it Forma raises new funding to make employee benefits more flexible By techcrunch.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 15:00:34 +0000 Companies across the board are fighting to recruit and retain employees as the war for talent rages on. Employee benefits are no longer viewed as a cookie-cutter, standard set of offerings — rather, they are valuable tools employers can use to differentiate themselves from competitors and attract top candidates. Forma, which just changed its name […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Startups Venture zoom Forma employee benefits lululemon tobias lutke joe gebbia Ribbit Capital articles benefits Fintech Twitch Designer Fund labor Airbnb Wallet venture capital talent stripe Square Shopify hiring healthcare Funding Emergence Capital Partners economy angelpad
it Apple enters the BNPL market as regulation, competition intensify By techcrunch.com Published On :: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 14:00:59 +0000 How will all of these BNPL-focused providers fare with Apple pounding its way into their market? © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Fintech Startups Accenture Amazon Apple Goldman Sachs mastercard PayPal Klarna Max Levchin mobile payments Square stripe United Kingdom Bank United States operating systems Credit Karma digital wallet online payments machine learning jifiti affirm consumer finance AfterPay Sezzle buy now pay later EC Fintech EC Market Analysis
it Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin project TBD kills its plan to trademark ‘Web5’ By techcrunch.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 16:34:05 +0000 A plan which would see a corporate entity trademark the term “Web5” has been put to rest after much backlash. Late Tuesday night, TBD, the Bitcoin-focused division of Jack Dorsey’s payments company Block (formerly Square), announced an ill-thought-out plan to trademark the term, which refers to its vision for a decentralized, privacy-focused iteration of the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Privacy Crypto Bitcoin block jack dorsey Square web3 web5
it Square says it has resolved daylong outage By techcrunch.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Sep 2023 12:35:24 +0000 Fintech giant Square says its services are coming back online after a daylong outage left small business owners unable to process payments. The Block-owned company had, up until Friday morning on the U.S. West Coast, been battling a prolonged outage that had downed its services since Thursday afternoon. In a new posting on its status […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Fintech Outage Square
it Square’s new AI features include a website and restaurant menu generator By techcrunch.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:00:02 +0000 Square, the financial services platform, is embracing generative AI in a very visible way. After announcing earlier this year that it would bring AI features to drive retail sales, Square this morning took the wraps off of new 10 — count ’em, 10 — generative AI capabilities focused on customer content creation, onboarding and setup. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Commerce AI Fintech Generative AI Square
it Block releases Bitkey hardware wallet to 95 countries… kinda By techcrunch.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:00:52 +0000 Jack Dorsey’s Block (the company formerly known as Square) announced today that it is releasing its hardware Bitcoin wallet, Bitkey, in 95 countries. However, users can only preorder the device at the moment, with shipping starting in early 2024. The device will cost $150 USD. Block’s pitch to Bitcoin holders is that using a self-custodial […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Hardware Crypto hardware wallet Square block
it Block lets Square merchants convert a part of their daily sales to bitcoin By techcrunch.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:00:45 +0000 Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and other services, announced a new program today allowing merchants using Square’s solutions to convert a percentage of their daily sales to bitcoin. The feature, rolling out in the U.S. starting today, will transfer 1-10% of Square sellers’ daily sales to their personal Cash App account. This amount […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Apps Crypto Bitcoin block Square Cash App
it Unsealed docs in Facebook privacy suit offer glimpse of missing app audit By techcrunch.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 18:13:13 +0000 It’s not the crime, it’s the cover up… The scandal-hit company formerly known as Facebook has fought for over four years to keep a lid on the gory details of a third party app audit that its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally pledged would be carried out, back in 2018, as he sought to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article TC Facebook Yahoo california Mark Zuckerberg New York University privacy Sheryl Sandberg Zynga Meta terms of service hive data protection Federal Trade Commission Cambridge Analytica Aleksandr Kogan app audit Switchboard
it A scale story: TechCrunch’s parent company links up with Taboola By techcrunch.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:00:13 +0000 Taboola expects to get bigger, more profitable and more self-sustaining than before thanks to Yahoo. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Media & Entertainment TechCrunch Yahoo online advertising Taboola digital advertising The Exchange EC Media EC Newsletter EC Market Analysis
it Yahoo Mail introduces new AI-powered capabilities, including a ‘Shopping Saver’ tool By techcrunch.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 16:41:45 +0000 Yahoo is introducing new AI tools for Yahoo Mail that are aimed at helping users save time and money, the company announced on Monday. The rollout includes upgrades to several of Yahoo Mail’s existing AI features, and introduces a new Shopping Saver tool. Yahoo is TechCrunch’s parent company. The new Shopping Saver tool surfaces gift […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article AI Apps Yahoo Yahoo Mail
