Samsung is gearing up to produce over 17 million units of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge in its first quarter of availability, according to a report out of Korea. | Continue reading
Nintendo has slashed its profit estimate for the financial year by more than 50 percent amid slowing sales and a strong yen. In an announcement today [PDF], the Japanese firm lowered its net profit forecast from 35 billion yen ($310 million) to 17 billion yen ($151 million). Read … | Continue reading
Niantic, the former Google division that is working on a Pokémon Go location-based mobile game, has raised $5 million in an expanded seed funding round. The new investors include Alsop Louie, former Havas boss David Jones (and his new venture You and Mr Jones), Fuji Television, L … | Continue reading
The Birth of a Nation just got a nationwide October 7th release date from Fox Searchlight, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Nate Parker wrote, directed, and starred in the film, which was one of the biggest hits to come out of this year's Sundance. Fox Searchlight paid $17.5 milli … | Continue reading
Evil is ready to reside in 2016. Capcom announced today that Resident Evil 6, RE 5, and RE 4 are coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One throughout the year as digital downloads. They’ll each cost $20. The series has sold over 66 million copies, making it one of Capcom’s most import … | Continue reading
Network security and visibility startup ThousandEyes announced today that it closed a $35 million investment led by Tenaya Capital. The startup said the investment will be used to expand in North America its technology, which “gives modern businesses the ability to see their now … | Continue reading
Google's latest deep-learning program can figure out where a photo was taken just by looking at it. The program, called PlaNet, was trained to recognize locations based on details in a photo by looking at over 90 million geotagged images taken from the internet. That means, for i … | Continue reading
Few bands could probably inspire a mobile role-playing game, but Iron Maiden has always been special. Since forming in 1975, the heavy metal group has created 16 studio albums, including The Book of Souls just last year. It was the 10th best-selling metal album in 2015. In total, … | Continue reading
Telegram has just sailed past 100 million monthly active users and, aside from its well-known encryption creds, that might be because it’s genuinely helping the people who organize groups on its chat app. Its latest update offers silent messages for channel admins to use if they … | Continue reading
You’re going to need a big ol’ pile of cash if you want to get into high-end virtual reality on the PC, but that is creating an opportunity for Samsung and Google to sweep up entry-level consumers. Mobile VR is on track to reach $861 million in revenues this year, according to da … | Continue reading
In the world of fitness, it’s estimated that 35 million people train in sports like boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts. And while there are many wearables and sensors aimed at ensuring that the right number of calories are burned or if we’re doing the exercise right, Hyks … | Continue reading
Ringing Bells will be importing components into India in order to meet demand for some 2.5 million units of its $4 Freedom 251 smartphone. | Continue reading
Revl announced today it has received $2 million in investments for its smart action camera. The company’s seed round was led by Bill Tai and will be used to accelerate production of its signature device and also development of a companion iOS app. Other investors joining this rou … | Continue reading
Overnight announced today that it has raised $2.5 million for its last-minute travel app. The seed round was led by Accomplice and CrossCut Ventures and also comes at a time when it officially launches to the public in Los Angeles, Calif. The company has already set its sights on … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: AppCard, a mobile-first loyalty marketing program for small and medium-sized retailers is announcing $20 million in Series B funding, led by Alexander Rittweger, founder of Loyalty Partner and PLDT capital. PLDT Capital is the strategic investment arm of Philippine Lon … | Continue reading
What makes ThousandEyes potentially more compelling than other solutions that offer network visibility is that the company can monitor what’s happening not just over a company’s own public and private networks, but also peer into a company’s operations that are happening over thi … | Continue reading
The French government is reportedly seeking a pretty hefty $1.76 billion (€1.6 billion) in taxes it believes Google has avoided paying in the country. The sum dwarfs the $180 million (£130 million) sum agreed with Google by the British government last month for back taxes owed be … | Continue reading
British telecoms giant BT must open up its huge network of fiber and copper cables to competitors according to Ofcom, the regulatory body for the country's telecommunications industry. The advice is the result of a review into BT's management of its "Openreach" network, the 76 mi … | Continue reading
Ibibo Group, which claims to be India’s largest online travel group, has raised $250 million in new funding from majority stakeholder Naspers Group. Read More | Continue reading
Amazon is in the midst of a TV and movie spending spree, an apparent attempt to beat out streaming rivals like Netflix and Hulu by outbuying them. Amazon Studios has done deals with directors Jim Jarmusch, Spike Lee, Todd Solondz, and Terry Gilliam that will see their movies arri … | Continue reading
500 Startups is adding a couple new micro-funds as it looks to further grow its investments in India and FinTech Markets. The $25 million funds, named 500 FinTech and 500 Kulfi (after a popular Indian frozen dairy treat), will continue to focus on early stage investments in those … | Continue reading
The worldwide wearable tech market, which includes fitness trackers and smartwatches, grew a staggering 172 percent last year, shipping 78.1 million units, according to a report today from research firm IDC. The growth was driven by the popularity of lower-cost trackers from comp … | Continue reading
TodayTix announced yesterday that it closed a $9 million series B round to expand its on-demand service so you can buy last-minute theater tickets today (you know I had to). Walden Venture Capital and TYLT Ventures co-led the investment. Both Walden managing director Art Berliner … | Continue reading
When it comes to using anonymous browsers on the Web, you don’t always get treated to the same experience as the less-private users. According to a research paper from the University of Cambridge, over 1 million IP addresses are deliberately degrading the service they provide to … | Continue reading
