1. Chargify adds revenue forecasting tools to its suite of hosted payment management services Chargify, the payment management service owned by Scaleworks, has added revenue forecasting tools to its software as a service offering. The company’s new revenue forecasting tools uses historical data and month-over-month performance pulled from a…
1. At Ignite, Microsoft turns the spotlight on productivity with Project Cortex and Fluid Project Cortex is the first new service in Office 365 since the Microsoft Teams chat platform launched two years ago. It takes the different kinds of files scattered throughout a typical company, from documents to…
1. Amazon, Flipkart will take at least a year to build supply chain capabilities: BigBasket’s Hari Menon “This is very good for the sector and how modern trade grew and opened up a new way to shop,” Menon said, adding that as grocery extends beyond the high socioeconomic classes…
1. Rajiv Bajaj scorns at EV startups, launches electric Chetak He was talking at the launch of their company’s Chetak scooter in the electric vehicle segment. While the country’s largest two-wheeler maker, Hero MotoCorp, has invested in Bengaluru-based electric scooter startup Ather Energy, Micromax co-founder Rahul Sharma launched electric…
1. The winner of the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF 2019 is – Render In the very beginning, there were 20 startups. After two days of incredibly fierce competition, we now have a winner. Startups participating in the Startup Battlefield have all been hand-picked to participate in our highly…
1. Apple acquires UK visual effects studio IKinema Apple has reportedly acquired U.K. special effects studio IKinema, a startup that may be useful in Apple’s quest to bolster its mobile devices with AR special effects and in its more far-flung attempts to enter the AR/VR headset market. The company…
1. Microsoft’s Azure cloud-based Windows Virtual Desktop now generally available Microsoft Corp. made its Azure-based Windows Virtual Desktop service generally available globally today, delivering on a promise it first made in December. WVD allows enterprises to give their employees access to virtualized applications and remote desktops anywhere, anytime. The…
1. Facebook launches Horizon, a massive-multiplayer VR world Facebook today announced it’s building its own Ready Player One Oasis. Facebook Horizon is a virtual reality sandbox universe where you can build your own environments and games, play and socialize with friends or just explore the user-generated landscapes. This is Facebook’s…
1. Facebook acquires startup building neural monitoring armband CTRL-labs developed a noninvasive neural interface that is pitched as fundamentally reimagining how humans and machines collaborate. The company’s technology allows developers to address issues of immersion and control in the fields of X Reality, robotics, productivity, and clinical research. CTRL-labs’ main…
1. Indian-origin entrepreneur’s startup leads London fintech boom Among fintech investment deals on a global level, London has taken top spot in 2019, with a total of 114 deals, overtaking New York in second place (101). London also attracts a wider international variety of investors than other European hubs,…