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I can’t get over the huge faux grill. Mercedes today revealed the Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV, an electric SUV built on its excellent EQS SUV. In this edition buyers get ultra-luxury appointments including special cup holders designed to hold champagne flutes. Back to the grill. The Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV is dripping with historic Maybach design elements: […]
As the economy has gotten tougher, plenty of companies have switched from buying in assets to renting them. There’s a tortuous acronym for this which is XaaS or “Everything-as-a-Service”, also referred to as “Servitization”. An example of this would be ServiceNow which automates services for enterprise operations. A new-ish player in this space is Equipme, […]
When it comes to education, mathematics has long been considered one of the most challenging of subjects both to learn and to teach. A startup out of Barcelona called Innovamat believes it’s come up with an approach that can help on both of those fronts — designing guides for teachers and learning materials and a […]
The business of being an e-commerce aggregator may be down but it is definitely not out. Razor Group, one of the string of startups that has made a name for itself as a “roll-up” startup — raising big money to acquire and consolidate Amazon (and other marketplace) retailers — is now making a different kind […]
Jonathan Martinez Contributor Share on Twitter Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who’s helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. More posts by this contributor 5 growth lessons I learned while scaling from $0 to $1M ARR When it comes to early-stage growth marketing, it’s often better […]
Apple has kept the iPhone app distribution system closed, allowing users to download the apps only from the App Store. But the company might be adding some gates to this walled garden to let people sideload apps on iPhones soon. A Bloomberg report noted that the Cupertino-based company will build the groundwork for such functionality […]
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In a few short hours, SpaceX will attempt to fly its fully integrated Starship launch system for the first time from the company’s massive base on Texas’s southeastern coast. While SpaceX has conducted a number of suborbital tests of the Starship upper stage from its base in Texas, this will be the first time that […]
Since OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT last year, it has been almost impossible to go a day without a company or developer releasing an AI-powered tool. Now, with the release of new models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Anthroipic’s Claude, more app makers are trying their hands at tools that are more accessible and useful to people. Some […]
The Asia Internet Coalition, an influential industry organization representing technology giants such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Apple, and Amazon, has voiced concerns over a recent amendment to India’s IT rules, saying the changes grant the local government expansive content removal authority without implementing adequate procedural safeguards. India recently updated its IT rules, barring social media platforms […]
Japanese gaming giant Sega has confirmed that it’s buying Finland’s Rovio in an all-cash deal worth €706 million ($775 million). News first emerged back in January that Israeli mobile gaming company Playtika had tabled a €750 million ($810 million) bid for Rovio, though talks collapsed last month with no reasons provided by either company. Rovio did, however, […]
There have been several startup attempts to measure staff morale, some more halting that others. We reported on Plasticity Labs back in 2014, though their web site seems no longer functioning. Officevibe appeared around the same kind’ve era. More recently out of the UK, WorkBuzz has raised £2.3M. And Spill ($3.5M) is a startup that […]
French startup Fleet has been growing nicely over the past four years as the company has deployed nearly 10,000 devices with long-term leasing contracts. The company hasn’t raised any outside funding and is reinvesting as much of its revenue in the company as possible. Originally, Fleet had a very simple product offering. Companies of all […]
Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng unveiled Sunday its new platform architecture for making vehicles that will set the foundation for future production models and reduce the cost of development and manufacturing. The Smart Electric Platform Architecture (SEPA) 2.0 is expected to shorten the R&D cycle for future models by 20%, as well as cut costs […]
Apple now supports more than 1 million developer jobs in India, the company said as it gears up major expansion in the South Asian market. The iPhone-maker this week will open its first two retail stores in India. Apple chief executive Tim Cook is visiting India this week to launch the stores and meet the […]
Netflix had some serious issues with the livestream of its “Love is Blind” reunion episode. We always knew the livestream would be messy, as reality show reunions always are — but after a 75 minute delay, Netflix’s failed livestream feels even messier than Zack and Irina’s short-lived relationship. “We are sorry we’re late. We are […]
Anyone in the U.K. who has tried to book an NHS medical appointment of late will know just how much of an ordeal it can be, with median waiting times for consultant-led elective care (i.e. pre-planned clinical treatment) currently sitting at around 14.6 weeks in England. This has led to a spike in people turning […]
Sam Chaudhary takes his time. The founder of ClassDojo, an edtech consumer app that focuses on student classrooms, spent eight years building the company before introducing a formal revenue model. All while raising over tens of millions in venture capital from elite Silicon Valley investors and eyeing a big mission: become the brand families can […]
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I often hear founders say they are raising money to increase their runway by 18 to 24 months. In a sense, that is accurate, but only from the startup’s point of view. However, that’s not what an investor is looking for. Your company surviving for another year and a half is not the goal of […]