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10 Big Ways to Shine for National Small Business Week (and 5 Things to Avoid)

April 22, 2024
Every year, the U.S. Small Business Administration takes time to honor America’s top small businesses. As one of the country’s 33 million small businesses, you are the engine of the nation’s economy. Share your story and grow new business by leveraging your connection with your community.

Mood.camera is an iOS app that feels like using a retro analog camera

April 22, 2024

Phone cameras have evolved a lot, with image processing becoming increasingly important and granular controls to help users tweak their images. Despite that, many people are still fond of old-school photography styles and techniques. Developer Alex Fox wanted to focus on that nostalgia while building the Mood.camera app. The iPhone app lets you switch between […]

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European police chiefs target E2EE in latest demand for ‘lawful access’

April 22, 2024

In the latest iteration of the neverending (and always head-scratching) crypto wars, Graeme Biggar, the director general of the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), has called on Instagram-owner Meta to rethink its continued rollout of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) — with web users’ privacy and security pulled into the frame yet again. The call follows a […]

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TLcom Capital closes second fund at $154M to back early-stage startups across Africa

April 22, 2024

Venture capital activity in Africa has shown resilience over the past six months, with major firms backing startups on the continent closing their funds despite the ongoing funding winter.  In the latest development, TLcom Capital, an African VC firm with offices in Lagos and Nairobi and a focus on early-stage startups, has concluded fundraising for […]

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Ecosia launches a cross-platform browser, starts an affiliate link program

April 22, 2024

Tree planting search engine Ecosia launched a new cross-platform browser today to increase its online footprint. The new browser, available for Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, is built on top of Chromium. That’s why there aren’t many feature differences from Chrome. The company sees that as a good thing as people might be tempted to […]

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Peak XV’s Piyush Gupta leaves firm to start own secondary-focused VC fund

April 22, 2024

Piyush Gupta, one of the operating leaders at Peak XV Partners, has left the firm to start his own fund, four people familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. Gupta joined Peak XV (called Sequoia India and SEA then) in 2017, leading the influential venture firm’s strategic development team. Before joining Peak XV, he focused on […]

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