Here is what you should take away from the state of the global venture capital market: late-stage deals dominated Q2. Using projected data provided by Crunchbase, Crunchbase News reported that Q2 2018 marks new post-dot com highs for both VC deal and dollar volume around the world, the latter of which was propelled by a surge in late-stage deals…
Imagine you are trying to buy something online — plane tickets, an app subscription, a pair of sneakers. If you are an English speaker with an email address ending in .com, .org, .edu or .net, that process probably goes pretty smoothly for you. But if your email address ends in .世界 or @डाटामेल.भारत or .photography,…
And the hacks just keep on coming. Timehop social media app has been hit by a major data breach on July 4th that compromised the personal data of its more than 21 million users. Timehop is a simple social media app that collects your old photos and posts from your iPhone, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and…
Sources claim Microsoft’s two-screen “Andromeda” project may be put on hold indefinitely. Executives made the decision over the last several weeks to not include Andromeda components and services in the next Windows 10 update. The post Microsoft’s foldable ‘Andromeda’ pocket device may never surface appeared first on Digital Trends. Source link Shiv EswarShiv has over…
MotionComposer review MotionComposer provides the tools to make animations for the web. Distinguishing it from established tools is its ability to author once and output the same motion graphics in two formats: Flash for the many devices that support it, and HTML5 for suitable web browsers. It swaps the frame-based timeline of Flash for slides,…
Contributed by Maanas Saran, Product Marketing Manager at Actifio There is a common perception amongst IT admins in various enterprises that object storage in various public clouds, like AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform, can only be used for long-term retention and archiving. This perception often stems from the notion that object storage is…
German auto giant Daimler AG and auto supplier Bosch have announced a partnership to deploy self-driving taxis in California’s Silicon Valley region next year, as part of an urban test programme. Daimler will supply vehicles, test facilities, and an app-based mobility service, while Bosch will provide sensors, actuators, and in the longer term, control units.…
The Snapdragon 710 is a rather curious new beast. It is the ambassador, of sorts, to Qualcomm’s fresh lineup of 700 series chips, unveiled back in February. Currently, we have only heard news of one other 7 series chip – the Snapdragon 730. It will likely be based on a Samsung 8nm LPP manufacturing process,…
You probably noticed the recent video that asked people whether they heard “Yanny” or “Laurel.” It would have been hard not to. That tiny piece of audio drove more than 10 million views, inspired countless memes, created conflict between friends, and even re-surfaced the Greek composer Yanni for a new generation. Seeing this, you might…
The US Justice Department has announced criminal indictments against 12 Russian intelligence officers tied to the hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) during the 2016 US presidential election campaign. The charges were drawn up as part of the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election by Robert Mueller, the Special Counsel,…