it Yahoo spins out Vespa, its search tech, into an independent company By techcrunch.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:00:20 +0000 Yahoo, otherwise known as the company that pays my salary (full disclosure: Yahoo owns TC), today announced that it’s spinning off Vespa, the big data serving engine, into an independent venture. Jon Bratseth, previously a VP architect in the big data and AI group at Yahoo and one of the main contributors to Vespa, has […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Enterprise AI Apps Yahoo analytics big data Search vespa
it Equity Monday: Quibi, two Boston rounds and a shift to pessimism By techcrunch.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:48:05 +0000 Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our short-form week-starter in which we go over the weekend, look to the week ahead, talk about some neat funding rounds and dig into what is stuck on our minds. So, by section then: […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Startups oracle oracle corporation TechCrunch boston Groupon Seattle Spotify podcasts player operating systems computing initial public offering Equity Monday
it UK on-demand supermarket Weezy raises $20M Series A led by NYC’s Left Lane Capital By techcrunch.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 21:59:58 +0000 Weezy — an on-demand supermarket that delivers groceries in as fast as 15 minutes — has raised $20 million in a Series A funding led by New York-based venture capital fund Left Lane Capital. Also participating were U.K.-based fund DN Capital, earlier investors Heartcore Capital and angel investors, notably Chris Muhr, the Groupon founder. Although […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Startups Marketing Groupon London New York procter & gamble United Kingdom retailers United States delivery McKinsey & Company DN Capital distribution Grocery store grocery delivery Heartcore Capital Left Lane Capital Weezy Alec Dent Kristof Van Beveren Nenad Marovac
it Jake Paul looks to knock out the venture capital world with Anti Fund By techcrunch.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:04:06 +0000 During every economic boom, there are startup investors who appear on the scene from new corners. Some churn out; others earn the respect of the old guard over time. Jake Paul would be happy to be in the latter camp. Then again, the 24-year-old didn’t become a social media star by being conventional. Little wonder […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Venture Media & Entertainment social media YouTube Angellist Chris Dixon Groupon Marc Andreessen venture capital miami Triller influencer
it From pickup basketball to market domination: My wild ride with Coupang By techcrunch.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 21:01:41 +0000 Coupang early investor Ben Sun shares an inside look into the growth of the Korean e-commerce giant and explains how founder Bom Kim led a pivot when the company was already an established business. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Media & Entertainment e-commerce Groupon LivingSocial Softbank south korea Column Coupang Softbank Vision Fund Ben Sun EC Ecommerce and D2C EC Column EC Consumer Applications EC Growth Marketing
it Blidz raises $6.6M to expand its Pinduoduo-inspired social shopping app By techcrunch.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 11:25:55 +0000 Gamification and social hooks have become cornerstones across every category of consumer apps these days, and today one that’s using these to build out a new e-commerce platform in Europe is announcing a seed round to give its growth a boost. Blidz — a social shopping app that offers big discounts (many items in categories […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Startups Media & Entertainment Amazon social media China e-commerce Europe General Catalyst Groupon harvard LivingSocial market social commerce Social Shopping Uber retailers Peak United States shopping manufacturing Adam Valkin online commerce FJ Labs pinduoduo Fabric Ventures Blidz
it Key European tech founders and investors launch OneUkraine charity to assist Ukraine By techcrunch.com Published On :: Tue, 24 May 2022 08:57:50 +0000 A host of major European tech founders and investors are today backing the launch of OneUkraine, a new charity providing sustainable humanitarian relief for the Ukrainian people. OneUkraine will be supporting Ukrainians at home and abroad, delivering humanitarian aid, and aiming to rebuild the tech and broader infrastructure of Ukraine by SMEs and startups on […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article TC Airbnb ethics Europe Groupon partner philanthropy croatia central europe ukraine humanitarianism chairman Wayfair machine learning Delivery Hero eastern europe getyourguide Asia Lithuania Lakestar TA Ventures hometogo serial entrepreneur Moeco Klaus Ukrainian Startup Fund OneUkraine
it Groupon cuts over 500 staff, plans to focus ‘only on mission-critical activities’ from now on By techcrunch.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 20:37:19 +0000 Chicago-based Groupon today laid off more than 500 of its employees — 15% of its 3,416-person headcount — according to posts from former employees on social media. The reduction impacted workers in teams including merchant development, sales, recruiting, engineering, product and marketing. Groupon confirmed the layoffs to TechCrunch after the publication of the story. “Our […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Fintech Media & Entertainment coupons economy Groupon Layoffs marketplace offers downturn labor personnel moves laid off
