Tag: Innovation

(Innovation/Technology/Byju/Aakash) Byju’s acquires Indian tutor Aakash for nearly $1 billion (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh Why did Byju’s raise over $1 billion last year and is already inching closer to securing another half a billion dollars? We are getting...

(Innovation/Technology/Meesho) Indian social commerce Meesho valued at $2.1 billion in new $300 million fundraise (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh Meesho said on Monday it has raised $300 million in a new financing round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 as the Indian...

(Innovation/Technology/LG) LG is shutting down its smartphone business worldwide (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh LG said on Monday it will close its loss-making mobile phone business worldwide as the once pioneer brand looks to focus its resources...

(Innovation/Technology/LG) South Korea’s LG to shut its loss-making smartphone division (Al Jazeera)

Dropping out of the fiercely competitive smartphone market will let it focus on growth areas such as smart homes and electric vehicle parts. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/4/5/lg-to-shut-its-loss-making-mobile-division

(Saudi Arabia/Innovation/Technology) Technology supports advanced position of Saudi Arabia (Arab News)

HEBSHI AL-SHAMMARI Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) continues to push for digital advancement through partnerships with global tech companies with an...

(India/China/Europe/Innovation/Technology/Space) Quantum communications: ISRO makes progress, but China is ahead (ORF)

KARTIK BOMMAKANTI The only downside for India is whether states in the EU find it to be a sufficiently attractive actor with which to collaborate. https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/quantum-communications-isro-makes-progress-but-china-ahead/

(Innovation/Technology/Space/NASA) NASA’s small business picks take on automation in space (TechCrunch)

Devin Coldewey NASA’s SBIR program regularly doles out cash to promising small businesses and research programs, and the lists of awardees is always interesting to sift through....

(Innovation/Technology/Future of Work) Workers need a new social contract and technology has a key role to play (WEF)

Sharan Burrow Social inequalities have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic as millions have lost their livelihoods https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/workers-need-new-social-contract-and-technology-key-role-to-play/

(Innovation/Technology/Urban Mobility) Flying cars and driverless buses – the future of urban mobility has landed (WEF)

Douglas Broom Electric flying cars could offer a more sustainable way of getting around cities https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/low-emission-flying-cars-future-of-cities/

(Innovation/Technology/Housing) Is the future of housing hiding in a smartphone app? (Protocol)

Mike Murphy Landing is trying to build a new way to lease apartments, making it as easy as ordering anything else on your phone. https://www.protocol.com/manuals/transforming-2021/future-of-housing-landing

(Innovation/Technology) Radar, Ultrasound, AR: Why Weird Tech Matters (Protocol)

Janko Roettgers https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/next-up/radar-ultrasound-5g-ar-tech?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

(Innovation/Technology/Amazon) Inside Amazon’s quest to build more lively gadgets, starting with making the Echo Show 10 move (Protocol)

Janko Roettgers The company's latest smart device features a rotating display, and Amazon is allowing developers to tap into the feature to make their Alexa...

(Innovation/Technology) The Arm Race In The Data Center (Protocol)

Tom Krazit and Joe Williams Welcome to Protocol | Enterprise, your comprehensive roundup of everything you need to know about the week in cloud and enterprise software....

(Innovation/Technology) If proptech funding grows in 2021, what industry segment stands to grow most? (Protocol)

Kevin McAllister Technology focused on residential transactions, the return to work and streamlining real estate inefficiencies is poised to grow, according to members of Protocol's...

(Innovation/Technology/China) Your favorite startup might have its engineers in China (Protocol)

Shen Lu But few founders want to talk about it, fearful of becoming "the next TikTok." https://www.protocol.com/china/many-startups-chinese-engineers

(Innovation/Technology/eBay/PayPal) On its own: How eBay is running payments without PayPal (Protocol)

Tomio Geron PayPal has been the way to pay on eBay for decades. Alyssa Cutright is changing that. eBay is running payments without PayPal - Protocol...