Encrypted email service Proton Mail gets its own desktop app
Proton Mail finally has a native desktop app, rolling out now in beta for some users on Windows and MacOS.
The encrypted email service has, of course, been...
Qogita — a wholesale marketplace for retailers — raises $86M Series B to compete...
Qogita, a two-sided e-commerce wholesale marketplace aimed at retailers largely in the health and beauty sectors, has raised €80 million ($86 million) in a Series B...
Instagram introduces gen-AI powered background editing tool
Instagram introduced its generative AI-powered background editing tool to U.S.-based users Wednesday.
Meta’s lead for generative AI Ahmad Al-Dahle posted on Threads saying that the tool will...
India’s Udaan scores $340 million in new funding
The investment arm of the UK retail bank M&G has led a funding of $340 million into Udaan, a business-to-business e-commerce startup, in one of the...
Jumia discontinues food delivery across seven markets, shifts focus to expanding physical goods business
Pan-African e-commerce platform Jumia has disclosed its intention to discontinue its food delivery service, Jumia Food. The company said its food delivery business is not aligned...
Social commerce platform Maka raises $2.65M to simplify buying fashion and beauty products in...
Maka, an African fashion and beauty e-commerce platform, has raised a $2.65 million pre-seed round led by Pan-African venture capital firms 4DX Ventures and Janngo Capital....
Amazon’s new Your Books hub will nudge you to buy more books
Amazon began business in 1995 as an online bookseller and continues to this day to sell physical books and e-books to millions of customers globally. It...
LineNext secures $140M funding for its web3 service
LineNext, a web3 unit of the Japanese messaging app Line, raised $140 million in its funding led by Crescendo Equity Partners, a Peter Thiel-backed private equity...
The best smart plugs of 2023
Smart home devices have come a long way over the past few years. Walk into any home improvement store or supermarket, and you’re bound to find...
SpaceX scrubs Falcon Heavy launch for fourth day in a row
SpaceX has scrubbed Wednesday night’s launch of the triple-booster Falcon Heavy rocket, marking the fourth such delay in as many days.
In an earlier message, the commercial...