If your CEO isn’t pitching to VCs, you’ll never raise money
Never rely on external resources to do the fundraising for your startup.
If your CEO isn’t pitching to VCs, you’ll never raise money by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
How to Build Meaningful Connections in the Digital Networking Era
In a world of digital noise and curated personas, authenticity fosters a deeper, more lasting connection. Networking for today’s world (and tomorrow’s) will require a balance of technology and human touch.
January 2023
The Download: ID’ing rioters in Brazil, and shooting for the moon
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Brazilians are turning to Instagram to identify far-right rioters In the hours after far-right insurrectionists trashed government buildings in Brazil’s capital on Sunday January 8, a new account popped up on Instagram. Called…
Nucleus aims to simplify the process of managing microservices
An increasing number of organizations are adopting microservices, the loosely-coupled, independently-deployable services that together make up an app. According to a 2020 O’Reilly survey, 77% of organizations had adopted microservices as of then, with 29% reporting that they were migrating or implementing a majority of their systems using microservices. The widespread microservices adoption has spawned […]
Nucleus aims to simplify the process of managing microservices by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Tesla rolls into a pressure cooker, Paris mulls its scooter future, and the double SPAC arrives
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the full edition of the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages […]
Tesla rolls into a pressure cooker, Paris mulls its scooter future, and the double SPAC arrives by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
Paris to hold vote on shared scooters
This weekend, Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo told Le Parisien that Parisians will get to vote whether they want to ban free-floating electric scooters or not. As I explained last week, Dott, Lime and Tier, the three scooter companies currently operating in the city, have operating licenses that are set to expire on March 23rd, […]
Paris to hold vote on shared scooters by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
Twitter’s third-party client issue is seemingly a deliberate suspension
Last Friday, a ton of popular Twitter clients including Tweetbot, Twitterrific, and Echofon were down. Users couldn’t log into their accounts or look at their timelines. At first, it looked like a bug in Twitter API, but radio silence from Twitter and new details indicated that the company deliberately limited access to third-party apps. The […]
Twitter’s third-party client issue is seemingly a deliberate suspension by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
The New Microsoft AI Tool Can Mimic Anyone’s Voice
A new AI tool by Microsoft has garnered quite the attention. Vall-E’s AI Text To Speech system (TTS) can take a three second recording of a person and then convert written words into a speech in that person’s voice. What is the most frightful and astonishing part about the tool is its accuracy.
Didi gets China approval to relaunch after 18-month security probe
Eighteen months after its app was suspended in China, ride hailing giant Didi made a comeback on Monday. The move came as China showed signs of easing up its sweeping regulatory clampdown on the internet sector over the past three years. In July 2021, Chinese authorities ordered the country’s app stores to remove Didi, citing […]
Didi gets China approval to relaunch after 18-month security probe by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
Kenyan fintech Kwara raises $3M seed extension, signs deal to reach over 4,000 credit unions
Kwara, a Kenyan fintech digitizing credit unions (saccos), more than doubled its client base last year, and its eyeing enormous growth in the coming years after raising a $3 million seed extension, and signing an exclusive digital solutions distribution agreement with the Kenya Union of Savings & Credit Cooperatives (Kuscco), the national umbrella body representing […]
Kenyan fintech Kwara raises $3M seed extension, signs deal to reach over 4,000 credit unions by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
Indian edtech giant Byju’s changes sales strategy in key revamp
Byju’s has made a key change in its sales strategy, moving away from a business practice that attracted the edtech giant criticism over the years. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, India’s most valuable, said on Monday its sales people no longer visit potential customers’ houses to pitch to their parents. Instead, the entire sales workforce now works […]
Indian edtech giant Byju’s changes sales strategy in key revamp by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch