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Mobile App Disaster in Iowa

The United States is still swept with disbelief as the Iowa caucus voting results were delayed by almost an entire day. The cause for this issue? A mobile app disaster. Voters were given the option on Monday to place their decision for their democratic candidate...

Verkada; The Smart Security OS

Verkada, a cloud data & operating system startup, has recently raised $80 million in its Series C funding round. The company began when they realized how difficult it was to access their own security data when they themselves had a security breach and lost a...

Startup Raises $59 Million in Series C Round

Front is a tech startup that provides users with a collaborative shared inbox that all employees can interact with. They have a number of features which include the ability to allow employees to share email addresses, assign conversations to specific employees, mention specific employees within...

Memphis Meats Continues Growth

Memphis Meats has raised $161 million in financing from its latest round. Memphis Meats has a notable group of investors which include SoftBank, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Tyson Foods and other venture capital firms. Memphis Meats is a tech company that manufactures different food such...

Spotify Pauses On Political Ads

Over the past few years, the presidential election and digital political ads have become quite the hot topic. Large social media and technology giants have struggled to deal with the issue of filtering accurate advertisements. Combined with a lack of regulation, there has been lots...

AI Travel Assistant Closes Pre-Seed Round

The founders and team members of the AI-powered travel assistant bot, Eddy Travels, has closed a pre-seed round which was lead by Techstars Toronto. They raised roughly $500,000 which included VC funds from Lithuania and angel investors from the U.S., Canada and U.K. The user...

Facebook To Build Its Own Operating System

Facebook is building a wide array of hardware devices and have the full understanding that their devices currently rely on Android’s operating system. In order to become independent and breakfree from Google, Facebook is currently working on constructing their own operating system from scratch. Their...

Splice Utilizes AI Machine Learning

Splice is an online marketplace for purchasing audio samples and the platform has recently been exploding with popularity. Its revenue and user count has doubled since last year with many paying $7.99 for unlimited access. Now, Splice is investing even heavier on itself by implementing...

Forbes: 12 Cool Uses Of Virtual Reality

Virtual reality has been quite the buzzword used in a number of different industries over the past decade. As technology has advanced, we've begun to see how it's impacting our daily lives and how the progress in this field is revolutionizing each industry. Forbes recently...

Microsoft To Scale Down Cortana Support

Microsoft recently announced that they will be shutting down Cortana’s mobile applications in a number of different markets. The end date for its support on iOS and Android will be January 31st, 2020. Microsoft also will be removing Cortana from Microsoft Launcher. The impacted markets...