Garena, a Singapore tech startup, has raised additional funding in an effort to fuel the company’s extensive expansion plans. The company announced on Monday that they raised funding from three new investors: Mistletoe, GDP Venture and SeaTown.
The startup is highly funded and is quickly growing.
The company was started in 2009 and boasted revenue of $300 million in 2015. The...
Apple made an update on its Developer site pertaining the abandonment of apps on the company’s App Store. The notice states that the company will evaluate and remove apps that no longer function, are outdated and do not follow the company’s review guidelines.
The process is slated to begin on September 7, 2016 in an effort to give users the...
Carousell, a mobile classifieds marketplace, announced that the company raised $35 million in funding from Rakuten Ventures, 500 Startups, Sequoia India and Golden Gate Ventures in early August.
The Series B Funding was a success for the company as the company is focused on expansion and talent.
The company announced at the time that the money raised would be used to...
America First, an official app released by the Trump campaign, was released five days ago. The app has between 10,000 and 50,000 installs on Google Play with a 4.7-star rating. The app allows users to donate to the Trump campaign and show support for the candidate. Users that donate will be promoted on the app and gain points.
Users can...
Google has released another app this week following the release of the company’s Google Duo app. The company released a new app called Crowdsource on Google Play that allows users to help the company with image transcription, handwriting recognition, translation, translation validation and map translations.
Users that help the company will not be compensated for their help.
The app is meant...
Simpal Mobile Payment is utilizing India’s Unique Identification Authority (Aadhaar) and UPI in an effort to offer an affordable payment device to merchants. The device, called OctoPOS, will be an affordable smartphone that also works as a payment processor.
The device is slated to cost under $100 and is being developed by Chinese manufacturers. OctoPOS will use iris scanning to...
HUMM, a New York-based startup, had the potential to redefine the way women look at fashion. Mackenzie Casey moved to New York from Melbourne last year to develop HUMM, a peer-to-peer marketplace for women that allows dress rentals.
The idea melds high fashion with affordable rental prices, so women have the perfect dress for every occasion without the price.
Casey has...
Ava, a startup based in Switzerland and San Francisco, is trying to change the way couples conceive. The startup, co-founded by Lea von Bidder entered into the wearable technology industry in an attempt to use technology to help couples conceive a child who are struggling with getting pregnant.
Couples spend $10,000 - $20,000 on in vitro fertilization, and Ava aims...
Microsoft’s Garage Project has a new app in-development: Cache. The app is described as a “simple clipboard manager” by the company. The app aims to help people better organize their content and curate it. Cache is not available to everyone, and users will need to sign up for the invite-only program to give the app a test-drive.
The app allows...
Microsoft announced that the company has acquired startup Genee for an undisclosed amount. The startup began their operations in 2014 under the helm of founders Ben Cheung and Charles Lee. The announcement from Microsoft states that both founders will be joining the Microsoft team as a result of the acquisition.
Genee is an artificial intelligence company that focuses on scheduling.
Microsoft...
