Apple’s unveiled its new four-inch iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad Pro earlier this week, and now the two devices are up for pre-order in the first wave of countries. Customers in 12 countries — Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Singapore, UK and U.S. — can go ahead and prepare to part with their […]
There’s more money flowing into India’s e-commerce space after BigBasket, a Bangalore-based company that sells and delivers groceries online, landed a $150 million investment led by The Abraaj Group in the UAE. The Series D round also includes participation from new backers International Finance Corporation and Sands Capital, as well as existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Helion Advisors, Zodius […]
Japanese startup Whill’s Model M, a motorized wheelchair alternative, has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration in the United States. This means that the Model M can now be prescribed by physicians as a medical device and covered by insurance. Whill has raised about $12.85 million in funding so far from investors including the […]
Aaron Levie Crunch Network Contributor Aaron Levie is the Chief Executive Officer of Box. More posts by this contributor: How to join the network Thomas Watson, the founder of IBM, presciently once said, “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” While a seemingly absurd notion on the surface, it’s becoming a […]
As part of the flurry of retrospectives tied to Twitter’s 10th anniversary, the company is also looking back at the history of advertising on Twitter. Granted, that probably doesn’t give you the same nostalgic twinkle as Jack setting up his “Twittr,” but, like it or not, it’s still an important part of the company’s story. […]
Frank C. Morris, Jr. Crunch Network Contributor Frank C. Morris, Jr., heads the employment, labor and workforce management practice in Epstein Becker Green’s Washington, DC, office, and co-chairs the firm’s ADA and Public Accommodations Group. How to join the network Apps have become a driver of the economy. According to the Statista website, leading app […]
Earlier this week Instagram updated its news feed algorithm. Posts will no longer appear in chronological order and instead be sorted “based on the likelihood you’ll be interested in the content, your relationship with the person posting, and the timeliness of the post.” What this means is that Instagram will choose what to surface and when […]
Mattermark, a startup that mines and crunches public Internet data to provide investors, sales teams and others with search tools and other business intelligence, has raised another $7.3 million in funding — a Series B round that values the company at $42 million. The new cash injection will be used to hire more talent; and to keep […]
Vivek Wadhwa Crunch Network Contributor Vivek Wadhwa is an academic, entrepreneur, and author who holds appointments at Stanford, Duke, and Singularity University. More posts by this contributor: How to join the network Not long ago, all of the major innovations came from big research labs in the West. And Silicon Valley not only built the […]
The Jetsons presented a highly entertaining vision of what homes of the future would look like. The animated television show anticipated a world where humans would be able to do everything with just the push of a button. In many ways, the show turned out to be prophetic; today we have printable food, video chats, smartwatches […]