Global ticketing and events business Eventbrite announced this morning its business outlook will be materially impacted by the COVD-19 pandemic, as many have already suspected. Specifically, the comp
Employees of online software collaboration tool Glitch today announced their intentions to unionize. The news was made official by the Communications Workers of America Union, the largest media and co
In Asia, where I work as a partner at an early-stage VC, startups are regularly rolling out a minimum viable product (MVP) and then transacting on messaging apps.Companies like shoe brand Portblue, AI
Amazon issued guidance Thursday in response to the COVID-19 outbreak recommending that global employees who are able to work from home to do so through the end of March.“We continue to work closely wi
The European Central Bank is deploying new stimulus measures to cushion the economic pain inflicted by the virus outbreak, but avoided cutting interest rates in a situa
Amazon has instituted a new policy which will see all Amazon employees diagnosed with COVID-19 or placed into quarantine receiving up to two-weeks of pay.The additional pay is to “ensure employ
CRM software accounts for one-quarter of all enterprise IT spend. But ironically, while a lot of money is spent on platforms like Salesforce or SAP to manage incoming calls and outgoing marketing and
Last week, Google sent out a memo to staff recommending that Washington State-based employees work remotely, in order to mitigate the potential spread of COVID-19. Today, the suggestion has been dram
Matt Hancock tells MPs the NHS will "take a digital-first approach to accessing primary care and outpatient appointments".
Following sluggish world economic growth last year, the Australian economy could be hit harder in 2020 due to COVID-19, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned Tuesday morning. "Whatever you
Editor's note: Dani Rodrik, professor of international political economy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the author of"Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane Wor
The COVID-19 crisis is touching all aspects of society, including how we work. In response, many companies are considering asking some percentage of their workforce to work remotely until the crisis a
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, hours after the first death caused by the disease was reported in the U.S. state. "T
Oyo said on Wednesday it is laying off 5,000 people from its global workforce as the Indian budget hotel startup looks to cut its spendings and chase profitability.The latest round of job cuts would r
South Korea unveiled 11.7 trillion won (9.8 billion U.S. dollars) worth of extra budget on Wednesday to boost private consumption over the soaring cases of the COVID-1
The chemical studied is banned from use on field crops in the EU but not in other parts of the world.
It turns out the virtual and augmented reality companies aren’t dead — as long as they focus on the enterprise. That’s what the Los Angeles-based extended reality technology develope