Tag: apps
Pandemic Fuels Anxiety and Move Toward Apps Pitching Home Emotional Help
Health apps are being downloaded at a furious rate during the coronavirus pandemic as homebound workers seek assistance.Telehealth is expected to make...
Can This Digital Payment Card Win Over Gen Z Clients? Not...
Key Takeaway: Mitto hopes that its digital payment card wins over Generation Z clients in Spain, Latin America, and the E.U., but...
Die Laughing: U.K. Life Insurer DeadHappy’s Gallows Humor Helping it Sell...
Key Takeaway: DeadHappy’s wisecracks, animations and black humor on social media seek...
Why Gen Z Doesn’t Click with Mainstream News
Key Takeaway: Traditional news companies are failing to connect with Gen Z consumers, a report on...
Chase Pay App Demise Highlights U.S. Lag in Mobile Pay Adoption
When JPMorgan Chase & Co. said this week it was shutting its Chase Pay app, it was a sign of struggles --...
Immigrant Social Network Homeis Raises $12M to Expand to U.S.’s Latino...
Moving to a new country is scary, complicated, and fraught, and immersing oneself in a strange culture adds layers of dissonance and...
Swell Investing, PacLife Impact Platform, Closes After Inability to “Achieve Scale”
Pacific Life Insurance’s impact investing platform Swell, which sought to align offerings with the U.N. Sustainability Goals, said this week it would...
Pretzel Labs’ Alexa Apps Aim to Cut Screen Time, Build Family...
Amazon’s Alexa has its detractors, who see the voice assistant as an eavesdropping annoyance raising privacy concerns. To the mind of entrepreneur...
Ethic Lands High Profile Backing For Sustainable Investing Tool
Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures, Fidelity Investments and the U.K.’s Theo Osborne were among high-profile firms backing Ethic Inc. in its latest funding...
Dreamlights Pitches Zen Sleep Mask in Crowded Meditation Tech Market
Dreamlight Tech is rolling out its new meditation sleep mask in a growing market for relaxation devices funded by private capital, while...
Investors Look to Niche Dating Apps as Singles Narrow Searches for...
The online dating market is projected to be worth $12 billion by 2020, with 310 million active users worldwide. Despite those vast...
DoorDash Knocks GrubHub From Top Delivery Spot Amid Controversy
DoorDash overtook GrubHub as the top online food delivery company in the U.S. amid accusations from restaurants that DoorDash didn’t get permission...