Metrist, a startup that helps IT teams stay on top of outages among the many cloud services they use to run their own applications, announced that it has raised a $5.5 million seed round from Heavybit, Morado Ventures and PagerDuty co-founder Alex Solomon and StatusPage...
Apple’s App Store suffered a 5% year-on-year dip in net revenue in September according to a note from Morgan Stanley analyst Erik Woodring. This is the biggest drop in App Store revenue since the financial services company started tracking its data. Gaming was the biggest...
If you’re facing a lack of interest in one of your open positions, what’s one thing you can do to increase the number of applications coming in? Why does this work so well? YEC community members were asked the same question and CEO of Appetizer Mobile,...
Google is revamping its Play Store in an effort to help users better discover and install apps to other devices via their phone. The company announced a series of changes to the Google Play Store that will enable cross-device discovery and new tools to help...
Apple has announced major price hikes for in-app purchases on App Store in multiple countries across Asia and Europe, starting October 5. The company said new prices will affect consumers in Chile, Egypt, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Poland, South Korea, Sweden, Vietnam, and all territories that...
Headspace Health is acquiring Shine, a mental health and wellness app dedicated to providing an inclusive mental health experience for the BIPOC community. Headspace Health says the acquisition of the New York-based company will expand its ability to provide more inclusive self-care content to its...
Falkon, a sales analytics platform that uses AI to attempt to show where successful product sales are occuring in an organization, has announced that it has raised $16 million in a funding round led by OMERS Ventures with participation from Greylock Partners, Trilogy Financial, Flying...
If you were training your hiring staff on the art of interviewing well, what’s one piece of advice you’d give them? How might this help them recruit better talent? YEC members were asked for their thoughts on interviewing tips and Jordan Edelson, CEO of Appetizer Mobile, stated the...
Google has announced that they have launched AI Test Kitchen, an Android app that allows users to try out experimental AI-powered systems from the company’s labs before they make their way into production. People that are interested can complete a sign-up form as AI Test...
Brand representatives who serve as social monitors actually interact directly with individual customers. While implementing a social media monitoring program might seem simple enough, brands not only have to figure out the right approach and tools to employ but also decide which people to place...
