Electric vehicle startup BasiGo has today announced the launch of its operations in Nairobi, bringing clean energy options to Kenya’s public transport industry, currently dominated by fossil-fuel buses. The startup plans to sell locally assembled electric buses using parts from China’s EV maker BYD Automotive, the company said while announcing it had raised $1 million…
Electric vehicle startup BasiGo has today announced the launch of its operations in Nairobi, bringing clean energy options to Kenya’s public transport industry, currently dominated by fossil-fuel buses. The startup plans to sell locally assembled electric buses using parts from China’s EV maker BYD Automotive, the company said while announcing it had raised $1 million…
IoT module maker and service provider Telit is offering five- and 10-year prepaid airtime plans on its new mobile core network Telit NExT, the company has said. Telit is offering MVNO-style cellular IoT connectivity on 600-odd 2G, 3G and 4G networks in 190 countries; the LTE passes cover NB-IoT and LTE-M infrastructure, as they are…
Moka, a six-year-old Chinese startup that wants to make human resources management easier with software, said today it has closed a $100 million Series C round. The startup aims to automate the entire process of talent management, from hiring to retaining existing staff. For example, it can automatically collect post-interview feedback from candidates and store…
Multiple vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Hitachi Vantara’s Pentaho Business Analytics software that could be abused by malicious actors to upload arbitrary data files and even execute arbitrary code on the underlying host system of the application. The security weaknesses were reported by researchers Alberto Favero from German cybersecurity firm Hawsec and Altion Malka from…
Industrial manufacturers have embraced the concept of future-proofing their organizations via the Industrial IIoT (Internet of Things). What started as a growing realization in 2019 as pressure to meet the needs of rapid change and escalating volatility has fully solidified as a business imperative in the wake of the pandemic. According to a recent survey…
Amazon Black Friday deals are starting early this year. The online giant kicked the month off with a series of holiday-themed deals for consumers who want to get a jump start on their holiday shopping. Keep in mind, these aren’t official Black Friday deals, but they’re a small window into what we can expect from…
Tesla has started to open up its Supercharger network to non-Tesla electric vehicles (EVs). Tesla chief Elon Musk promised in July that the automaker would begin the process before the end of this year. NurPhoto/Getty Images For now, however, only 10 Supercharger locations are available to drivers of non-Tesla EVs — and all of the…
Amazon Black Friday deals are starting early this year. The online giant kicked the month off with a series of holiday-themed deals for consumers who want to get a jump start on their holiday shopping. Keep in mind, these aren’t official Black Friday deals, but they’re a small window into what we can expect from…
I found an interesting discussion/argument on Twitter that was sparked when someone mentioned that “Marketing is dead.” Plus there is no shortage of people proclaiming online (every year, it seems) that “SEO is dead.” I know that content marketing isn’t exactly traditional marketing, but it is marketing nonetheless. I’m not here to argue whether they…
