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Open source projects continue to stand out as compelling alternatives to proprietary software for those who are looking for more flexibility or price leverage in the tools that they use to work. Today one of the juggernauts in the space of design is announcing some funding. Penpot, an open-source platform for designers and the developers […]

Penpot, the open-source platform for designers and their coders, draws up $12M as users jump to 250K by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Enabling freemium can bring organizational and operational challenges, even if it adds value to the business.

Optimizing freemium products: Challenges and opportunities by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch

The funding will be used for business expansion and branding to accelerate the company’s growth and further increase its reach to more students in tier 2 and 3 cities

The company will use the funding to strengthen product offerings and add new functionalities, expand the sales presence globally, build channel partnerships, strengthen marketing to drive growth and increase its brand awareness globally

Draganfly has entered into a partnership with India’s Remote Sensing Instruments to work together to create even better software

‘Astroturfing’ and other non-transparent lobbying tactics used to target digital policymakers in the European Union in recent years — including during a blitz of spending aimed at influencing major new pan-EU rules like the Digital Services Act (DSA) — have inspired a group of MEPs and NGOs to fight back by launching a hotline for […]

EU lawmakers launch tips hotline to catch Big Tech’s ‘shady’ lobbying by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Reliance Retail, India’s largest retail chain, will start accepting retail payments in digital rupee in a move that could supercharge the adoption of the country’s recently launched CBDC. The Mukesh Ambani-led firm said it has partnered with ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Innoviti Technologies to launch the in-store support for digital rupee. Customers who […]

India’s retail giant Reliance to accept CBDC at stores by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Innovator and inventor Leen Kawas is the managing general partner of Propel Bio Partners, a life science investment firm that drives its strategy with science and business expertise

Twitter will discontinue offering free access to the Twitter API starting February 9 and will launch a paid version, the Elon Musk-owned microblogging website said as it looks for more avenues to monetize the platform.  In a series of tweets, Twitter Developer account said the firm will be ending support for both v1.1 and v2 […]

Twitter to end free access to its API by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch