The tech giant claims that Global Electric Electronic Processing (GEEP) – now a part of Quantum Lifecycle Partners – resold the products instead of breaking them down. Apple is now attempting to claim at least $31 million CAD (roughly $22.7 million USD) from its former partner. Upgrading your iPhone? See our guide to which iPhone to get Apple contracted the firm back in 2014 to break down its products, including iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches, once they were no longer fit for use....

Urgent.ly offers consumers with a way to instantly connect with nearby roadside assistance vehicles in real-time. Through its mobile app, users are provided information on the nearest available assistance services, track the location of the roadside assistance vehicle, and even pay for the flat-rate service directly through their phone. These same functions will be integrated into AT&T’s Drive platform, allowing drivers to request quick and immediate roadside assistance whenever and wherever they need it....

The United States was the costliest country for the 12th year in a row, with an average total cost of $9.44 million – up 4.3% from the previous year, with 60% of businesses having to increase their product prices to account for the costs as a result. With significant breaches impacting big businesses, including T-Mobile and Uber, the need for password managers and other cybersecurity is more important than ever....

You know the media world is going nuts over live video when a tech company that’s often in the news for piracy and cryptocurrency mining decides to make the shift to producing live news. But while plenty of other platforms have scrambled to offer live video in 2016—Facebook, Twitter, even Tumblr—BitTorrent is definitely in a unique position. It has several advantages over the others. BitTorrent Has Traffic BitTorrent News might seem like a dark horse in the live video race, but it has a surprising presence online: All told, torrent traffic accounted for 29% of all U....

Blackmoon is a fintech company that offers a very interesting MPLaaS (Marketplace Lending as a Service) product, which enables institutional investors to directly invest in loans issued by balance sheet lenders. After getting into the United States a few months ago, the interest on the company and its product was even higher, and now Blackmoon is announcing a successful $2.5 million equity funding round. The funding round was led by Target Global, A&NN Group, Flint Capital, and several private investors....

A lot has been written about diversity (or the lack thereof) in tech. It is not surprising or even enlightening anymore to learn that women only make up an average of 30% of the workforce in tech firms. Even worse, less than 10% are in actual engineering positions. The numbers are equally bad for other minorities like hispanics and blacks. The majority of Silicon Valley’s workforce is made up of whites or asians with other races barely making a guest appearance....

Now the Principal Analyst for Altimeter Group, Solis studies disruptive technology and its impact on business and society. Beyond the technology itself, Solis looks at new ways to humanize it, drafting articles and sharing research on how it will apply to them. This is just one of the many topics we discuss in our interview. Defining Experience In Solis’ new book X: The Experience When Business Meets Design, he discusses how products alone will not lead to a successful organization....

BNPL services like the Swedish-based Klarna have seen their user base soar during the pandemic, and now even integrate with in-store POS systems. But the way it changes consumer approaches to debt, as well as the fact that the industry is new and is largely unregulated, is causing some concern amongst retailers and financial institutions. What are BNPL Services and How Do They Work? You’ve probably already been given the option to use a Buy Now, Pay Later service when you’re inputting your payment information to check out on an online store....

Applications to the competition exceeded more than 2,500 – with social entrepreneurs from around the world hoping to get a shot at winning a portion of the $1 million prize money. According to a blog post written by Jean Case, the six for-profit and nonprofit startups were chosen for their “bold new idea[s]” in hoping to alleviate the world’s dominating social issues, including education, extreme poverty, sustainability, and global health....

We’re scouring the globe for the most innovative early stage startups to participate in regional startup competitions. These competitions take place online and through live pitch events held in cities across the U.S., where live audiences and readers pick their favorite startups. New for 2015: If we don’t have a live pitch event held in your region, you can still compete in an online competition! Call for Startups: Apply now for Regional Competitions Check this list for your opportunity to compete in an online competition for your region....

The cancelling of tech conferences was one of the first signs that the pandemic was going to be disruptive, and not in a fun, entrepreneurial way. From SXSW in mid-March to E3 in June, many believed these cancellations would help curb the spread of the virus, opening the door to more events in 2021. Unfortunately, that doesn’t appear to be the case, as the Consumer Trade Association (CTA) has announced that CES 2021 will be entirely digital, with no in-person events whatsoever....

More processes require more power. The most obvious reason why regular hardware upgrades are vital is that web technology is moving forward all the time, and as the processing requirements of websites increases, CPUs are working much harder to support these processes. If they’re not upgraded eventually, they will be noticeably slower at performing simple tasks, which can lead to slow website generation times. This, in turn, can affect your SEO rankings and will certainly annoy your visitors....

Dr. Nadia Pervez, the VP of Operations at Chromation, has made it her goal to build these sensors at low cost, so people can create products that might otherwise be out of their market range. This is particularly relevant to the consumer electronics market which is why Chromation had a large presence at The 2014 International CES. Going far beyond light and color measurement, Chromation’s sensors have a diversity of applications when it comes to water testing, chemical sensing, and medical testing....

Recent estimates by Cisco predict that there will be a number of changes by the year 2020. Those changes include an increase to 14.1 zettabytes in cloud traffic. Big data and the Internet of Things are big contributors to this growth, with the amount of data generated by IoT predicted to reach 600 ZB per year. That’s significantly more than traffic from data centers to end users, at 2.2 ZB, or data center traffic, at 15....

Clubhouse has gained some major traction in recent months. Between the millions of new users and big names like Elon Musk, Kevin Hart, and many others signing up, it’s safe to say the world of social media has a new entrant to keep things interesting. Unfortunately, with success comes security problems — see Zoom — and Clubhouse is now dealing with a breach that calls into question the overall safety of the audio-sharing app....

Whether it’s San Francisco or Spain, launching in another location is one of the most challenging benchmarks an entrepreneur can experience. In the past year, we grew our company globally and we now have offices in London, New York, Barcelona, Dubai and Santiago de Chile. Companies with truly global ambitions have probably seen a good degree of success at home, but I’ve observed a tendency among these organizations to lose control of their senses when moving overseas....

Indeed, it seems sometimes as if “customer service” is just a dark hole that customers enter and then eventually extract themselves because it is just not worth the hassle. Companies Are Beginning to Come Around Before the Internet and especially before social media, companies did not have to worry too much about consumer dissatisfaction with their customer service departments. That has all changed now. Companies can be trashed and their reputations ruined by just a few bad posts, and recovery can be a long process....

The funds will be used to fuel Wag!’s expansion into additional major US markets beyond Los Angeles, CA and, now, San Francisco. The investment will also be used to expand the product offering & services. Launched in LA earlier this year, Wag! has already seen rapid demand in cities around the country. The pet industry has increased in the past few years, with an estimated $60.59 billion expenditure projected for 2015....

At least, that’s what the team at VetPronto thinks, and that’s why they built a platform to satisfy the need for affordable, convenient, anytime, anyplace veterinary medicine. It’s an exclusive mobile vet service that caters to pet owners the same way Uber caters to on-demand transportation. The team, comprised of van Ekert, Joe Waltman, and Soren Berg, founded the initial platform in May 2014 before participating in and graduating from Y Combinator’s winter 2015 class....

In one of the most exciting editions of “Man vs. Robot” in recent memory, researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California raced drones controlled by artificial intelligence against one of the best human pilots in the world, Ken Loo. And, fortunately for the human race, Loo whooped the AI-controlled pilot by nearly 3 full seconds. As the above video points out, while Loo did have the notably faster time, the AI-controlled drone tackled the course with more precision and accuracy than the human pilot....