Startup News
Zillow can now field applicants and collect rent
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 15:56
Zillow Group, the company behind Zillow, Trulia, and StreetEasy, wants to ease the burden of hunting for properties and paying rent on time. It today announced a new service that allows landlords to accept applications a...
World of Warcraft's lead up to Battle of Azeroth made me evil, and I don't like it
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 23:37
World of Warcraft. War is right there in the name. It’s been the centerpiece of the series since it started as a real-time strategy game in 1994. Back then, the war centered on Orcs and Humans. In sequels, that evolved...
Games for women fuel Glu's 31% revenue increase in Q2
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 23:30
Glu Mobile is getting a lot of payback from its acquisition of Crowdstar in 2016. The addition of its titles Design Home and Covet Fashion, two games aimed at women that were created by Crowdstar, helped the company repo...
Apple reports record $53.3 billion revenue in Q3 2018, led by iPhone
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 22:32
Apple reported its third quarter 2018 financial results today, led by even higher revenues from the iPhone family, services, and wearables.
Lucah: Born of a Dream unleashes its nightmares August 21
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 22:20
Lucah: Born of a Dream is an action role-playing game that’s set in a hellish world scratched from scraps of neon and wriggling darkness. It’s indie developer Colin Horgan’s latest title, and it will launch on PC o...
Jon Peddie: Computer graphics hardware will dip to $124.5 billion in 2018
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 22:05
Video games have become a $137.9 billion market in 2018. And computer graphics is expected to hit $124.5 billion this year, according to market researcher Jon Peddie Research. But while games drive demand for better comp...
Waymo partners with Valley Metro for last-mile rides to public transportation
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 20:39
Waymo is teaming up with Phoenix, Arizona's Valley Metro transportation authority to offer customers last-mile rides to public transportation.
China blames Apple for gambling and porn texts as trade war escalates
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 20:23
Chinese government agencies and state-controlled media have initiated a new campaign to block "prohibited content" from Apple devices. If Apple refuses to cooperate, authorities could shut down services that are violatin...
Donut County rolls onto PC, PlayStation 4, and iOS on August 28
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 20:05
Ben Esposito’s latest game is Donut County, which combines an adorable aesthetic with zany gameplay in which you’re a hole in the ground. With the help of publisher Annapurna Interactive, it launches on PC, PlayStati...
RR Donnelley reveals role as Apple's photo printer, debuts Motif plug-in
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 18:39
Top commercial printer RR Donnelley has revealed itself as Apple's long-time provider of photo printing services, and released an app called Motif that lets macOS Photos users continue to purchase its products.
DefinedCrowd raises $11.8 million to create bespoke datasets for AI model training
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 17:58
Three-year-old Seattle-based startup DefinedCrowd offers a bespoke model-training solution to clients in customer service, automotive, retail, health care, and other enterprise sectors.
Dremio raises $30 million from Cisco Investments and others to streamline data management
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 17:36
EXCLUSIVE: Dremio, a self-described "data-as-a-service" company, announced an investment from Cisco Investments, bringing its latest round of funding to $30 million and the total amount raised to $45 million.
Magic Leap One's field of view leak signals another AR disappointment
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 16:36
Developers have apparently unearthed details on Magic Leap One's field of view -- the "augmented" portion of your vision -- and it's only a little better than Microsoft's HoloLens, not the great leap forward people have ...
Developers report Facebook's revised app review is slow and confusing
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 16:15
When news broke in March that data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica had improperly used tens of millions of users’ data for ad targeting, it became clear that Facebook would have to make significant changes to its de...
Cred app lets you 'micro-invest' in cryptocurrencies
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 16:00
Cred is launching a mobile app that allows people to invest small amounts of money in cryptocurrencies. The iOS and Android app is aimed at solving the problems around access and transparency associated with buying crypt...
Skyline raises $18 million for AI-powered real estate predictions
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 15:21
Skyline AI, an AI real estate startup, announced an $18 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital and TLV Partners with participation from JLL Spark and others.
Cloudcade forms game studio and invests in Pakistan as a tech hub
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 14:30
San Francisco’s Cloudcade has done well with games such as Shop Heroes in the past five years. And now the company is expanding in a big way with the announcement of its Cloudcade Pakistan studio. The move represents a...
Netgear launches Armor service to protect your home's networked devices
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 14:30
Netgear is launching a new serviced dubbed Netgear Armor to protect your home’s networked devices. Powered by Bitdefender, the Netgear Armor service can provide network security for any device connected to a Netgear ro...
Microsoft's M12 joins $12 million funding extension for fintech startup BlueVine
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 14:00
Fintech startup BlueVine has added $12 million to its recently announced series E round of funding, bringing on board Microsoft’s venture capital (VC) unit M12, alongside the VC arm of finance giant Nationwide. The add...
GV leads $30 million investment in Verana Health to improve clinical research using EHR data
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 14:00
Verana Health, a platform that’s setting out to help the life sciences industry enhance clinical studies with analytics and data, has raised $30 million in a series C round of funding led by Alphabet’s VC arm GV. The...
Freshworks raises $100 million, at $1.5 billion valuation, from Sequoia, Accel, and CapitalG as it plans for IPO
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 13:30
Freshworks, the company behind a range of customer support and sales software, has raised $100 million in a series G round of funding co-led by Sequoia and Accel Partners, with participation from Alphabet's late-stage gr...
Early-stage VC funding remains elusive in most U.S. cities
Venture Beat - 31 Jul 2018 13:00
With Silicon Valley getting more expensive by the day, there’s plenty of talk of businesses forgoing the area for other U.S. cities, a phenomenon often called “Rise of the Rest.” But is startup activity in markets ...