Startup News

CashStar, a payments platform for retailers based in Portland, Maine, announced today that it has been acquired by California-based competitor Blackhawk Networks for $175 million in cash. The deal is one of the largest a...

The other big last-person-standing shooter is getting a major patch to take some pointers from the latest entry in this genre. Publisher Daybreak Game Company launched an update for H1Z1: King of the Kill today, which is...

(Reuters) — A consortium led by Bain Capital has made a revised last-ditch offer for Toshiba Corp’s chip unit worth about $18 billion, bringing in Apple Inc to help bolster its bid, sources with direct knowledge of t...

PRESS RELEASE: Following a historic crowdfunding campaign raising more than $6 million, MyKronoz, the premier watchmaking brand for the smart generation, today announced the debut of its ZeTime hybrid smartwatch at IFA 2...

PREVIEW: The designers of Orwell: Ignorance is Strength are pulling their story about surveillance and fake news straight from the headlines from U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media. These have put the s...

Nintendo announced today during its Nindies summer showcase that indie hit Kentucky Route Zero is launching on the Nintendo Switch in early 2018 -- including the long-anticipated final act. Developer Cardboard Computer i...

Nintendo revealed during its Nindies stream today that a new No More Heroes is coming to the Switch in 2018. No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Again will put the series’ hero inside his gaming console and into the world o...

PRESS RELEASE: Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, today announced integrations with the Palo Alto Networks® Next-Generation Security Platform to provide security a...

Nintendo revealed during its Nindies stream today that Shovel Knight‘s last character campaign, King of Cards, is coming out for the Switch in early 2018. It should release for Shovel Knight’s other platforms — Pla...

Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games and one of the game industry’s tech savants, has traveled the world to speak about his vision for a world of connected games with massive simulations and realistic digital humans who ...

Islands wants to take over colleges in the U.S. by connecting like-minded students through events and activities, and today the startup announced the close of its $1.85 million seed round. A string of notable investors p...

PRESS RELEASE: Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, today introduced the Okta for Good Fund. Okta also announced NetHope, a global consortium of the world's leading n...

Samsung has introduced three new wearables at IFA 2017: the Gear Sport smartwatch, Gear Fit2 Pro fitness tracker, and IconX 2018 wireless earbuds. Both the Sport and Fit2 Pro are wrist-worn devices powered by Samsung’s...

Continuous delivery software maker CloudBees unveiled a new service today aimed at helping companies understand how their organizations’ code deployment and production are really working. Called DevOptics, the cloud-ba...

PRESS RELEASE: BrainScope Company, Inc., the medical neurotechnology company which created the first FDA-cleared handheld medical device for assessment of the full spectrum of traumatic brain injury, today announced it h...

EXCLUSIVE: Early stage venture firm ff Venture Capital is adding an artificial intelligence expert to its ranks. Kathryn Hume will be joining as a venture partner, using her experience helping companies integrate AI into...

Honeyfire’s Flypost Is The Campus Event App That Post Millennials Will Actually Use When I was in college events were still posted on bulletin boards across campus. If you weren’t looking at the right bulletin board ...

(Reuters) — The technology underpinning the cryptocurrency bitcoin is migrating to the auto industry and vehicle sharing. Accounting and consulting firm EY, part of Ernst & Young Global, said on Wednesday it was launch...

Google Assistant today announced integrations with a series of products due out soon, from smart speakers to a smart washing machine, dryer, and vacuum. Smart speakers that will soon be able to speak with Google Assistan...

The best way to get education decision-makers' attention is to create content that clearly demonstrates how you can help them. By Jacob Hanson You can't read or watch any form of media these days without seeing a mention...

I Expect You to Die‘s cheeky debonair humor has paid off. Developer Schell Games announced today that the escape-the-room virtual reality game has earned more than $1 million since its December launch. It’s available...

Humaneyes Technologies has announced a number of notable updates to its virtual reality (VR) camera and associated products. To recap, the Vuze is capable of capturing and rendering 3D and 2D VR content using eight on-bo...