Convoy, whose other backers include Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, now valued at $2.75bn

Other investors in Convoy include Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Marc Benioff and Reid Hoffman

U2 frontman and lead guitarist The Edge invest in on-demand trucking firm

There is already a conversation in Washington about whether monopoly and antitrust law needs to be rethought for the digital age

Innovators are applying deep thinking to deep linking – cutting out the web by directly joining up apps

Another US media dynasty falls on hard times

Jerry Brown jokes that US computing giant’s tax return really makes it an ‘Irish company’

Company which gave birth to modern electric guitar appoints Bono and Edge to board

The recent drop in activity in the sector illustrates that for successful venture capital activity, the key factor is not the quantity of venture capital available but the returns generated