Photo sharing social network Instagram launched a standalone messaging app called Direct for Instagram. According to the Verge, Direct for Instagram is available on Android and iOS in six countries: Chile, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, and Uruguay.
Beringer Capital, a private equity firm investing in technology products and services for brands, announced the purchase of full-service digital commerce provider, BrandShop. This partnership will provide BrandShop with the capital needed to continue scaling its direct-to-consumer digital commerce services. The acquisition of BrandShop is
Ivalua, a global leader in Cloud Spend Management, announced that it has amassed Directworks to better enable customers to manage direct materials and serve the needs of the manufacturing industry. Directworks allows highly engineered product manufacturers to work collaboratively across teams and with suppliers to develop,