Last month, Uber hit 10 billion completed trips across rides and deliveries, the company announced today. This comes about one year after Uber hit five billion trips. Lyft, Uber’s main competitor in the U.S., hit half a billion rides last October. Uber officially hit the milestone on June 10, 2018 when 173 trips and deliveries simultaneously…
Josh Mohrer (pictured above) and William Barnes, two former Uber executives, are working on an investor syndicate to invest in startups led by fellow former Uber employees, Axios reported and TechCrunch has confirmed. “We believe that people who help build transformative companies will go on to do other awesome things,” Mohrer told TechCrunch about the…
It’s not hard to find a fitness tracking wearable for the wrist, but options run thin when you want a device that’s a little more subtle. Motiv’s solution is a ring that puts your active minutes front and center. The post Motiv smart ring tracks ‘active minutes,’ because step counters are so 2015 appeared first…
Internet of Business says The UK government has announced plans to make full-fibre broadband mandatory for all new-build homes, along with a new commitment to connect rural areas as part of a new national telecoms strategy. The Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review (FTIR), which is part of the government’s revamped Industrial Strategy, sets out the changes that…
Israel-based AllCloud, a professional services provider for Salesforce users and businesses who want a bit of help in managing their application on AWS and Google Cloud, today announced that it has acquired Figur8, another professional services company with a focus on Salesforce consulting, implementations and development services. While the two companies did not disclose the…
WeWork may be doubling down on Asia, having initially focused its efforts on China, but that isn’t stopping local players from hatching ambitious expansion plans of their own. One of those eying new markets is Hong Kong-based Campfire, which tries to stand out from the crowd with industry-focused spaces. Today, the startup announced it has…
League founder and CEO Michael Serbinis League, an online platform that wants to reduce the strain of managing health benefits for companies and employees alike, announced today that it has raised a $62 million Series B. The round was led by TELUS Ventures, with participation from Wittington Ventures and returning investors OMERS, Infinite Potential Group,…
Kano has been an undeniable success story. The company, which began life as a Kickstarter project, had shipped north of 200,000 of its Raspberry Pi coding kits by the end of last year. 2017 also saw the company raise a $28 million round and get backing from Sesame Street’s Sesame Ventures. Today, the company is announcing…
Across both Android and iOS, there’s no shortage of photo-editing applications on the respective app stores. To make your life easier, we’ve rounded up six of the best apps available. The post The best photo-editing apps for Android and iOS appeared first on Digital Trends. Source link Shiv EswarShiv has over 8 years experience working…
Netgear home security spin-off Arlo just added another key hardware piece to its growing portfolio of connected devices. The Arlo Audio Doorbell is a kind of Ring/Nest (to which it bears a pretty striking resemblance) competitor that sends calls to the homeowner’s smartphone every time someone buzzes the door. Visitors can either talk to the…
