Global cybersecurity provider Forcepoint announced that Allan Alford joined the company as chief information security officer. With more than 25 year of IT and security experience, Alford joined Forcepoint from Pearson, where he was product and business information security officer. Prior to that, he held various
HR technology company Zenefits announced the appointment of Shaun Wiley as the company’s chief financial officer.. Prior to joining Zenefits, Wiley served as CFO of CoreHR, a cloud-based HCM and payroll software company based in Europe, and as CFO at Torrent Technologies. He spent twelve years
Reflex is a modern update of the manual SLR 35mm film camera. Its interchangeable mount plate makes shooting with lenses produced by other brands possible, meaning photographers can continue using the products they already own. Its interchangeable back also gives photographers the option of having
Enterprise IT startup Flightdocs announced it secured $10 million in financing from Argentum Capital Partners. Flightdocs provides maintenance tracking software solutions to the aviation industry, including tools such as Work Orders, eLogbooks, eSignature, customized reports, and overview dashboards. The company’s Enterprise Inventory web and mobile app
Clips, an iOS app created by Apple for making and sharing videos with text, effects, and graphics, released their 2.0 product version. It comes with a redesigned interface and a host of new features adapted to the new iPhone X. For instance, the photo button
VR Maker is a 360-degree virtual tour platform that allows users to create professional virtual reality content with their smartphones. Its online virtual tour builder allows them to link their panoramas, and add notes, tags, hotspots and a floor plan. Users can embed their virtual
Unity Technologies, an American video game development company, announced Mike Acton and Andreas Fredriksson, two AAA engine and performance experts, have joined the company as principal engineers. Prior to Unity, Acton served as the engine director for ten years at Insomniac Games. With more than
Financial technology startup Broker Genius announced it raised $15 million in Series A financing from Volition Capital. The company’s pricing automation technology platform enables live event ticket resellers to use real-time market data to adjust ticket prices. For example, when pricing a baseball game, the company’s
Musical.ly Inc., the maker of the musical.ly social-media app, agreed to be acquired by Chinese news and information site Beijing Bytedance Technology Co. for $1 billion. The company, founded in 2014, created the musical.ly video social network for creating, sharing and discovering short videos recorded
Security startup EclecticIQ announced the completion of $16.3 million in Series B financing, led by Keen Ventures Partners, with participation from INKEF Capital and KPN Ventures. EclecticIQ offers a suite of products built for cyber security professionals in threat intelligence, threat hunting, SOC, and incident response