it Groupon, which has lost 99.4% of its value since its IPO, names a new CEO… based in Czech Republic By techcrunch.com Published On :: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 15:17:39 +0000 A dozen years ago, Groupon shot to fame popularizing the online group buying format, confidently rejecting a $6 billion acquisition offer from Google and instead going public with a $17.8 billion market cap. The company today says it has 14 million active users, but almost consistently for the last decade, its financial position has been […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Commerce Groupon
it New international standards for audit reports are game-changing - 20 Jan By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 16:00:00 +1100 After three years in development, the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) has released a set of standards that are game-changing for shareholders and the profession, says PwC. Full Article
it Australian CEOs getting on with business, despite threats to growth - 20 Jan By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 20:00:00 +1100 CEOs are more optimistic about growth than international counterparts, despite concerns about over-regulation and the Government's response to Australia's fiscal deficit, according to a PwC report launched today. Full Article
it Australia Must Get to Grips with Asian Century - 12 Feb By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Thur, 12 Feb 2015 11:00:00 +1100 If we continue to ignore the rising economic success of our Asian neighbours we will lose our place as a G20 economy by 2030. Full Article
it Australian National Committee for UN Women welcomes partnership with PwC Australia - 17 Feb By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:00:00 +1100 PwC Australia is delighted to announce a partnership with The Australian National Committee for UN Women in a joint effort to promote gender equality. Full Article
it PwC Grows its Social Infrastructure Capability with Appian Group Acquisition - 1 Apr By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 09:00:00 +1100 PwC has acquired infrastructure advisory firm Appian Group, bolstering the firm’s focus on health and social infrastructure, PwC Managing Partner, Deals Sean Gregory announced today. Full Article
it Gender Gap Must narrow with Overseas Postings - 1 Apr By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 10:00:00 +1100 The workplace gender gap is at its widest among the expat community with only one in four Australian females currently working overseas, PwC People Business Partner Jonathan Dunlea said today while launching a new report. Full Article
it Big City thinking needs Big City analytics: Identifying Sydney's Centres of Gravity - 7 Apr By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 09:00:00 +1000 Greater Sydney generates 23% of the Nation's GDP and will be a city of 8 million, up from 4 million, in the next 40 years. Full Article
it PwC brings in the experts to help drive Diversity efforts - 14 Apr By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 09:00:00 +1000 PwC Chief Executive Luke Sayers today announced the members of an external advisory board charged with moving the firm towards greater diversity and inclusion among its people. Full Article
it Credit growth hits post GFC-high, but margins at all-time low - 7 May By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2015 09:00:00 +1000 Australia’s four major banks delivered combined underlying cash earnings of $15.5 billion for the first-half to March 2015. Full Article
it Navigating the energy 'trilemma' crucial for Australian power and utilities sector - 20 May By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Wed, 20 May 2015 09:00:00 +1000 The pace and scale of disruption in the power and utilities sector is happening faster than expected. Full Article
it Local economy, Local Investment Solutions with Geospacial Economic Modelling - 25 Jun By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Thur, 25 Jun 2015 15:00:00 +1000 Unique granular modelling of over 2,000 locations across Australia uncover how fragmented and concentrated our economy is. Full Article
it PwC backs Australia’s best young STEM innovators with $20,000 seed funding - 1 Jul By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 11:00:00 +1000 Two young Australian innovators are ready to take their ventures to the next level after sharing in $20,000 in seed funding from PwC during a live pitching event held by the Foundation for Young Australians. Full Article
it Small Business can unlock big growth with the internet: PwC & Google report - 17 Aug By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:00:00 +1000 Australian small businesses can unlock an additional $49.2 billion in output over the next ten years by making better use of existing technology, PwC analysis commissioned by Google released today shows. Full Article
it Asia Region Funds Passport reaches critical mass with Japanese sign-up - 14 Sep By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 10:00:00 +1000 PwC’s asset management leader, Ken Woo, said Japan’s commitment to creating a regional market for managed funds represents a ‘tipping point’ in terms of momentum for the initiative. Full Article
it Obesity to affect one-third of Australians and cost $88b by 2025 - 14 Oct By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 10:30:00 +1000 The economic impact of obesity will reach $87.7 billion and affect one-third of Australians by 2025 based on current trends and without further intervention. Full Article
it Australia and its Allies Do More With Less - 15 Oct By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 10:30:00 +1000 As global challenges increase, Australia’s defence budget is growing, while the US and most other allies have been decreasing their defence resources. Full Article
it Australia behind in getting ahead of digital disruption - 20 Oct By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:30:00 +1000 Australia lags behind the world's best corporate performers in all ten indicators of digital intelligence needed to drive financial performance. Full Article
