Remix, a startup developing an open source web framework has been acquired by Shopify. Remix CEO Michael Jackson said that Remix will receive “long-term backing and support” from Shopify that will allow it to “grow faster” and “sharpen its focus on performance and scalability.” Remix...
Digital creation company Picsart is adding an AI Image Generator and an AI Writer to create images and ad copy. Picsart says that as text-to-image generators are growing in popularity, it’s bringing one directly into its platform. As with other models, Picsart’s AI Image Generator...
If a business hasn’t yet started rolling out holiday marketing campaigns, there’s still hope. Rather than leave their share of the holiday market on the table, brands were provided advice from members of Forbes Agency Council to get some last-minute holiday marketing done. Jordan Edelson, CEO of...
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...
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...
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...
