January 2023

India’s gig economy drivers face bust in the country’s digital boom

January 25, 2023

Suneeta Kohli, a female Uber driver in New Delhi, had her account suddenly disabled one evening while she was en route to pick up a rider in a southern part of the capital city. “I was reaching the destination, but it took some time due to heavy traffic. The ride eventually got canceled. But after […]

India’s gig economy drivers face bust in the country’s digital boom by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

BMW continues its love affair with EVs, backing this Bulgarian startup’s $13M A-round

January 25, 2023

Electric vehicle charging management systems are usually end-to-end solutions for managing EV charging operations, billing, energy, drivers, and even fleets. This means EV charging service providers can optimize the monetization of their operations. A number of players have proliferated over the last few years. Driivz from Israel has raised $23.1M in VC funding to date […]

BMW continues its love affair with EVs, backing this Bulgarian startup’s $13M A-round by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Gemba, a corporate VR training platform used by Coca-Cola and Pfizer, raises $18M

January 25, 2023

Gemba, an enterprise-focused virtual reality (VR) training startup used by some of the world’s biggest companies, has raised $18 million in a Series A round of funding. Gemba designs and delivers so-called virtual “masterclasses” spanning subject matters such as supply chain management and lean manufacturing, working in conjunction with experts from the respective fields to deliver […]

Gemba, a corporate VR training platform used by Coca-Cola and Pfizer, raises $18M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Multiple Microsoft services including Outlook, Teams and Xbox Live suffer outage

January 25, 2023

Scores of Microsoft services including Teams, Xbox Live, Outlook and Microsoft 365 suite are inaccessible to thousands of users around the globe. Microsoft has acknowledged the outage, and said it’s working on a fix. According to DownDetector, a popular tool that tracks service reliability, users began reporting accessibility issues with multiple services including Microsoft 365, […]

Multiple Microsoft services including Outlook, Teams and Xbox Live suffer outage by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

January 25, 2023

Does the average person want to shop for apparel in virtual reality (VR)? Speaking for myself, it sounds rather cumbersome — having to plop on a headset to browse for, say, trousers as opposed to click through a few galleries. But not everyone agrees — particularly those who hope to build a business out of […]

Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch