tech:

taffy

Delivery Agent Receives $5M

[Techtaffy Newsdesk]

Delivery Agent has received a $5 million investment from Samsung Venture Investment, the venture capital arm of the Samsung Group.

Ilseok Yoon (Vice president,  Samsung Venture Investment): With 85 per cent of tablet owners using their second- screen device while watching TV and a projected 58 per cent of TV viewing households expected to have at least one web-connected TV by 2016, Delivery Agent sits in a powerful position to monetize audiences through their TV Wallet transaction engine and commerce applications tied directly to the content being viewed on these devices.

Delivery Agent says it will use the funding to expand and manage the deployment of commerce applications tied to entertainment content across all connected devices including Smart TVs and mobile.

Investors in Delivery Agent include Intel Capital, Liberty Global, Bessemer Venture Partners, Worldview Technology Partners, Cardinal Venture Capital, T-Venture, Ironwood Capital, Coral Group, Digital River, and Grazia Equity.

[Image courtesy: Delivery Agent]

Just in

Apple sued in a landmark iPhone monopoly lawsuit — CNN

The US Justice Department and more than a dozen states filed a blockbuster antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Thursday, accusing the giant company of illegally monopolizing the smartphone market, writes Brian Fung, Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez.

Google is bringing satellite messaging to Android 15 — The Verge

Google’s second developer preview for Android 15 has arrived, bringing long-awaited support for satellite connectivity alongside several improvements to contactless payments, multi-language recognition, volume consistency, and interaction with PDFs via apps, writes Jess Weatherbed. 

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is paid more than the heads of Meta, Pinterest, and Snap — combined — QZ

Reddit co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman has been blasted by Redditors and in media reports over his recently-revealed, super-sized pay package of $193 million in 2023, writes Laura Bratton. 

British AI pioneer Mustafa Suleyman joins Microsoft — BBC

Microsoft has announced British Artificial Intelligence pioneer Mustafa Suleyman will lead its newly-formed division, Microsoft AI, according to the BBC report. 

UnitedHealth Group has paid more than $2 billion to providers following cyberattack — CNBC

UnitedHealth Group said Monday that it’s paid out more than $2 billion to help health-care providers who have been affected by the cyberattack on subsidiary Change Healthcare, writes Ashley Capoot.