Sherpa, a personal assistant startup that has carved out a niche for itself by focusing on the Spanish-language market (alongside English) and predictive suggestions, is expanding. The company is launching a set of APIs called the Sherpa Platform, which will let other businesses tap into […]
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Peek raises $23M and inks partnership with Google in push to digitize travel activities
Peek, a U.S. startup aiming to digitize the travel activities industry, has pulled a $23 million Series B round of financing and uncorked a partnership with Google that will help increase its visibility. Founded in 2012 by Ruzwana Bashir (CEO) and Oskar Bruening (CTO), the San Francisco-based […]
YouTube rolls its music subscription services into 12 more markets
YouTube has rolled out its music streaming service to a bunch more international markets, adding 12 new countries today, and also launching the premium music video version of the service across the full 17 markets. In February CEO YouTube chief executive Susan Wojcicki discussed the company’s ambitious expansion […]
The Pepper v. Apple Supreme Court Case Will Decide If Apple’s App Store Is a Monopoly
Has Apple monopolized the market for iPhone apps? That’s the question at the heart of Apple Inc. v. Pepper, a case the Supreme Court agreed to hear Monday, which could have wide-reaching implications for consumers as well as other companies like Amazon. The dispute is […]
Roku could launch a store for streaming subscriptions
Roku has had HBO Now and CBS All Access on its devices for years, though they’ve needed their own dedicated apps. Its marketplace won’t just collect content from multiple providers — it will let users browse and sign up for them from within the platform, […]
PACIFIC • Google takes on Amazon … in China
What's Next: How Google's China investment explains the future: Google's $550 million … Future of Retail: It's not just Amazon and Alibaba. … Last year, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg joined … Bonus, via Reuters: "The Supreme Court has agreed to […]
Google’s Datally app adds more ways to limit mobile data usage
In November, Google introduced Datally, a data-saving app largely aimed at emerging markets where users often rely on prepaid SIM cards, and don’t have access to all-you-can-eat unlimited data plans. The app lets users granularly control which apps can use data, which resulted in a […]
International Paper and WWF Join Forces to Help Create First-Ever Science-Based Targets for Forests and Scale-Up Forest Restoration in Brazil
International Paper and WWF Join Forces to Help Create First-Ever Science-Based Targets for Forests and Scale-Up Forest Restoration in Brazil <img width=”660″ height=”495″ alt=”” src=”https://c402277.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/photos/14846/images/simple_style_full/Medium_WW196508.jpg?1513197985″ />How much forest land—and what quality—is needed to ensure forests can continue to provide people, plants and animals worldwide with […]
Riders: “Foodora ruba salari e tasse, se chiude non se ne sentirà la mancanza”
ROMA – “Leggiamo dai giornali le parole dell'amministratore delegato di Foodora secondo cui il riconoscimento dei diritti dei lavoratori porterebbe … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Elon Musk says Tesla shorts will get blown up — he even predicted exactly when
Here's our call of the day, ripped straight from Elon Musk's Twitter feed: … In 2012, he warned of a “tsunami of hurt” that was coming for Tesla shorts, and … Cryptos are pretty much down across the board, with bitcoin BTCUSD, … presence in […]