Kleeen raises $3.8M to make front-end design for business applications easy
Building a front-end for business applications is often a matter of reinventing the wheel, but because every business’ needs are slightly different, it’s also hard to automate. Kleeen is the latest startup to attempt this, with a focus on.....»»
Acadia Realty Trust Appoints Kenneth A. McIntyre to the Board of Trustees
RYE, NY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE: AKR) (“Acadia” or the “Company”) today announced the election by the board of trustees of the Company (the “Board”) of Kenneth A. McIntyre as an independent trustee, effective.....»»
Globalstar Announces 2020 Financial Results and Business Update
COVINGTON, La.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Globalstar, Inc. (NYSE American: GSAT) today announced financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2020. Dave Kagan, Chief Executive Officer of Globalstar, commented, &.....»»
CompuCom Issues Statement Regarding Malware Incident
FORT MILL, S.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CompuCom, a managed services provider and wholly owned subsidiary of The ODP Corporation (NASDAQ:ODP), today issued the following statement: Certain CompuCom information technology systems have been affecte.....»»
5 Ways to Obtain Genuine Customer Feedback
Obtaining genuine feedback from customers is never easy, and seems to be getting harder to obtain. Here are five ways get more feedback and insight. Continue reading........»»
Robotic Process Automation: Power to the People in 2021
RPA is evolving to be more flexible, intelligent and integrated. But none of that helps unless you’ve identified a business problem it can help you solve. Continue reading........»»
Bottomless closes $4.5M Series A to scale its subscription coffee business
As a devoted coffee drinker I was enthused by the idea of Bottomless. The Y Combinator-backed startup sends its users coffee as they run low so that they never run out of the Magic Juice of Life. What could be better? Because life is somewhat funny,.....»»
How to take a screenshot on a Samsung Galaxy S21 and other Android phones
Taking a screenshot on an Android device is easy. No matter the model, you can use a combination of buttons, your palm, or even your voice. Here's how......»»
Yugabyte announces $48M investment as cloud native database makes enterprise push
As demand for cloud native applications is growing, Yugabyte, makers of the cloud native, open source YugabyteDB database are seeing a corresponding rise in demand for their products, especially with large enterprise customers. Today, the company ann.....»»
From the ashes of nearly a billion dollars, Ample resurrects Better Place’s battery swapping business model
A little over thirteen years ago, Shai Agassi, a promising software executive who was in line to succeed the chief executive at SAP, then one of the world’s mightiest software companies, left the company he’d devoted the bulk of his profe.....»»
Postscript raises $35M to give Shopify stores SMS superpowers
Postscript helps Shopify stores stay in touch with customers via SMS, with a focus on keeping everything opt-in, legally compliant, and spam free. The company raised $4.5M back at the end of 2019; this morning it’s announcing it has raised a $3.....»»
No second chance to make trusting first impression, or is there?
In business, as in life, it is important to make a good first impression and according to research at the University of New Hampshire a positive initial trust interaction can be helpful in building a lasting trust relationship. Researchers found that.....»»
First impressions of AppLovin’s IPO filing
Could a bet on AppLovin then, could be viewed as a wager not on its business income growth, but on the strength of consumer app demand? AppLovin released its S-1 filing yesterday, bringing the Palo Alto-based mobile app-focused software co.....»»
After 200% ARR growth in 2020, CourseKey raises $9M to digitize trade schools
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and forced educational institutions to go virtual, many were scrambling to develop online or blended curriculums. That struggle was particularly challenging for trade schools, many of which were not designed to teach on.....»»
Privacy-first Browser Brave Now Has Its Own Google Search Rival
Two years after publicly launching a privacy-focussed browser, Brave, founded by former Mozilla executive Brendan Eich, is taking on Google's search business, too. From a report: The announcement of Brave Search puts the upstart in the rare position.....»»
International VC firm Presight Capital raises $350M second fund
Presight Capital has closed its $350 million second fund only a year and a half after it announced an $80 million first fund. In fact, General Partner Christian Angermayer told me that the fund was raised in just a few weeks, and that it shot past th.....»»
Climate models may significantly overestimate savings from improved energy efficiency
The models used to produce global climate scenarios may overestimate the energy and emission savings from improved energy efficiency, warns new research led by academics at the University of Sussex Business School and the University of Leeds......»»
Vaccine shows signs of protection against dozen-plus flu strains
A vaccine candidate has demonstrated promising signs of protection against more than a dozen swine flu strains -- and more than a leading, commercially available vaccine. Its success in experiments involving swine suggests that its design could also.....»»
Yugabyte announces $48M Series C as cloud native database makes enterprise push
As demand for cloud native applications is growing, Yugabyte, makers of the cloud native, open source YugabyteDB database are seeing a corresponding rise in demand for their products, especially with large enterprise customers. Today, the company ann.....»»
Help is a long way away: The challenges of sending humans to Mars
On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin stepped out a lunar lander onto the surface of the moon. The landscape in front of him, which was made up of stark blacks and grays, resembled what he later called "magnificent desolation.".....»»
Scientists investigate 3-D-printed high-entropy alloys
Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Design, Manufacturing and Materials (CDMM) and the Institute for Metals Superplasticity Problems (IMSP RAS) have studied the fatigue behavior of additive-manufactured high-entropy alloys (HEA). The research was.....»»