SmartNews, a Tokyo-headquartered news aggregation website and app that’s grown in popularity despite hefty competition from built-in aggregators like Apple News, today announced it has closed on $230 million in Series F funding. The round brings SmartNews’ total raise to date to over $400 million and values the business at $2 billion — or as […]
Constructor finds $55M for tech that powers search and discovery for e-commerce businesses
One of the biggest problems in the world of e-commerce is the predicament of shopping cart abandonment: when shoppers aren’t getting to what they want fast enough — whether it’s finding the right item, or paying for it in a quick and easy way — they bounce. That singular problem is driving a wave of […]
「Google ドキュメント」を狙うフィッシング詐欺、その脅威はいまだに続いている
グーグルの「Google ドキュメント」を狙ったマルウェアによる被害が2017年に問題になったが、実はこの問題が解決していなかった可能性が明らかになった。研究によると、グーグルによる対策が十分ではなかったことが明らかになったというのだ。
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Billogram, provider of a payments platform specifically for recurring billing, raises $45M
Payments made a huge shift to digital platforms during the Covid-19 pandemic — purchasing moved online for many consumers and businesses; and a large proportion of those continuing to buy and sell in-person went cash-free. Today a startup that has been focusing on one specific aspect of payments — recurring billing — is announcing a […]
Google 検索ページでダークテーマの利用が可能に
Google は 10 日、デスクトップ版の Google 検索ページにダークテーマ (ダークモード) のロールアウトを開始すると発表した (Google検索 ヘルプ、 9to5Googleの記事、 Ars Technica の記事、 The Verge の記事)。
ダークモードを選択するには、Google 検索ページの設定メニュー (トップページ右下の「設定」または検索結果ページ右上の歯車アイコン) から「外観: [現在のモード]」を選び、「ダークモード」を選択して「保存」をクリックすればいい。…
Google Could Be Violating Labor Laws With Pay for Temp Workers
The company realized months ago that it could be running afoul of pay laws in a number of countries but has been slow to fix the problem, according to internal documents. From a report: In December, a group of Google managers responsible for overseeing…
WhatsApp will finally let users encrypt their chat backups in the cloud
WhatsApp said on Friday it will give its two billion users the option to encrypt their chat backups to the cloud, taking a significant step to put a lid on one of the tricky ways private communication between individuals on the app can be compromised. The Facebook-owned service has end-to-end encrypted chats between users for […]
Microsoft acquires TakeLessons, an online and in-person tutoring platform, to ramp up its edtech play
Microsoft said in January this year that Teams, its online collaboration platform, was being used by over 100 million students — boosted in no small part by the Covid-19 pandemic and many schools going partly or fully remote. Now, it’s made another acquisition to continue expanding its position in the education market. The company has […]
【西田宗千佳連載】Google Nest Camは日本に需要がない、だからGoogleは「見守り」で攻める
Vol.106-3 本連載では、ジャーナリスト・西田宗千佳氏がデジタル業界の最新動向をレポートする。今回のテーマは引き続き、Googleが日本で発売したセキュリティカメラ「Google Nest Cam」。…
The 2022 Chevrolet Silverado gets a tech upgrade, hands-free trailering and a new ZR2 off-road flagship
GM unveiled Thursday the 2022 Chevrolet Silverado, a full-sized pickup truck that received a major technology upgrade, including its hands-free Super Cruise advanced driver assistance system and an infotainment system with embedded Google services as well as an overhauled interior. A new flagship trim, the off-road factory-installed lifted ZR2 truck, has also joined the Silverado […]