Mobile

Facebook is to announce A number of new ecommerce features in both the main Facebook app and Instagram. The pandemic has forced many businesses to switch online, and Facebook made a big announcement in May about the ability for merchants to create Facebook stores that are visible on both Facebook and Instagram. More recently Instagram…

When Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, introduced Saqib Shaikh on the BUILD stage in 2016, he was obviously moved by the engineer’s “passion and empathy”, who said Nadella: “Will change the world.” This assessment was correct because Shaikh co-founded the see mobile app AIThis is a showcase for the power of AI being applied to…

Yalochat, a five-year-old conversational commerce platform based in Mexico City that enables customers like Coca Cola and Walmart to upsell, collect payments, and better serve their own customers through WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and WeChat in China Offer closed $ 15M Series B funding led by B Capital Group. Sierra Ventures, what led a $ 10…

DoorDash announces that customers can now order groceries through the DoorDash App from partners such as Smart & Final, Meijer and Fresh Thyme. Further stores such as Hy-vee and Gristedes / D’Agnostino are to be added in the next few weeks. Through these partnerships, DoorDash has a delivery space of 75 million Americans in markets…

While we’re racing Towards Disrupt 2020, we’re keeping the Extra Crunch Live train going next week with a big entry as Twilio CEO and co-founder Jeff Lawson joins us for a chat. Lawson is known in the tech industry for helping with institutionalization API -delivered digital services, a business model variant that has become increasingly…

Facebook Joined the growing number of companies publicly complaining about the 30% fee Apple charges for payments through its App Store. These complaints came halfway a blog post about the new function of the social network to support paid online events. Facebook said that in order to help companies in trouble, there will be no…

Epic games accepts Apple, Instagram Fixes Security Issue, Impossible Foods Raises $ 200 Million. This is your daily crisis for August 13th, 2020. The big story: Apple is removing Fortnite from the App Store The controversy over Apple’s App Store policies has spread to Epic Games and the hit Fortnite. The company introduced a direct…

Google uses accelerometers in interesting new ways, Twitter allows anyone to limit replies to tweets, and Mozilla announces major layoffs. This is your daily crisis for August 11, 2020. The big story: Android Telephones are becoming earthquake alarms Google said smartphone accelerometers are sensitive enough to detect P waves, which are the first waves to…

Google has updated its Lookout app, an AI toolkit for people with visual impairment, with two helpful new features: scanning long documents and reading food labels. Paper molds and similarly shaped products in store are challenging for the blind, and this should make things easier. Food labels, if you think about it, are actually a…