Indian hotel booking startup, Oyo, will be investing $335 million into its vacation home rental business. The primary goal is to strengthen relationships with homeowners and provide them with resources so they can deliver hospitality experiences that are unmatched. With the investment, Oyo will be...
One of the largest e-commerce platforms in India, Flipkart, recently announced that it will adding a number of new services and support features that include support for the Hindi language, a video streaming service and an audio-visual assistant. The e-commerce platform hopes to be rolling...
In the age of social media, influencer marketing is playing a larger role in many companies’ business strategies. When chosen thoughtfully, an influencer can greatly increase your business’ visibility and profits. However, it’s not enough to find someone with lots of followers—the influencer must align with...
Haptik, a conversational AI platform, has been making tremendous strides in India and is now looking to use its capital to expand its clientele internationally. Haptik has acqui-hired Convrg, a LA-based startup who's technology is focused on developing chatbots. The move will also help improve...
The Next Web recently released an article overviewing key details that developers should keep in mind when working on creating software for multiple operating systems. Members from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) was asked to give their opinions and our CEO, Jordan Edelson, provided the...
Waze is a navigation mobile application that provides users with a variety of tools that helps make trips efficient and simple to plan. Waze just recently announced a new update that will allow users to see toll prices for all routes across the United States...
As we see plenty of large tech companies begin to branch out to other industries in hopes of creating different revenue streams, one platform has been doing it quite well. LINE Man, a mobile application located in Thailand, allows users to access food, groceries, parcel...
Facebook recently announced that they will be launching a digital currency named Libra. Libra is expected to launch sometime early next year and is designed to be simple to use. The way it works is it will require you to purchase Libra coins utilizing your...
Epic Games, the creator of the infamous game Fortnite, has recently purchased the social video app, Houseparty. Houseparty is a mobile application that delivers video chat access across multiple platforms that include iOS, Android and macOS. The founders of the app have stated that although...
Microsoft has developed a new language learning tool that uses the smartphone camera to help adults improve their English literacy by learning the words for the things around them. The app allows you to take a picture of an item to then be identified by...
