Foraged’s wild foods marketplace saw repeat customer rate increase over 1,000%
We don’t have to forage for food so much anymore; however, people not only enjoy unearthing wild mushrooms and other foods, but consumers are also equally excited to eat them. Enter Foraged, a marketplace for purchasing wild and specialty foods from independent foragers and farmers. Mushrooms are big business: Companies
Read moreFold Health streamlines admin work for value-based care providers
Abhijit Gupta and Ram Sahasranam have plenty of experience in the healthtech space, having sold their first startup, health app maker Praxify, to Athenahealth. Now the duo are focused on value-based care. Fold Health is their operating system for cutting down on the amount of admin work performed by value-based
Read moreSilo raises $32M to help food supply chain companies manage their finances
In 2012, after moving to the Bay Area, Ashton Braun set out to build a platform that could solve some of the inefficiencies in food and agricultural supply chains. He experienced these inefficiencies firsthand while working as a commodities trader in Singapore, where he saw businesses struggle to overcome the
Read moreAdobe says Firefly has now generated 1B images, takes it global
Adobe today announced that its Firefly web service is now available globally with support for text prompts in 100 languages — including Klingon (both Latin and plaqaD, in case you were wondering). The user interface is now available in 20 languages, including in German, French, Japanese, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.
Read moreGoogle TV adds The Roku Channel to its free, streaming TV lineup
The Roku Channel is now available on Google TV and other Android TV OS devices, Roku announced Wednesday. The free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channel can now be downloaded through the Google Play Store. Starting today, users have access to over 80,000 new titles and more than 350 live TV
Read moreOpen Access Data Centres Welcomes Sayuri Moodliar as Head of ESG, Advancing Sustainability
Open Access Data Centres (OADC), Africa’s rapidly growing data centre company and part of WIOCC Group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sayuri Moodliar as the new Head of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG). With 25+ years of sustainability and infrastructure project finance experience, Sayuri has collaborated with multinational
Read moreCyber Security Today, July 12, 2023 – Over 270 MOVEit hack victims, a record number of Patch Tuesday fixes, and more
There are now over 270 MOVEit hack victims, a record number of Patch Tuesday fixes, and more Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, July 12th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. The number of organizations victimized by the hack of
Read moreWIOCC GROUP Appoints New Head of Product
WIOCC GROUP, the converged open-access digital infrastructure provider in Africa, is pleased to announce the appointment of Nolan Naidu as the new Head of Product. With 16+ years of telecom industry experience, Nolan brings expertise in product management, project planning, analysis, and IT strategy. Before joining WIOCC GROUP, Nolan held
Read moreCyber insurance startup Coalition acquires privacy assistant Jumbo
San Francisco-based cybersecurity startup Coalition is acquiring Jumbo, a mobile app that lets you control your privacy on the web. I have covered Jumbo several times over the past few years, so it’s time to close the loop on this one. Terms of the deal remain undisclosed, but Jumbo says
Read moreRethinking Intellectual Property in a Digital World
Intellectual property (IP) encompasses intangible assets that result from human creativity, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce. As we transition into an increasingly digital world, where the concept of the metaverse—a single, shared, immersive, persistent, 3D virtual space—is gradually taking shape,
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