Perfecto, an Israeli company that develops cloud solutions for measuring user experience on apps, announced a $35 million Series E funding round on Wednesday led by Foundation Technology Crossover Ventures. The round brings their total haul to $90 million. Current investors FTV Capital, Carmel Ventures, Globespan and Vertex Ventures also jumped back in. The money…
Global market for solar PV inverter battery is expected to grow at a rapid rate during 2015-19 and results in its impressive CAGR of nearly 19 percent by 2019, according to a report from Technavio. Augmented demand for inverter batteries from solar PV systems is the key driver for the growth of this market. Geographically,…
3D technology has the potential to revolutionize manufacturing and enliven the commercial and professional space. Various companies, ranging from hospital managers to car markers, are now opting for varied 3D solutions to address simple make-to-stock orders to complex, engineer-to-order production strategies. Notably, automotive consumer products, government and defense, industrial/business machines, education research, and others (arts…
With the meteoric rise of the smartphone, bring your own device (BYOD) policies have become a mainstay for U.S. businesses. The number of employee-owned smartphones or tablets used for work purposes will top 1 billion by 2018, according to Juniper Research. A recent IDC report found 75 percent of workers surveyed see as much value…
A number of food companies and popular restaurant chains are taking artificial coloring out of their products. According to Technavio Research, 58 percent of U.S. consumers prefer food with coloring from natural sources. That’s up from 23 percent in 2005. Companies like Kraft and Nestle as well as popular food chains like Panera and Subway…
The global professional skincare market will be worth $13.4bn by 2019, growing at an average of 5.82% per year, according tonew figures published by analyst Technavio. The UK market is among the most successful globally. Technavio predicts that it is expected to grow significantly this year. Professional brands are expected to see a substantial increase…
OpenStack turned five this year, and in so doing garnered quite a nice birthday gift: the official backing of Google. Google’s decision to join the OpenStack Foundation marks the first time that one of the “big three” public infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) vendors – Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, and Google – has backed OpenStack, a free open-source…
Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc may fight it out in the market for sex toys! Incredible, but true, as more and more firms roll out toys that can be controlled from your smart phone. The market for sex toys is taking off in a big way. The worldwide sexual wellness market that includes the likes…
We-Vibe sells several devices that connect your smartphone with aspects such as vibration able to be controlled from your handset. It works over distance too, allowing someone in another location to control the sex toy. The app that is used to control the device also comes with a videolink feature allowing people to see each…
WakingApp, an augmented and virtual reality content developer, announced on Wednesday that it scored $4.3 million in Series C funding. Youzu Interactive (SZSE: 002174) and another unnamed Chinese company led the round while current investors Inimiti VC and Globis Capital also participated. WakingApp will use the investment to develop business in the U.S. and China,…
