In business, as in life, success breeds imitation. Call it the entrepreneurial equivalent of flattery. And sometimes, in a nascent industry, there’s room for all sorts of business model permutations. Especially in China, where the embrace of tech is enthusiastic. The messaging app industry offers some...
Some of our most important innovations have happened by accident. In 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming left his lab for vacation without cleaning up. He returned to find a lab filled with gross petri dishes that had to be thrown away — except for one that he noticed...
Mobile money messaging app Plynk has secured €25 million in a new venture capital funding round — one of the largest Series A funding rounds in Irish history. According to RTE, the new venture capital round was led by private investment trust Swiss Privée Ltd. Dublin-based...
The most popular communication tool for fraudsters, cybercriminals and other digital crooks probably isn’t what you’d think. While the thought of cybercriminals talking shady dealings might conjure up imagery of a digital back-alley chat in the depths of the dark web, the reality appears to...
October 10, 2018
WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Facebook, said on Wednesday (Oct. 10) that the bug that enabled hackers to take over apps when a user answered an incoming video call has been fixed. According to a Reuters report, WhatsApp’s comments that the problem is fixed came after ZDNet and The Register reported the security weakness, […]
June 08, 2017
Mobile money messaging app Plynk has secured €25 million in a new venture capital funding round — one of the largest Series A funding rounds in Irish history. According to RTE,...
April 20, 2017
The most popular communication tool for fraudsters, cybercriminals and other digital crooks probably isn’t what you’d think. While the thought of cybercriminals talking shady dealings might conjure up imagery of...
March 29, 2016
Recently discovered code within Facebook’s Messenger app hints at the company’s plans to give the platform capabilities on par with Apple Pay. As shared by AppleInsider, The Information has revealed,...
