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25/10/2020

By bringing collaboration on sales and marketing presentations to the era of Slack and Zoom, Pitch wants to take on Microsoft's veteran presentation software, Powerpoint.

The Berlin-based startup has attracted $50 million from backers, including Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and Zoom's Eric Yuan, and is going live after trialing its product with 25,000 teams... Read more in the carousel above.

18/10/2020

Companies had begun to consider how to support workers' mental health even long before Covid-19 sent millions of Americans home to work in isolation. Inc.'s 2019 Best Workplaces list reveals that many top employers have been doing things such as subsidizing therapy bills and granting wellness services stipends. Read more in the carousel above.

17/10/2020

As NASA returns to the Moon sometime in 2024, it needs its astronauts to communicate with each other effectively and securely, and it turns to Nokia, the mobile pioneer, for support. The space agency announced this week that it would provide Nokia with 14.1 million in funding to build a 4G LTE cellular network on the lunar surface. Read more in the carousel above.

12/10/2020

Twilio is paying $3.2 billion to acquire Segment, a technology startup that lets organizations pull customer data from one app into another, by way of APIs, and use its platform to better control the movement of that customer data, used for marketing and other applications that benefit from customer identification and segmentation. Read more in the carousel above.

10/10/2020

Elon Musk, Tesla's founder, is capable of making $3 billion from the car company. All as a result of the fact that the company's average six-month valuation on the stock market has reached $250 billion.

This fact is another step in activating the fourth of the 12 tranches of options granted to the billionaire in his 2018 payment package to buy the automaker's shares with discounts. Read more in the carousel above.

03/10/2020

It looks like EU antitrust investigators are going to approve the $2.1 billion Fitbit acquisition by Google after all.

Google made a few concessions this week, according to Reuters, and it is now on track to win EU approval. The changes are intended to address fears that the acquisition might give too much power to the search giant. Read more in the carousel above.

03/10/2020

Users of Instagram and Facebook Messenger will be able to chat across services in the coming months with each other.

Announced on Wednesday, the update eliminates the hassle of switching between apps to talk to others. Read more in the carousel above.

25/09/2020

This week, Amazon launched its own cloud gaming competitor to Google Stadia and Microsoft xCloud at its Devices and Services event. It's called Luna.

The firm is launching the product at an introductory price of $5.99 per month in early access. Without downloading the games, users will be able to stream titles wirelessly and can play via PC, Mac, and iOS (via the web). Now users in the United States can request early access. Read more in the carousel above.

24/09/2020

This week, Petcube, the leader in the connected pet category, announced the commercial launch of the new Petcube Cam, an affordable smart camera with built-in live vet chat. The new device combines advanced pet monitoring functions with online veterinarian advice, making pet care accessible to all pet parents on demand. Petcube Cam is available for purchase on Amazon exclusively for $39.99. Read more in the carousel above.

22/09/2020

On Monday, Microsoft announced plans to buy ZeniMax Media Inc. for $7.5 billion in cash. The gaming holding company is the parent of several well-known publishers, including Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, ZeniMax Online Studios, Arkane, MachineGames, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog, and Roundhouse Studios.

Once approved, the deal would bring some of the industry's most prominent titles under the banner, including Elder Scrolls, Doom, Fallout, Quake, Wolfenstein, Dishonored, Prey and Starfield. Read more in the carousel above.