it A Positive and Ambitious Govt Response to Financial System Inquiry - 20 Oct By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 17:30:00 +1000 PwC partner and financial services leader Julie Coates said the Federal Government's response to the Financial System Inquiry Report was encouraging. Full Article
it Australia Tops Asian Region for Cyber Security Risks: Report - 21 Oct By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:30:00 +1000 The number of detected cyber security incidents in Australia was the highest worldwide in the last 12 months with an increase of 109 percent, compared to a 38.5 percent increase globally. Full Article
it PwC named a 2015 Employer of Choice for Gender Equality - 6 Nov By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Fri, 06 Nov 2015 09:00:00 +1100 PwC Australia is pleased to announce it was selected by The Workplace Gender Equality Agency WGEA as one of 90 organisations in Australia as an Employer of Choice in 2015. Full Article
it Make or break year for the future prosperity of Australia - 20 Jan By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 10:00:00 +1100 Australian CEOs are less confident about their companies' growth prospects than a year ago, and less optimistic about growth in the global economy, according to a PwC report released today. Full Article
it PwC collaborates with startups to create innovative cloud solution - 23 Feb By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 10:00:00 +1100 PwC today announced it was collaborating with a range of Australasian startups and emerging technology companies to deliver a purpose-built cloud platform that brings together some of the leading cloud solutions in the market today, all in one place. Full Article
it Plebiscite could cost Australian economy $525 million - 14 Mar By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 10:00:00 +1100 A standalone plebiscite with a compulsory vote on marriage equality could cost the Australian economy $525 million according to modelling released by PwC Australia today. Full Article
it Boomer businesses blocking next gen's digital ambitions - 12 Apr By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 10:00:00 +1100 Australia's next generation of family business leaders is more confident and better prepared for senior roles than two years ago, but is also experiencing more challenges, both inside the firm and in the wider business landscape. Full Article
it STEM agenda alive and kicking - PwC partners with McCarthy Catholic College for Sydney's first P-TECH Pilot - 30 May By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Thur, 30 May 2016 10:00:00 +1100 PwC has today been announced as the first employer partner for a new Pathways in Technology (P-TECH) style pilot at McCarthy Catholic College, Emu Plains. Full Article
it Who's the fairest of them all? Australian entertainment & media industry needs diversity to grow - 8 June By www.pwc.com.au Published On :: Wed, 08 June 2016 10:00:00 +1100 A lack of diversity in Australia's media and entertainment workforce in terms of ethnicity, gender, age and thinking is dragging on the industry's growth, according to a PwC report released today. Full Article
it Atlassian’s Jira has had it with your issues By techcrunch.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 07:05:00 +0000 Atlassian recently announced its plans to combine its Jira Software tools for developers and Jira Work Management tool for business teams into a single product. Jira was originally for developers and the teams that directly support them, but over time, it also became popular with business teams. That’s a trend Atlassian quickly capitalized on with […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Enterprise Atlassian JIRA
it Babbel co-founder Markus Witte will once again run the company, replacing CEO Arne Schepker By techcrunch.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0000 Arne Schepker, the CEO of the popular Berlin-based language learning platform Babbel, is stepping down, and the company’s co-founder and former CEO Markus Witte is stepping back in to lead the company “into a new phase while searching for Arne’s successor with patience,” the company said. This new phase, unsurprisingly, will involve AI. Witte will not […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article TC AI Apps babbel Artificial Intelligence (AI) language learning education technology
it Cato Networks adds a Digital Experience Monitoring service to its SASE platform By techcrunch.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Since it was founded in 2015, Cato Networks has evangelized the concept of a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform that combines many of the features of software-defined networking, modern network security tools, and endpoint protection into a single service backed by a global private network. The promise here is that instead of managing dozens […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Enterprise TC Cato Networks
it Stacklok donates its Minder supply chain security project to the OpenSSF By techcrunch.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000 Stacklok, the open source software supply chain company founded by Kubernetes co-creator Craig McLuckie and Sigstore creator Luke Hinds, is donating Minder, one of its key projects, to the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). Minder helps development teams set up a system of proactive checks and policies to minimize supply chain risks by enforcing best […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article TC Enterprise open source Stacklok Minder openssf
it Tabnine launches its code review agent By techcrunch.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000 AI code assistant company Tabnine is launching a code review agent today that aims to help developers stick to their organization’s best practices and standards. It allows organizations to codify these rules either by providing the agent with documentation or by pointing it at a set of “golden code repos.” The agent will passively review […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Full Article Enterprise TC agent code review Tabnine
