Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

Last October, Kickstarter announced that it was ending its subscriber-based crowdfunding platform, Drip, but that it was planning a successor project with XOXO festival creators Andy Baio and Andy McMillan. Now, that project has been shut down, according to its creators. Drip’s unnamed successor project was designed to provide “financial stability and…

The company outlines why it dropped the app last year

Huawei snuck the ads in through the ‘Magazine Unlock’ folder, meaning anyone with a P30 Pro, P20 Pro, P20, P20 Lite or Honor 10 using the default wallpapers could see ads.

Spark was primarily focused on shopping and sales.

Why is there no app where you can follow party animals, concert snobs, or conference butterflies for their curated suggestions of events? That’s the next phase of social calendar app IRL that’s launching today on iOS to help you make and discuss plans with friends or discover nearby happenings to fill out your schedule. The…

Spotify is launching a redesign of “Your Library”

Foxconn, which builds most of Apple’s iPhones and iPads in China, told Bloomberg it has the capacity to build enough iPhones outside of China to satisfy demand. Making iPhones outside China could help Apple avoid additional taxes if President Donald Trump follows through with his threat to impose tariffs on another $300 billion…

Chinese group partnering with carmakers to target 2021 launch of autonomous vehicles.

At this year’s E3, LG Electronics USA has unveiled the new LG UltraGearTM Nano IPS NVIDIA G-SYNC gaming monitor, the world’s first 1 millisecond (ms)* IPS display. LG has unveiled its latest gaming offering: two new monitors with a blazing one-millisecond response time. The monitors are part of LG’s UltraGear…

Spanish soccer league La Liga has been fined 250,000 euros by local data protection agency AEPD. The penalty comes after La Liga deployed a controversial feature in its Android app which activated device microphone and location services in an effort to identify establishments airing matches without a license. With millions…

Adjust has recently announced that it has raised $227 million in latest funding. The company, founded in German, Berlin back in 2012, has created a variety of ad measurement and anti-fraud tools — CEO Christian Henschel said the goal is to “make marketing simpler, smarter and safer.” Adjust says it’s now being used…

This is some really good news for East African startups who ow have a new source for investment and mentorship. Sweden’s Norrsken Foundation—a coworking space and investment fund based in Stockholm—opened its tech fund and entrepreneurship hub in Rwanda today to support ventures across the region. Norrsken’s Kigali center is located…

Volkswagen And Silicon Valley Startup Aurora End Self-Driving Tech Alliance

TODAY Melbourne, the Australian city won a global competition to host the first international base for Uber flying cars. And Uber’s architecture and engineering partners have unveiled some really breathtaking skyport designs. To be clear, Skyports are the areas where people will be able to board and disembark from Uber Air…

Uber really has huge dreams for Uber Air, the flying taxi service it’s wanting to launch in 2023.  Speaking at the third annual Uber Elevate, head of Elevate Eric Allison said the company expects Uber Air to be cheaper than driving a car. It surely won’t be that way on…

In order to make Uber air a reality, Uber needs vehicle partners to actually develop these electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles. Yesterday at flying taxi conference Uber Elevate, Uber unveiled its newest partner, Jaunt Air Mobility. “Jaunt Air Mobility has assembled a highly talented team of experienced engineers with…

While demand for electric vehicles (EVs) continues to soar, investment in companies mining for the so-called battery metals is lagging far behind, which may trigger an upcoming global shortage of those minerals, hence Tesla might be forced to get into the business of mining minerals used in electric vehicle batteries if it…

The company unveils a cabin reference design for its planned ‘Uber Air’ service

Flying cars will zoom around Melbourne from next year. When Uber first announced Uber Air, it intended for Dubai to be its first international city. That changed last year when Uber put out an open call to interested cities to describe the clear need for aerial transit, the environmental conditions of the…

Company comes clean after a hacker put its data up for sale on the dark web in April.