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Courier lands $35M to build a service for app notifications

App notifications, well intentioned or no, have become a part of daily life. A 2018 study out of Duke University estimated that — aside from email and work app alerts — the average person

With ride-hail and delivery launch, Fenix wants to be the Bolt of the Middle East

Abu Dhabi-based mobility startup Fenix has added ride-hail and courier services to its portfolio of mobility products. The company launched “Fenix Taxi” in Manama, Bahrain, on Monday and s

Flytrex raises $40M to build its drone-based delivery service across suburbs in the US

Flytrex, the Israeli startup working with Walmart, Chili’s, and others in North Carolina in pilots for a drone-based delivery service targeting suburban consumers, has picked up $40 million in f

Tyltgo’s same-day delivery platform lets small businesses compete with Amazon

Tyltgo wants to make it easier for restaurants and small businesses to compete with same-day delivery services offered by the likes of Amazon and HelloFresh. The Canadian company, which recently raise

Courier raises $10.1M Series A to help developers integrate multichannel notifications

Courier is an API platform with a no-code twist that helps developers add multichannel user notifications to their applications. The company today announced that it has raised a $10.1 million Series A

Deliveroo criticized over ‘inadequate’ PPE provision and income support for riders risking coronavirus exposure

UK food delivery giant Deliveroo has been called on to do more to protect riders’ incomes and safety during the coronavirus crisis. The ‘meals-on-wheels’ service couriers provide mak

Just Eat cuts its take for 30 days to help restaurants during the COVID-19 crisis

U.K. takeout marketplace Just Eat has announced a 30-day emergency support package for restaurants on its platform to help them through disruption caused by the coronavirus crisis. From tomorrow (Marc

The 11 best startups from Y Combinator’s S19 Demo Day 1

tY Combinator, the genesis for many of the companies that have shaped Silicon Valley including Airbnb, PagerDuty and Stripe, has minted another 200 some graduates. Half of those companies made their p

DHL brings Africa eShop to 20 countries in a competitive nod to Jumia

DHL is expanding its DHL Africa eShop business to 9 additional markets, upping the presence of the global shipping company’s e-commerce platform to 20 African countries. DHL went live with the d

JD founder cautions logistics business must tighten belt

Alibaba’s arch-foe JD.com has long prided itself on owning and controlling its logistics services: couriers are treated as in-house staff and paid a basic income. But that will end soon as costs

DHL launches Africa eShop app for global retailers to sell into Africa

DHL is launching an e-commerce app called DHL Africa eShop for global retailers to sell goods to Africa’s consumers markets. The platform goes live today and brings more than 200 U.S. and U.K. retai

Uber Eats couriers in Europe to be offered free accident and sickness insurance

Uber has announced it's launching a free insurance package for independent couriers delivering food for its Uber Eats business in nine European markets. It says all couriers with an active account

The dream of the Courier lives on, but it’s still a dream

Oh yes, young feller, that there Yoga Book sure is something. But why don't you just set a while an' listen to the stories of an old blogger. 'Twas back in the old days — before the millennials took

London Deliveroo drivers crowdfund protests over new pricing model

On-demand restaurant food delivery startup Deliveroo is facing more protests in London this week over a new pay structure it's trialling in the U.K. capital that seeks to switch drivers to a fixed fee

Vim On A Typewriter Will Endear You To Grizzled Unix Experts

There have been many mechanical keyboard solutions in the past few years, most notably an IBM Selectric with serial out that let you klack away like Ada Lovelace directly into a printed email. However

It's alive! Microsoft granted patent for Courier

Okay, it’s not really alive. They stuck a fork in that poor bastard for good. That said, they seemed to like the form factor enough to patent it — if not anything else about the device. If

Is Sony developing a Courier lookalike?

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sony-ereader-laptop2.jpg">The Microsoft Courier <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/04/29/microsoft-cancels-the-courier-the-internet-

Microsoft cancels the Courier, the Internet sheds a tear

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/microsoft-courier1.jpg">The <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/courier/">Microsoft Courier</a> will never make it out of Microsoft's

Microsoft's Courier tablet is coming in 2011

So if you’re still interested in the Courier tablet, Microsoft will be releasing it in 2011. In case you haven’t paid attention these past few weeks, the Courier is Microsoft’s doubl

Pen and finger interface on a Surface looks extremely Courier-like

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/lass.jpg" />Hmm. What does this remind me of? Oh, that's right, the <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/courier/">Courier</a>. The abi
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