To grasp the scale of addiction in the United States, consider these statistics: excluding tobacco, over 20 million Americans over the age of 12 have an addiction. Over 16m people suffer from…
Swag’r CEO Greg Williams: “Millennials are Looking to Have Experiences with Brands”
In 2014, Greg Williams had an idea. The smartphone era was already in full swing, and mobile advertising was on the up. Williams, a serial entrepreneur and e-commerce veteran, saw that students…
SoftBank Ponders Massive Telco IPO
Japanese telecommunications giant SoftBank is considering an IPO of its Japanese mobile phone business, in a move that could raise ¥3 trillion ($18bn). The share sale, to take place on the Tokyo…
Averon CEO Wendell Brown on Why UX is Now the Crucial Element of Cybersecurity
Wendell Brown is currently CEO and chairman of the mobile cybersecurity firm Averon. Throughout his career in technology, he has created global solutions in telecommunications, VoIP, and online security. He is also…
Podcast Startup Acast Secures $19.5m Funding Round
On-demand podcast provider Acast has announced a Series B funding round worth $19.5 million. The company, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with additional offices in New York, London and Sydney, won the round…
Is the iPhone X Opening a Global Door to Chinese Competition?
So, finally, it’s here. Apple’s iPhone X has arrived with all the pomp and grandiosity of a Persian emperor. But is the Cupertino company’s latest offering–which marks a decade, improbably, since the first…
How One Woman’s Facebook Posts Became a “Lifeline” for a Besieged Philippine City
When dozens of armed militants stormed Narayan M. Ampang’s home city in the Philippines this year, she was as shocked as her government. It was May 23, and hundreds of ISIS-affiliated fighters,…
WhatsApp Encryption at Center of London Terror Storm
Messaging service WhatsApp has been accused by the British government of giving terrorists “a safe place to hide”, after refusing to hand over messages communicated by the perpetrator of last week’s deadly…
Lookout’s G-J Schenk: Security Concerns Must Be with Mobile
Keeping corporate data safe is a constant challenge for many security professionals. Deploying the most rigorous security stack–including firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, network monitors, data encryption, two factor authentication, anti-virus software and…
BUX CEO Nick Bortot: “Our Main Challenge wasn’t Tech, but Human”
Nick Bortot is CEO of Bux, an Amsterdam-based mobile app aiming to take the complexity out of stock markets, and make trading fun. What began as a solution for inexperienced traders has…