Los Angeles-based startup DroneBase, which connects drone owners and pilots with clients, has secured a $12 million Series B funding round. The company, founded in 2014 by Daniel Burton and Eli Tamanaha,…
Indian Ed-tech Firm IMAX Program Wins $13.5m Funding
IMAX Program, a Bengaluru-based personal education startup, has won $13.5 million from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation to expand its customer base throughout India. The company, which currently serves over 800…
Unilever Threatens to Pull Ads from Google, Facebook “Swamp”
The chief marketing officer of Unilever, the world’s second-bigger marketing spender, will today threaten to pull advertising from Google and Facebook if the tech giants continue to “create division” or fail to…
Nomos System: Becoming the Internet of Things’ “Universal Interpreter”
There are now around 20 billion connected devices worldwide: just under three for every human being on earth. To say 2018 is the “year of IoT” is a bit like claiming Donald…
Former Google and Facebook Staff Launch Anti-Addiction Lobby
A group of ex-Silicon Valley employees has formed a pressure group to educate Americans about the addictiveness of social media. The Center for Humane Technology (CHT), working alongside nonprofit Common Sense Media,…
Plutora “Unwinds the Spaghetti” of Highly Complex DevOps
There’s a common misconception about banks, Dalibor Siroky says: that they’re old school. Despite what the startup world might think about big financial institutions, he adds, in reality they’re “highly complex software…
At Davos, Tech Prepares for a Year of Self-Reflection
Ordinary the World Economic Forum, in the snow-capped Swiss town of Davos, is an opportunity for tech’s leading lights to puff out their chests and lay bold claims to society’s future. Not…
Versa Networks President and CEO Kelly Ahuja: From Company Man to SD-WAN
When Kelly Ahuja became president and CEO of SD-WAN firm Versa Networks in 2016, he had worked in the networking industry for 27 years, having started his career at Telesat Canada in…
Seceon Founder Chandra Pandey: “2018 Will Be a Year of Huge, Automated Attacks – And We’ll Be On Top of Them”
Last October Chandra Pandey, founder and CEO of cybersecurity firm Seceon, told Red Herring how the security industry was “broken”, and that his was one of few companies willing to build personal, trust-based…
Davos Offers a Platform for Tech Contrition – and a Rare Call for Regulation
The World Economic Forum is underway in its Swiss home of Davos. And the event, which is marked by its star-studded attendees from the worlds of business and politics, has provided some…