Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio is reportedly in talks with chipset maker Qualcomm to launch a laptop with 4G connectivity in India. These laptops will probably be aimed at the budget segment and if they are launched with 4G connectivity, they could have a significant […]
Category: Food
Instant Pot Cookbook Review: America’s Test Kitchen’s Multicooker Perfection Is Sure to Be an Instant Hit
A few years back, in that now-forgotten time before Instant Pots were a thing, I reviewed an electric pressure cooker and struggled mightily with it. It was supposed to be a safe, fast way to speed up cooking and promised to make slow-cooker style dinners […]
Subscription biller Zuora soars 43% following IPO
Subscription biller Zuora was well-received by stock market investors on Thursday, following its public debut. After pricing its IPO at $14, the company closed at $20, valuing the company around $2 billion. It was also much higher than expected. The company said in its filings that […]
Amazon finally opens up Prime Wardrobe to more customers
Amazon’s Prime Wardrobe appears to be getting ready to launch. The retailer’s “try before you buy” shopping service, first announced in June 2017, aims to challenge incumbents in the market like Stitch Fix, Trunk Club, Wantable, and others. The service has quietly remained in an […]
Airstream’s New Nest Camper is Cute and Practical
Tell people you’re vacationing in a trailer (or a caravan, if you’re in Europe), and you might get a snobbish raised eyebrow. Tell them you’re striking out for freedom in an Airstream, and you’ll get envious glares. The silver-colored, rounded-edge aluminum trailers made by Airstream […]
Investing app Stash partners with Green Dot to expand into banking
Stash, the finance app favored by first-time investors who are just learning the market, is getting into banking. The company announced this morning it will roll out a set of mobile-first banking services aimed at those left behind by traditional banks. The services include bank accounts with […]
The best Bitcoin exchanges of 2018
A Bitcoin exchange is a digital marketplace for users to buy and sell Bitcoins using different currencies. The Bitcoin can be exchanged for either fiat money (legal tender) or other alternative cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum. The exchange serves as the middleman for traders of the […]
Luminar’s New Lidar Could Dominate the Self-Driving Car Market
Self-driving cars are nearly ready for primetime, and so are the laser sensors that help them see the world. Lidar, which builds a 3-D map of a car’s surroundings by firing millions of laser points a second and measuring how long they take to bounce […]
Zaius raises $30M to help marketers unify their customer data
Zaius, a customer data company working with consumer brands like Tea Forte and Burt’s Bees Baby, has raised $30 million in Series B funding. CEO Mark Gally said that while business-to-business marketing revolves around the CRM, there’s a “hodgepodge” on the consumer marketing side. More […]
Apple slashes HomePod production after underwhelming sales
Apple has had to cut down on its HomePod orders after the smart speaker had an underwhelming two months of sales, according to news outlet Bloomberg. The HomePod was a late arrival to the smart speaker market, already dominated by the Amazon Echo and Google […]
