Storytelling platform Wattpad is revamping its creator program and making it more accessible for writers, the company announced on Thursday. Launched last year, the Wattpad Creators Program was limited in scale and “overly complicated,” the company says. Since its launch, Wattpad has paid out nearly $3.8 million in stipends through the program. Wattpad plans to […]
Wattpad is revamping its creator program and making it more accessible by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Google announced an update to Google Wallet today with new features, such as the ability to convert images into passes, a boarding pass integration with Google Messages, and an additional layer of security when saving health cards. The company said that users will soon be able to quickly scan barcodes or QR codes from things like […]
Google Wallet adds support for QR-based cards and insurance cards by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Platformatic, a new back-end development platform, wants to make it easier for enterprises to modernize their infrastructure by giving them the tools to build and deploy microservices-based architectures with the simplicity of a monolith. The company, which was founded by Node.js veterans Luca Maraschi (CEO) and Matteo Collina (CTO), also today announced a $3.5 million […]
Back-end development platform Platformatic raises $3.5M by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
As companies look to update their databases, especially in a cloud native context, with so many different databases out there, it’s a huge challenge for developers when migrating from one environment to another. Ariga, an early stage startup wants to help by letting users define database schema as code, and greatly simplify how they interact […]
Ariga is helping developers define database schema as code by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
It is estimated that less than 1% of all VC dollars are raised by companies with founders openly within the LGBTQ+ community.
Crunchbase will begin tracking venture dollars allocated to LGBTQ+ founders by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch