Category: Software
Microsoft’s Chromium-based Edge browser rolls out through Windows Update
Edge, Microsoft’s replacement for its often-criticized Internet Explorer was first released in 2015. But last year, the company rebuilt the browser from the ground up, this time with Google’s open source Chromium framework rather than its proprietary… Source
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Zoom and CrowdStrike hang onto 2020 gains despite huge earnings expectations
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Yesterday after the bell, Zoom and CrowdStrike reported earnings. The two technology shops, members of the SaaS cohort of public companies that has performed so well this year, had high…
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C4 Ventures raises $88M fund for for post-Series A startups, in a post-COVID19 world
C4 Ventures, the Paris -based VC, has raised a new €80 million ($88 million) “Fund II”. The fund was founded by Pascal Cagni, a former Europe boss of Apple, and includes cofounder Raph Crouan, another Apple alumni previously with Techstars and Hardware Club. C4 is designed to be a “post-Series…
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Facebook and PayPal invest in Southeast Asian ride-hailing giant GoJek
Facebook and PayPal have made investments in GoJek, joining Google and Tencent among other high-profile technology companies that have backed the five-year-old Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm that has expanded to food delivery and mobile payments in recent years. Facebook, for which it is the first investment in an Indonesia-based firm,…
Read MoreFacebook and PayPal invest in Southeast Asian ride-hailing giant GoJek
Facebook and PayPal have made investments in GoJek, joining Google and Tencent among other high-profile technology companies that have backed the five-year-old Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm that has expanded to food delivery and mobile payments in recent years. Facebook, for which it is the first investment in an Indonesia-based firm,…
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Ford disinfects police cruisers by ‘roasting’ them
To help keep police safe from the coronavirus, Ford is introducing a new way to disinfect police cruisers. The company has developed software that cranks the heat in its Police Interceptor Utility vehicles until the temperature inside reaches 133 deg… Source
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