You know what’s cool? Not just being worth over $1 billion, but saving your customers $1 billion. Today, zero-fee stock trading app Robinhood announced that it’s hit 3 million registered accounts, $100 billion transacted in its app, and $1 billion in saved commissions considering competitors like E*Trade cost $7 per trade. And now, Robinhood is getting a web version where beyond… Read More Robinhood stock trading comes to web with finance news for ...This entry was posted in Apps Finance Robinhood Social Startups on November 1, 2017 by Josh Constine
Expense reports aren’t the most exciting thing in the universe. But when you reach the scale of say, Amazon, and have tens of thousands of employees, making sure everything comes through smoothly and the right things are being billed to the company could mean the difference in millions of dollars to your bottom line. And when Anant Kale walks into the office of a big company and asks for… Read More Expense report analysis startup AppZen raises $13M to build a ...This entry was posted in Enterprise Mobile Startups TC on November 1, 2017 by Matthew Lynley
The Essential Phone has come a long way since launch in one key area: Photography. When it first hit the market a few months ago, the camera had a nasty tendency to crash and was a bit slow to load and process photos. But Essential has stayed tru... Essential Phone is the best deal in smartphones thanks to ...This entry was posted in Android Gadgets Mobile PIXEL smartphones TC and tagged google on November 1, 2017 by Darrell Etherington
Fancy zippers and webbing don’t add up to a great bag. Review: Timbuk2 Lug KnapsackThis entry was posted in Gear on November 1, 2017 by Adrienne So
The rumors had it right: Sony is rebooting its robot dog, Aibo, announcing a new four-legged companion AI-powered bot incoming with the same brand name but more rounded corners and visible facial features for extra kawaii, including a pair of expressive, puppy-dog eyes. Read More Sony reboots Aibo with AI and extra kawaiiThis entry was posted in AI artificial intelligence Asia deep learning Gadgets robot robotics Sony TC virtual assistant on November 1, 2017 by Natasha Lomas
Nearly three years on from Microsoft unveiling its HoloLens augmented reality headsets, the company today announced a major expansion of its availability: 29 more markets in Europe, nearly tripling the total number of countries where you can buy the device up to 39. The news shows that while we don’t have a firm number of how many units have been sold, we do know that Microsoft is… Read More Microsoft expands HoloLens headsets to 29 new markets, now up ...This entry was posted in AR augmented reality Europe Gadgets head-mounted displays Microsoft microsoft windows mixed reality TC VR Windows 10 on November 1, 2017 by Ingrid Lunden