CloudCar, a Palo Alto startup, announced that Jaguar Land Rover invested $15 million in the company. Jaguar Land Rover secured a minority investment in the company. The UK automotive company will adopt CloudCar’s next generation cloud services platform as part of the investment.
CloudCar is a leading developer offering machine-learning for automotive. The company’s cloud services platform allows automotive manufacturers...
Trigger, a finance app, allows users to customize the app to track and invest in the market. The app uses real-time data from reputable sources to all for if this then that rules to be set by users to make investing smarter.
Users can set triggers to sell half of their holdings if a stock reaches a certain milestone.
The app...
Clarity Money, an app designed to help users better manage their money, launched on Tuesday in the Apple App Store. Using artificial intelligence and data science, the app negotiates bills on the user’s behalf to save them money each month.
Clarity can help users manage their online subscriptions, reduce credit card payments, and even provide instant savings.
Once the app calculates...
Faraday Future, an electric car startup, operates in relative secrecy. The company’s secretive nature ended on Tuesday when the automaker revealed its first production vehicle at CES 2017.
The company aims to overtake Tesla with fast-charging, speedy electric vehicles. Jia Yueting, a Chinese billionaire, is Faraday Future’s backer. The company will take reservations for their FF91 model with an expected...
Monese took to Twitter on Tuesday morning to announce that the company raised $10 million in Series A funding. The company’s app aims to offer easy banking for expats and immigrants across Europe.
Expats and immigrants have difficulty opening bank accounts outside of their home countries.
The company’s tweet states: “We've done it y'all. We're coming to Europe this year!! And...
Samsung is expanding into the streaming market with an update to the company’s Stream View app. The news leaked via Variety last week when the publication posted screenshots of the Smart View app connecting to a television.
The leak shows new features added to the app through a future update.
Tabs are added to the app to connect to local media...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a new mobile payment app called BHIM on Friday. The app utilizes a UPI based mobile payment system and is available on Android. The app made its debut at the Digi Dhan Mela event.
BHIM is being upgraded further. Developers are working to allow the app to be used offline, with only a user’s...
Oculus, a Facebook company, has acquired The Eye Tribe. The company offers eye tracking technology that sells for $99. A Pro version of the product sells for $199. The technology tracks a user’s gaze and fits into Oculus’ virtual reality technology.
The acquisition was confirmed via TechCrunch.
Terms of the deal are not disclosed. The Eye Tribe’s technology and talent are...
PayByPhone, a parking payment app, was acquired by Volkswagen on Tuesday. The app is used in cities across the world, with 12.5 million users in 300 cities. The parent company has been in operation for 15 years and will continue to operate independently following the acquisition.
The company maintains 100 employees worldwide, with 65 employees in Vancouver, B.C.
Terms of the...
Relonch is a new startup offering something a little different: camera as a service. The company wants users to pay for the photos they take rather than the camera they use to take pictures. Relonch says many consumers have DSLR cameras they never use.
The company offers a camera that has just one button, so it’s easy to use.
Users don’t...
