Tuesday, March 9, 2021
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Real estate software and data company VTS acquires Rise Buildings, which develops a mobile app for managing properties, sources say for about $100M (Peter Grant/Wall Street Journal)
Real estate software and data company VTS acquires Rise Buildings, which develops a mobile app for managing properties, sources say for about $100M — Real-estate firm VTS is buying startup Rise Buildings in $100 million deal — Investors are pouring money into phone apps that enable companies …
Sources: no deep integration between Facebook and Gojek nine months after the $300M deal; source says Gojek's planned merger with Tokopedia is a factor (Mercedes Ruehl/Financial Times)
Sources: no deep integration between Facebook and Gojek nine months after the $300M deal; source says Gojek's planned merger with Tokopedia is a factor — Rollout of integration between platforms delayed after $300m deal struck in June — Facebook's partnership with Indonesian technology start …
Twitch API changes suggest it is testing a system that automatically rates streamers on a "Brand Safety Score" to pair them with advertisers (Jessica Conditt/Engadget)
Twitch API changes suggest it is testing a system that automatically rates streamers on a “Brand Safety Score” to pair them with advertisers — Twitch appears to be toying with a program that automatically rates streamers based on a handful of factors — including age …
Qualtrics reports FY 2020 revenue of $763.5M, up 29% YoY, and Q4 revenue of $213.6M, up 24% YoY, in its first quarterly report since its IPO (Tiernan Ray/ZDNet)
Qualtrics reports FY 2020 revenue of $763.5M, up 29% YoY, and Q4 revenue of $213.6M, up 24% YoY, in its first quarterly report since its IPO — Qualtrics's quarterly revenue was as expected, while profit came in a little better than Wall Street expected. — Qualtrics, the “experience management” …
Paytm to equip 50 lakh merchants with IoT devices
Zego, an insurance provider for gig economy workers that uses telematics-based driver behavior data for pricing, raises $150M Series C at a $1.1B valuation (Steve O'Hear/TechCrunch)
Zego, an insurance provider for gig economy workers that uses telematics-based driver behavior data for pricing, raises $150M Series C at a $1.1B valuation — Zego, the insurtech that got its start by offering flexible motorbike insurance for gig economy workers but has since expanded …
Source: TikTok has 3000+ staff in Europe, up from 1600 since September, with plans for 3 London offices, despite calling off London as its global HQ last July (Chris Stokel-Walker/Insider)
Source: TikTok has 3000+ staff in Europe, up from 1600 since September, with plans for 3 London offices, despite calling off London as its global HQ last July — - Tiktok has more than 3,000 staff across Europe, up from 1,600 since it last reported its headcount in September.
The NYSE sets Roblox direct listing reference price at $45 per share ahead of its trading debut on Wednesday (Ari Levy/CNBC)
The NYSE sets Roblox direct listing reference price at $45 per share ahead of its trading debut on Wednesday — - Roblox almost tripled payouts to developers last year, while revenue didn't quite double, as the company aims to get top creators to spend more of their time building for the app.
Facebook details a 10-year vision for its AR glasses, imagining they will work alongside a wristband to measure hand and figure gestures, with haptic feedback (Scott Stein/CNET)
Facebook details a 10-year vision for its AR glasses, imagining they will work alongside a wristband to measure hand and figure gestures, with haptic feedback — Facebook is working on a neural wristband for AR glasses, with haptic gloves in the works — Facebook's first pair of smart glasses is arriving this year.
Flutterwave, provider of payment services for companies operating in Africa, raises $170M Series C led by Tiger Global, valuing the company at $1B+ (Tage Kene-Okafor/TechCrunch)
Flutterwave, provider of payment services for companies operating in Africa, raises $170M Series C led by Tiger Global, valuing the company at $1B+ — The proliferation of fintech services across Africa remains in full swing as investors remain bullish about the opportunities that abound in the sector.
Israel-based Anchor, a platform for automated invoice management and collection, raised a $20M Series A, and plans to expand in the US and double its workforce (Meir Orbach/CTech)
Meir Orbach / CTech : Israel-based Anchor, a platform for automated invoice management and collection, raised a $20M Series A, and plans ...
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Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist : Since October, the NYPD has deployed a quadruped robot called Spot to a handful of crime scenes and hostage...
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Lorena O'Neil / Rolling Stone : A look at the years of warnings about AI from researchers, including several women of color, who say ...
