Zendesk puts Smooch acquisition to work with WhatsApp integration: Ron Miller
Zendesk has always been all about customer service. Last spring it purchased Smooch to move more deeply into messaging app integration. Today, the company announced it was integrating WhatsApp, the popular messaging tool, into the Zendesk customer service too…
Can a radical new event disrupt how VCs raise funds, unlocking cash for Europe?: Mike Butcher
For many years there’s been an accepted way to raise capital as a venture capital fund. Essentially, GPs (General Partners who set up and run venture capital firms) go ‘cap in hand’ to LPs (Limited Partners who invest into their VC firms) in pension funds, pr…
Twitter 'fesses up to more adtech leaks: Natasha Lomas
Twitter has disclosed more bugs related to how it uses personal data for ad targeting that means it may have shared users data with advertising partners even when a user had expressly told it not to. Back in May the social network disclosed a bug that in cert…
Brolly launches 'Brolly Contents' to tackle the antiquated home contents insurance market: Steve O'Hear
Brolly, the U.K. insurance app that lets you keep track of your various policies so that you are correctly and competitively covered, is launching a new product to plug what it sees as a gap in home contents insurance. Dubbed “Brolly Contents,” the new offeri…
Applications still open for Hardware Battlefield TC Shenzhen: Neesha A. Tambe
We’re still in the hunt for innovative early-stage hardware startup founders. And by that, we mean boundary-pushers, exceptional disrupters and all-around game-changers. If that sounds like you, you still have time to apply to compete in Hardware Battlefield …
Through a new partnership and $72 million in funding, LanzaTech expands its carbon capture tech: Jonathan Shieber
For nearly fifteen years LanzaTech has been developing a carbon capture technology that can turn waste streams into ethanol that can be used for chemicals and fuel. Now, with $72 million in fresh funding at a nearly $1 billion valuation and a newly inked part…
Gogoro announces Yamaha, Aeon and PGO are the first manufacturers that will use its swappable batteries in their own scooters: Catherine Shu
Gogoro, the Taiwanese electric vehicle company, has announced its first manufacturing partners. Yamaha, Aeon Motor and PGO will all launch new scooters this summer that run on Gogoro’s swappable batteries and charging infrastructure. This means consumers who …
With warshipping, hackers ship their exploits directly to their target's mail room: Zack Whittaker
Why break into a company’s network when you can just walk right in — literally? Gone could be the days of having to find a zero-day vulnerability in a target’s website, or having to scramble for breached usernames and passwords to break through a company’s lo…
In a 130-page court filing, Kik claims the SEC's lawsuit "twists" the facts about its online token: Catherine Shu
Kik Interactive has hit back at the Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that claims a $100 million token sale was illegal. The company, which owns Kik Messenger, filed a 130-page response today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New Yo…
SpaceX successfully launches twice re-flown Falcon 9 for AMOS-17 mission: Darrell Etherington
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 first-stage that had previously served two missions in July and November of 2018, today carrying its final payload, the AMOS-17 satellite for Spacecomm. SpaceX had configured the Falcon 9 in its ‘expendable mode’ for th…
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