (BPM) Systems
Technological advancements have led to the development of different types of business process management (BPM) solutions. While on-premise BPM solutions gained considerable adoption in the past, cloud BPM is attracting tremendous interest from business enterprises around the world. As businesses around the world are increasingly...
Aussie BNPL darling Afterpay partners with US financial services firm Stripe
Afterpay, an Australian buy now, pay later (BNPL) company announced its partnership with the US-based payments platform Stripe. The partnership will enable existing as well as new Stripe merchants to provide Afterpay’s services to their customers. The deal will allow Stripe’s customers to purchase items...
UK Car Platform Cazoo Acquires German Car Subscription Company Cluno
Introduction Cazoo, a UK-based car platform announced that it has acquired the German car subscription company Cluno. The acquisition is one of the many acquisitions made by Cazoo in 2021. Over a couple of weeks ago, Kazoo made the headlines when it acquired England’s vehicle...
