Author: Bilal

When big platforms have carved out large swaths of the delivery market, the best thing for an upstart company to do is to specialize. For Chowbus, that meant building a food-delivery business that finds restaurants whose cuisines specialize in regional cuisines from Northern and Southern China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. It’s a strategy that … Continue reading Investors drop off $33 million for Chowbus, a delivery service for ‘mom and pop’ Asian restaurants Continue Reading →

Misfits Market,  the ecommerce platform that sells ‘ugly’ produce (among other things), has today announced the close of an $85 million Series B financing round. The funding was led by Valor Equity Partners, with participation from Greenoaks Capital, Third Kind Venture Capital, and Sound Ventures. Misfits Market started out as a subscription box that allowed folks … Continue reading Misfits Market raises $85 million Series B to send you ‘ugly’ fruits and veggies Continue Reading →

Gaming phones are a weird one. They make sense on paper to some degree. As we well know, everyone’s a gamer these days, and much or most of that gaming happens on mobile devices. So why aren’t devoting gaming phones a more popular phenomenon? It’s not for lack of trying. Lenovo’s the latest company to toss … Continue reading Lenovo brings some unique features to its new gaming phone Continue Reading →

Apple  recently announced that they would be transition their Mac line from Intel  processors to their own, ARM-based Apple Silicon. That process is meant to begin with hardware to be announced later this year, and last two years according to Apple’s stated expectations, and while new Intel-powered Macs will be released and sold leading up to that time, … Continue reading Adding an external GPU to your Mac is probably a better upgrade option than getting a new one Continue Reading →

Cooks Venture has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by SJF Ventures and Cultivian Sandbox, with participation from Larry Schwartz and John Roulac. At its most basic level, Cooks Venture provides a proprietary breed of chicken to grocery stores for consumption. The company also lists Fresh Direct and direct online sales to its distribution channels. But … Continue reading Cooks Venture raises $10 million in Series A funding Continue Reading →

Workplace instant messaging platform Slack  has filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft in the European Union accusing the tech giant of unfairly bundling its rival Teams product with its cloud-based productivity suite. A spokeswoman for the Commission’s competition division confirmed receipt of a complaint, telling us via email: “We confirm that we received a complaint by Slack … Continue reading Slack has filed an antitrust complaint over Microsoft Teams in the EU Continue Reading →

PC gaming is swiftly becoming a fractured landscape, with multiple different game launchers and storefronts. The point of GOG‘s Galaxy launcher is to get as many of them into one place as possible. Here’s how you can do that. https://twitter.com/GOGGalaxy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1285175458791854080%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Fbasics%2F2020%2F07%2F21%2Fget-your-games-one-place-gog-galaxy-launcher%2F As of this week, GOG has now made the Epic Games integration official, meaning you … Continue reading How to get your games in one place with the GOG Galaxy launcher Continue Reading →

Take your career to the next level with these four soft skills. The role was a two-year rotational leadership program that allowed program members to change teams within the IT organization every six months. Our projects were technical and leadership based, which allowed us to gain experience both while learning from all of the great … Continue reading 4 soft skills that will transform your software development career Continue Reading →

Thousands of the Jump ebikes that were being scrapped last month will be saved from the scrap heap as a nonprofit steps in to save the day. Following international backlash from cycling and sustainability advocates, nonprofit Shared Mobility Inc., is set to receive thousands of the former ride-share machines and will loan them out — for free! — Buffalo … Continue reading Thousands of Uber’s Jump ebikes saved from scrap heap to be loaned out for free Continue Reading →

Apple introduced a nifty feature in iOS 14 that displays indicators on your iPhone or iPad every time an app begins using your mic or camera. That lets you know if your device is recording you when it shouldn’t. [Read: Gmail is getting a massive redesign to work more like Slack] There have been loads of shady apps … Continue reading This free Android app reveals when other apps secretly use your mic and camera Continue Reading →