Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a newsletter published every Saturday that dives into the week’s noteworthy venture capital deals, funds and trends. Before I dive into this week’s topic, let’s catch up a bit. Last week, I wrote about the sudden uptick in beverage startup rounds. Before that, I noted an alternative to…
You aren’t made of money, right? Of course not; none of us are. Assuming you care about not throwing away cash needlessly, consider air conditioning for a second. Oppressive summer heat can be miserable, but even then, you reflectively think twice about firing up the AC. Why watch your power costs soar to pump cool…
As 5G deployments continue to increase, what are the top security risks for enterprises? We discuss with an expert during GSMA’s Mobile360 conference.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
4.67/5 (3) Every child has played with construction toys at least once in their lifetime. After the appearance of LEGO, construction toys became more popular. But, simple bricks have existed for a long time. Almost everyone loves making things of bricks; it is easy, interesting and entertaining. Besides that, you can build some fantastic things…
Just over a month ago, Emtek announced the end of BlackBerry Messenger for consumers. The once-mighty messaging service had a good run, outstripping the popularity of its hardware namesake. Launched in 2005, licensing rights for the service were acquired by Indonesia-based tech conglomerate Emtek 11 years later. For many years, BBM was considered BlackBerry’s (nee…
A digital platform called OBTranslate that aims to translate more than 2,000 African languages to enable rural dwellers to gain easy access to global markets has been launched. According to its creator, 63 per cent of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have access to global markets because of language barriers. “Over 52 native…
As 5G deployments continue to increase, what are the top security risks for enterprises? We discuss with an expert during GSMA’s Mobile360 conference.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
Good news: Apple now allows you to download bigger apps over a cellular connection than it used to. Bad news: there’s still a cap, and you still can’t bypass it. As noticed by 9to5Mac, the iOS App Store now lets you download apps up to 200 MB in size while on a cell network; anything…
John Romero, the game developer virtuoso behind Hexen, Quake, Wolfenstein, and other games still being remade and sequelized to this day, just dropped a massive, free mod for one of his most famous and popular creations: Doom. In case you missed my tweet this morning, SIGIL v1.1 is now available for free download at https://t.co/4iBwNEocdw. If you have the…
Google Project Zero researcher unearths a bug in Microsoft’s Notepad Windows application.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
