• Gatsby raises $15M Series A for its modern web development platform

    Gatsby, a platform that uses modern web technologies like React and GraphQL to help developers build better sites faster, today announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A round led by CRV. Previous investors Trinity Ventures, Mango Capital, Fathom Capital and Dig Ventures also participated, as did Kong CEO Augusto Marietti and Adobe …

    September 26, 2019 | by Raheel
  • De Niro is in top form in Netflix's 'The Irishman' trailer

    Netflix has released a new trailer for Marin Scorsese's next movie, The Irishman. The movie reunites Scorsese with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci, the three of whom made a little know movie together called Goodfellas. Building on the teaser the company… Source: Engadget | De Niro is in top form in Netflix's 'The Irishman' …

    September 26, 2019 | by Raheel
  • My Galaxy Fold display is damaged after a day

    Samsung’s new rebooted Galaxy arrives this week with one job: it just needs to not break. I’d already spent thousands of words breaking down the ins and outs of the product the first time around. This round, on the other hand, was more about making sure everything worked. Back in April, I was among the …

    September 26, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Uber brings all of its services into a single app in new test

    Uber's app is getting a bit of a refresh. In fact, it's getting a couple of refreshes. At an event in San Francisco, the company announced that it would be testing out various versions of its Uber app with users all over the globe. Source: Engadget | Uber brings all of its services into a …

    September 26, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Kobalt’s edge in changing the music industry

    Kobalt Music Group is driving the music industry to provide more transparency and faster royalty payments to musicians and challenging the traditional record labels and publishers with its own alternative service offerings that don’t take ownership of copyrights. Competition and market size are headwinds in its future growth, however, and the incumbents are thriving not …

    September 26, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Learn how to help build a sustainable gig economy at Disrupt SF

    A handful of years ago, the on-demand or “gig” economy was seen as an innovative system of modern work that provided workers and consumers alike with flexibility, independence and convenience. It seems like every week a new on-demand or labor marketplace startup would stroll through Sand Hill Road with a slick logo and a new …

    September 26, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Beyond Pricing raises $42M to tell you what to charge on Airbnb

    Most people just guess how to price their vacation rental based on minimal research, or take platforms like Airbnb’s suggestions that just want to maximize their own revenue. Beyond Pricing aligns itself with home owners, taking 1% of bookings to optimize their rates on a daily basis. As you might expect of a startup that …

    September 26, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Terminal raises $17M led by 8VC to source and build remote teams of engineers

    As LinkedIn announces the next stage of its own ambitions in the world of recruitment by bringing in more big data insights, another one of the startups indirectly chipping away at its position among knowledge workers by providing a way of hiring and building entire teams in remote locations is announcing another round of funding. …

    September 26, 2019 | by Raheel
  • OnePlus 7T arrives with Android 10 in October for $599

    For the past few years, OnePlus has happily pushed into a six-month product refresh cycle. It’s a model that’s worked well for the plucky smartphone maker, and another way it’s managed to buck some of the prevailing industry trends as competitors struggle to maintain sales amid a global slowdown. As tends to be the case, …

    September 26, 2019 | by Raheel