Home furnishing retailer IKEA Group, has signed a conditional agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in TaskRabbit, Inc., an on-demand services platform company. TaskRabbit currently operates in the United States and London and will continue to function as an independent company. “In a fast changing retail environment, we continuously strive to develop new and […]
Serviceplan Group’s CEO put himself in the “stocks” at the Innovation Day, which took place on September 28 in the House of Communication. The audience could virtually pelt the speaker on the stage with tomatoes, flowers, teddy bears and bras using an app from the Hamburg start-up Helhed – on the audience’s phone displays, it looked as though […]
Attempting to rectify India’s shortage of safe blood, Facebook has introduced new features which will help connect blood donors and blood receivers. According to a blog post, the features will roll out on 1 October, which coincides with National Blood Donor Day. These will appear on the News Feed and allow users to sign up to […]
Twitter is trialling an increase to its tweet character length that sees the limit doubled to 280 characters from the normal 140 characters. The test is being rolled out in all languages to a small group of users except for Japanese, Korean, and Chinese – because they can convey more information in a single character […]
#AtelierSwarovski Virtual Showroom, a revolutionary virtual reality experience by #Swarovski & @Mastercard offers a seamless new way to shop pic.twitter.com/OaIJ8RpOtD — Swarovski (@swarovski) September 26, 2017 Mastercard has teamed up with jewellery firm Swarovski on a virtual reality app that immerses shoppers in a “home” where they can browse and purchase items using Masterpass. The […]
US discount retailer Target has joined forces with Pinterest so that customers can search for products, without needing to type any words, through pictures. Through the partnership, Target has embedded Pinterest’s visual search tool – Pinterest Lens – into its own app, making it easier for people to find what they want. By taking a picture of […]
Earlier in 2017, Twitter launched a mobile web service aimed at areas around the world with poor connectivity called Twitter Lite. Now, the microblogging site is testing an app version of its lighter mobile site. The Twitter Lite app is currently being tested on Android in the Philippines, a nation where the speed of mobile networks, the use […]
Truecaller, a popular mobile app which provider caller information, has announced the launch of a new self-serving platform — Ads Manager. The platform will allow businesses to manage their ad campaigns themselves. With the launch of this new platform in India, brands or advertisers will now be able to advertise their products and services in […]
Uber has found out that it will not receive a license renewal in London, after Transport for London (TfL) deemed it is not a ‘fit and proper’ operator. The ride hailing company’s current London license expires on 30 September but it has 21 days to appeal, under the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998, and […]
Food delivery app firm Deliveroo saw revenues grow 611% in 2016 as the takeaway app expanded around the world, but losses rose from £30.1m to £129.1m. Seen as one of Britain’s brightest tech start-ups, it posted sales of £128.6m in 2016, according to accounts filed at Companies House. The company, incorporated under the name Roofoods, […]