Jack Dorsey announces Twitter will forbid all political ads
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey just stated, via a tweet, that Twitter will be forbidding all political advertising, albeit with “a few exceptions” like voter registrants. Dorsey said that they think political message reach should be gained, not purchased. The Cover Policy While it is not...
Samsung’s Expansion into B2B Partner and Developer Initiatives
Chances are you often think of Samsung as a consumer-focused electronics company, but it has a very sizable B2B business as well. The company helps more than 15,000 large businesses and hundreds of thousands of SMB managers via its partners. At its developer gathering this...
Big 3 cloud infrastructure profits reach nearly $22B this quarter
Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are usually referred to as the Big 3 in the cloud infrastructure market. And, if you had any uncertainty about the potential growth of the cloud, get a look at this quarter’s eye-popping income numbers from these three companies. It has...
Facebook’s Plan for a Post-Web Future: A Strategic Analysis
Let us connect some dots. Five years ago, Facebook obtained VR pioneers Oculus for $2 billion. This week, it caught up neural-interface pioneers CTRL-Labs for about north of $500 million. It also stated that its own massively multiplayer VR shared universe Horizon will start early...
8th Wall’s latest Cloud Editor serves customers to create mobile AR experiences quickly
The world of phone-based AR has included a lot of commitments, but the future that’s happened has so far been more iterative and less platform shift-y. For startups mainly focused on mobile AR, there’s been some soul-searching to discover ways to make more lightweight experiences...
Apple Card users can now fund iPhone buying for 24 months, interest-free
It is not an “Apple Prime” subscription, but it is compelling. Apple on Wednesday launched a new program that will provide Apple Card users to fund their iPhone purchases for 24 months, without paying any interest. More About The New Plan The plan aims to...
Amboss, the learning platform for medical professionals, raises €30M Series B
Amboss, the Berlin-based ‘Medtech’ startup that offered a learning app for students but has turned to a knowledge platform for medical professionals, has raised €30 million in Series B funding. The round is driven by Partech’s growth fund, with Target Global representing as a co-investor. ...
Catalyte originates a toolkit for corporate ‘up-skilling.’
Catalyte, the code training and placement service, based in Baltimore, has launched a new software service. The service is created to take its machine learning-based skills-evaluation and coaching program to organisations around the country. Funds are already addressing almost $100 million for its outsourced software...
Amazon axes $14.99 Amazon Fresh fee, offering grocery delivery free for Prime members to promote the use
Amazon is setting up the heat once again in the business of groceries, and especially, grocery delivery, to make its services more enticing in the aspect of competition from Walmart. Recently, the company declared that it would make Amazon Fresh free to utilize for Prime...
Everything To Know About EdTech
Introduction How children learn today is not the same as their parents did. Today, kids are growing up in a world that is driven by technology. The way educators teach, adopt different methodologies, and conduct assessments have undergone a massive change. Old-fashioned classrooms equipped with...
