Category: Technology
Colombian grocery delivery app Mercadoni raises $6.2M
Mercadoni, a grocery delivery app and service operating in Colombia, Argentina and Mexico, has raised $6.2 million in Series A funding, one of the largest Series A rounds in the region. The startup lets you order groceries for delivery, in a promised turn-around of under an hour. It already claims 250,000 users and ready for […]
Rise of the machines: who is the Internet of things good for?
The long read: Interconnected technology is now an inescapable reality ordering our shopping, monitoring our cities and sucking up vast amounts of data along the way. The promise is that it will benefit us all but how can it? In San Francisco, a young engineer hopes to optimise his life through sensors that track his […]
Three computer vision experts join TechCrunch’s Tel Aviv event
Who’s going to be the next Mobileye? Computer vision is a hot topic for the tech industry, and especially in Israel. It seems like Israeli entrepreneurs are one step ahead when it comes to developing computer vision technology. That’s why we’re excited to announce that three computer vision experts are going to join us on […]
10 new features coming to your phone in Android O
Dave Burke, Google Vice President of Engineering for Android, speaks during the opening keynote address at the Google I/O 2017 Conference. Image: Getty Images/ Though we got our first peek at Android O back in March, Google finally revealed more details this week at its I/O developers conference about the soon-to-drop version of Android. Though […]
How these 4 women are disrupting the tech scene
Image: FotoshopTofs / pixabay Despite receiving the same education as their male counterparts, women with STEM degrees (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) are actually less likely to work in a STEM occupation. One important step to closing the gender gap in STEM fields is sharing the stories of women thriving in these careers and not […]