The $40 million Series B round was led by NEA and included Homebrew, JSV, Harrison Metal, and Cooley. Crowdbotics is a software development platform with a library of prebuilt app architectures. The additional funding will be used to increase Crowdbotics’ enterprise presence, grow the company’s product line, and invest in …

The teenage app market is challenging to break into and remain relevant in. Ask Snapchat, please. Teenagers are also going through a time in their lives where almost every social interaction seems to portend something negative. This would help to explain why teen comment apps like SendIt, NGL, and Nocapp—some …

Many well-known Twitter clients went down on Friday, including Tweetbot, Twitterrific, and Echofon. Users were unable to access their accounts or view their timelines. At first, it appeared to be a flaw in the Twitter API, but when the company went silent, new information revealed that Twitter had purposefully restricted …

According to individuals acquainted with the company’s plans, SmartNews, a news aggregation website and app with headquarters in Tokyo, today announced a 40% decrease of its U.S. and China personnel, or roughly 120 people. The announcement was made on Thursday during an All-Hands meeting that the SmartNews team was present …

Apple might finally be getting around to adding touchscreens to MacBooks after years of resistance and hatred. Apple is reportedly aggressively working on this project and may depart from its long-standing strategy of creating a conventional desktop system without a touchscreen, according to Bloomberg. According to the Bloomberg story, Apple …

Before moving through with any plans to impose behavioral ads on Twitter users in the European Union, Elon Musk should take heed of a recent significant privacy fine for Meta. To wit: The European Data Protection Board (EPBD) has issued a strong warning to other companies after the publication of …

In order to lower its costs and improve its “chances of doing well in every scenario,” Coinbase wants to eliminate 950 jobs, or around 20% of its workforce, and shut down “multiple” initiatives. The cryptocurrency exchange has slashed roughly 1,100 employees, or 18% of its workforce, since last June. However, …

Following trials last year in Germany, European telcos are moving forward with a plan to establish a joint venture to provide opt-in “personalized” ad targeting of regional mobile network consumers. However, it is yet unclear whether European Union officials will approve of their proposal. Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, France’s Orange, Spain’s …

As part of a $520 million settlement, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charged Epic Games on Monday morning for allegations involving children’s privacy. According to a press release from the FTC, Epic Games, the developer of well-known all-ages video games like “Fortnite” and “Fall Guys,” allegedly violated the Children’s Online …

Apple has acknowledged that a two-week-old iPhone software update it provided addressed a zero-day security flaw that it now claims was being actively exploited. The update, known as iOS 16.1.2, was released on November 30 and included unnamed “critical security updates” for all compatible iPhones, including iPhone 8 and later. …