Apps and Software

New Zealand cloud accounting company Xero has raised NZ$147.2 million in funding, as the company continues to accelarate rapidly and grow globally.

US venture capital firms Accel Partners and Matrix Capital Management are behind the investment. Accel, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm, has agreed to invest NZ$132.9 million, while former Xero investor Matrix will invest NZ$14.3 million

Accel Partners is known for its continued investment in early stage startups, with early investments Facebook, Spotify and Dropbox and the company invested US$60 million in Australia's startup darling Atlassian ...

Apple is rolling out the new beta of OS X to developers — and, for the first time, we have a close look at more diverse emoji.

Apple has openly acknowledged that emoji lack racial diversity; even the ones that do represent people of color are often criticized as stereotypical. Now, it looks like the Cupertino company is finally making steps in the right direction

We got our first look at the new emoji in November, but examples were limited.

It looks as though these emoji will have interchangeable swatches that can change a Caucasian emoji to a variety of different skin colors. There are six different options for hair and skin, accessible through a dropdown menu on each icon in apps such as Messages for Mac. ...

With news that Lenovo's Superfish adware put users at risk and rumors of a possible Apple car swirling, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps.

Luckily, each weekend, we round up our favorite new and updated apps, so you won't miss out.

This week's list includes a gorgeous endless runner, Weather Underground's new storm-tracking app, Microsoft's latest OneNote update and a new video messaging app.

Check out the gallery, above, to see all the apps that made our list of top picks. And if you're looking for more, take a look at ...