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Fashion items are among the most — if not the most — sought after on many e-commerce platforms. In Africa, for instance, fashion has held the top spot in Jumia for the largest category of items sold over the years. This means there’s no shortage of demand for fashion items across the continent, and the […]

Jendaya raises funding to scale its Africa-focused luxury e-commerce platform by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

Airtable’s whopping $11 billion valuation attained in late 2021 has lured a raft of ambitious entrepreneurs into the low-code database space. They covet even just a small slice of the pie enjoyed by the decade-old American juggernaut. While SaaS has long been a proven business model in the U.S., in emerging markets, and even in […]

Low-code database APITable is another Airtable challenger by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Uber drivers who have an iPhone will soon be able to use the Uber app directly from their car’s dashboard while using Apple’s CarPlay, according to an email sent to drivers and viewed by TechCrunch. The integration has been rolling out to drivers across the U.S., and all drivers should have access to it by […]

Uber is integrating its driver app with Apple CarPlay by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

NASA is planning a science mission to Mars that will ride up aboard a New Glenn — Blue Origin’s first big government contract for the as-yet-untested launch vehicle. New Glenn is the much, much larger sibling of the sub-orbital New Shepherd rocket that so many celebrities and rich folks have gone to the edge of […]

NASA will launch a Mars mission on Blue Origin’s New Glenn by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch