Month: February 2020
Stonly grabs $3.5 million to make customer support more interactive
Stonly is building a service for customer support teams so that they can share step-by-step guides to solve the most common issues. The startup just raised a $3.5 million funding round led by Accel with business angels also participating, such as Eventbrite CTO Renaud Visage and PeopleDoc founders Jonathan Benhamou…
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New York’s BounceX reaches $100M ARR, rebrands
Welcome to the $100 million ARR club, BounceX. This morning (evening, timezone depending), BounceX, a New York-based marketing technology startup, announced that it has reached the $100 million annual recurring revenue (ARR) threshold, adding its name to our running list of companies that have crossed over into nine-figure revenue while…
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Fujifilm X-T4 announced with in-body image stabilization and flip-out screen
This is the camera that Fujifilm fans have been waiting for. Today, the company is announcing the X-T4, its latest flagship mirrorless camera. It looks very similar to the X-T3 introduced in 2018, but Fujifilm has evolved the hardware in a way that will make the fourth-generation camera an irresistible…
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Toyota steers $400 million to self-driving startup Pony.ai
Pony.ai, a self-driving startup based in Silicon Valley and Guangzhou, China, is deepening its ties to Toyota. The two companies announced a pilot program to test self-driving cars on public roads in two Chinese cities, Beijing and Shanghai. The Japanese auto giant plans to invest $400 million in Pony.ai, valuing…
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The Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra’s 120Hz display is a huge battery hog
One of the star features of Samsung’s latest Galaxy S20 Ultra flagship smartphone is its ability to run its display at a silky smooth 120Hz, but as discovered by our sister site Tom’s Guide, this optional setting doesn’t play nice with overall battery life. The team conducted a series of…
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Slickwraps apologizes to customers after comically bad data breach
Slickwraps, which makes vinyl skins for phones, tablets, and other electronics, announced last week that it suffered a data breach. The announcement came after many customers received an email from Slickwraps that appeared to be sent by a hacker claiming to have stolen customer data. What’s unusual about this case…
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