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End’s newest story trailer is all about a dramatic choice that adventure Nathan Drake faces in the what could be the final installment in the Uncharted series. This game is probably the best thing that Sony has coming for the PlayStation 4, which has sold m … | Continue reading
Polish marketing startup SalesManago announced today that it closed a $6 million investment from Austria’s 3TS Capital Partners. The startup said that the round will allow it to further build its marketing automation technology and expand in Europe. SalesManago promises it provid … | Continue reading
As part of Intel’s $300 million commitment to diversity, the company has announced a multi-year partnership and $1.3 million investment in CODE2040, a non-profit organization that helps get black and Latino/a students of color involved in tech. This comes a little over a month af … | Continue reading
New York-based MakeSpace has secured $17.5 million in funding to accelerate growth in their self-storage business. The startup markets itself as a convenient alternative to traditional storage, by making it easy to access your items without ever taking a trip to the facility. Mak … | Continue reading
Instagram announced today that it has 200,000 monthly active advertisers. To compare, Facebook said a year go that it had more than 2 million active advertisers, while Twitter says it has 140,000. Probably the most impressive thing about the Instagram number is the fact that the … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Mark Skaggs is a seasoned game designer whose hits such as FarmVille and Empires & Allies reached more than 365 million people. But after seven years at social mobile game giant Zynga, he resigned last fall to his next big thing. And today, he’s revealing that his futu … | Continue reading
Google’s elaborate tax structures have been slammed by UK policymakers charged with getting to the bottom of the £130 million sum it recently agreed to pay on back taxes between 2005 and 2015. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry into the tax deal published its final repor … | Continue reading
Todoist, a to-do list manager used by more than 6 million people, is getting a series of nice upgrades today across a number of its apps. The iOS app is keeping its design but has been "almost completely rewritten," the company says, and will now let you add tasks and view your u … | Continue reading
Captain401 announced today that it has raised $3.5 million for its employee retirement platform. The round was led by SoftTech VC and included participation from SV Angel, CrunchFund, Slow Ventures, Susa Ventures, FundersClub, legendary NFL quarterback Joe Montana, and others. Wi … | Continue reading
AMSTERDAM — The price of oil continues to drop, but Saudi Arabia still has cash to burn on mobile games. Only around 30 million people live in Saudi Arabia, but that population generates approximately $350 million per year in revenues for mobile games, according to research firm … | Continue reading
Less than a year after it closed a $10 million round of financing, the real estate investment marketplace RealtyShares has managed to rake in another $20 million for its funding platform. The New York-based company has raised over $130 million for over 290 properties since its la … | Continue reading
On the heels of last year’s Paris climate change talks and multiple geopolitical and environmental crises there’s a flood of new cash coming in to finance sustainable technologies and development in 2016. Andrew Chung’s 1955 Capital is the latest beneficiary with a $200 million c … | Continue reading
Speaking–or at least trying to be comprehensible–is one of the hardest parts of studying a new language. Terratalk, a Japanese startup, wants to help English learners with a new app that promises to correct their pronunciation and grammar. The company just launched its Android ap … | Continue reading
Brokers, agents and middleman are the perennial pain the backside when it comes to finding and renting a new house. NoBroker, an India-based startup that operates a peer-to-peer rentals site, has closed a $10 million Series B round to continue its quest to exterminate the propert … | Continue reading
Moxy and Bilna, the two female-focused e-commerce sites in Southeast Asia which merged last month, now have a new name and $15 million in funding to build out their game. Read More | Continue reading
Pocket — the article and video saving service that raised $7 million in funding last year — is getting serious about its monetization model today by introducing new sponsored content. For the first time, the app’s recommended feed will feature sponsored posts in addition to the u … | Continue reading
Sometimes, there can be a little too much disruption. So goes the thesis of Joost Schreve, the former head of mobile for TripAdvisor, who left the company last November and started his own startup, KimKim, in December.The nascent company — seed-funded with $1 million from investo … | Continue reading
Etsy didn’t have a good 2015, but it was still able to finish on the stronger side. Today the company reported its fourth-quarter results, coming in at $87.9 million in revenue and a loss of 4 cents per share. Analysts were expecting a loss of 1 cent per share on revenue of $86.5 … | Continue reading
Fitbit has long been the king of wearables and an IDC report released today says James Park and Co. still wear the crown. But Xiaomi is quickly gaining power. A lot of power. Fitbit managed to ship 21 million devices in 2015, up 93.2% over 2014’s amount of 10.9 million units. Tha … | Continue reading
Though Apple isn’t sharing sales figures for Apple Watch, IDC is doing its best to track all wearable sales, and has some details on how Apple’s first wearable is selling. According to IDC, Apple Watch was the number three wearable in 2015, behind Fitbit and Xiaomi. It’s ahead of … | Continue reading
Billing platform for enterprises Aria Systems announced last week that it closed a $50 million investment. Rembrandt Venture Partners, Madison Bay Capital Partners, and Hercules Technology Growth Capital joined the round as new investors. Aria said that “investor interest was fue … | Continue reading
Battery Ventures led an $18 million investment for ecommerce analytics startup Reflektion, while private investors Marc Benioff and Ray Lane followed. The San Mateo, California-based startup, which has clients like Disney, HBO, Converse, and Uniqlo, says its Individualized Commer … | Continue reading
Call of Duty and Candy Crush Saga are now married. Activision Blizzard today completed its $5.9 billion acquisition of King Digital Network, the maker of Candy Crush Saga. The combined company will have more than 500 million users, as it extends its grasp from console and PC onli … | Continue reading
Buddybuild, a startup with a cloud service for building, testing, deploying, and getting feedback on mobile apps, today announced that it has raised a $1.2 million round of funding. Also today, the startup is announcing that it can now support Android apps, not just iOS apps. Rat … | Continue reading