Author: Bilal

Mobeewave’s payment technology doesn’t need extra hardware to work. iPhone users may be able to accept credit card payments from other people without needing extra hardware in the future. According to Bloomberg, Apple has acquired a startup called Mobeewave Inc., which is behind a technology that can turn iPhones into payment terminals. The tech giant reportedly … Continue reading Apple’s latest acquisition could turn iPhones into payment terminals Continue Reading →

Impossible Foods  said today that it will now be available in Walmart, the largest meat market in America. The deal with Walmart  and other retail locations across the country increases the company’s physical footprint 50x. Impossible Foods will now be available at more than 2,000 Walmart Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets across the country, and the company will be … Continue reading Impossible Foods starts selling in Walmart and expands distribution of its new sausage product Continue Reading →

Chinese electric vehicle and parts manufacturer Kandi Technologies Group  is officially bringing two EVs to the United States through its subsidiary Kandi America — news that has prompted run up in its share price in the past day.  Kandi shares opened at $3.88 a share on Wednesday, jumping to $16.51 today. Shares have now settled below $9. Kandi Technologies has … Continue reading America’s cheapest electric vehicles are coming courtesy of Chinese automaker Kandi Continue Reading →

Today’s the day for all you early-stage startup founders to learn everything you’ve always wanted to know about Startup Alley but were afraid to ask (10 points if you get that pop culture reference). We’re live-streaming an Ask Me Anything session from the TechCrunch LinkedIn page today at 4 p.m. ET/ 1 p.m. PT, and it’s not too late to register for this … Continue reading Don’t miss today’s Startup Alley Ask Me Anything Session at 1pm PT Continue Reading →

ViacomCBS  has announced a significant expansion to its streaming library, with the addition of more than 3,500 episodes of shows like “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” “Chapelle’s Show” and “Laguna Beach.” Viacom and CBS were previously merged, then separated, then most recently merged again, and the additional content comes from across the company’s different brands — such as … Continue reading CBS All Access adds 3,500 new episodes before rebranding in 2021 Continue Reading →

ViacomCBS  has announced a significant expansion to its streaming library, with the addition of more than 3,500 episodes of shows like “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” “Chapelle’s Show” and “Laguna Beach.” Viacom and CBS were previously merged, then separated, then most recently merged again, and the additional content comes from across the company’s different brands — such as … Continue reading CBS All Access adds 3,500 new episodes before rebranding in 2021 Continue Reading →

Atlassian  today announced that it has acquired Mindville, a Jira-centric enterprise asset management firm based in Sweden. Mindville’s  more than 1,700 customers include the likes of NASA, Spotify and Samsung. With this acquisition, Atlassian is getting into a new market, too, by adding asset management tools to its lineup of services. The company’s flagship product is Mindville Insights, which helps IT, HR, … Continue reading Atlassian acquires asset management company Mindville Continue Reading →

The sixth full-scale testing prototype of SpaceX’s  Starship has successfully completed a key static fire test of its Raptor engines, according to SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk . The so-called “SN5” Starship prototype is now ready to move on to a 150m (nearly 500 feet) short-duration flight test, which would mark the furthest yet that one of these … Continue reading Starship SN5 completes engine test – short, low-altitude flight test to follow ‘soon’ says Elon Musk Continue Reading →

Users gearing up to buy the latest iPhones are going to have to wait longer than they did last year. In a call following the release of Apple’s  Q3 earnings, the company’s CFO Luca Maestri shared that compared to the September 2019 release of iPhone 11 models, Apple is expecting this year’s supply of new iPhones “to … Continue reading Apple says next iPhones will launch later than usual Continue Reading →

Japanese conglomerate Rakuten  has pulled the plug on its U.S. online retail store, originally known as Buy.com, and will wind down its operations over the next two months, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The shutdown means that the U.S. headquarters will lay off its staff as well, meaning 87 people will lose their jobs, according a source … Continue reading Rakuten is shuttering the online shop formerly known as Buy.com Continue Reading →