The Verge

MAY 4, 2021

WhatsApp is again rolling out its payments service in Brazil, after the service was suspended by Brazil’s Central Bank in June of 2020 a few days after it launched there. When the service originally launched in Brazil, the country’s central bank suspended it, citing concerns about competition in the payment system market.

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The Verge

MAY 26, 2021

Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp is suing India’s government over new internet rules it claims are unconstitutional and will “severely undermine the privacy” of its users, The New York Times reports. A government that chooses to mandate traceability is effectively mandating a new form of mass surveillance,” WhatsApp’s FAQ says.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Brazil is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, but the cost of broadband Internet is hobbling cloud adoption in the region. We discussed cloud adoption in Brazil's NGO sector with Valter Cegal of TechSoup Brasil. Brazil is the eighth largest economy in the world. is four times higher than in Brazil.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Our theme this month is educational nonprofits like The Luciano Bareto Júnior Institute in Brazil. views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. Back to School in Brazil. Even in the U.S.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 24, 2010

This was first introduced (to my knowledge) in the Stakeholder's Platform discussions, which were the quickly ginned-up alternative option created in response to the original introduction at WIPO of the Treaty for the Visually Impaired ("TVI") by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay (and now co-sponsored by Mexico). The concept of TIs uses U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Over the last five years, Brazil has witnessed a startup boom. Many people are unaware that Brazil has the largest Black population in any country outside of Africa. As with counterparts in the United States, Brazil’s Black founders have less access to capital. Like counterparts in the U.S.

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The Verge

JULY 12, 2021

Microsoft says it’s gone door-to-door replacing routers compromised with the Trickbot malware in Brazil and Latin America, hoping to squash an international hacking group. Trickbot has been allegedly behind attacks on hospitals, schools, and governments, stealing login credentials and locking computer systems to demand payment.

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2020

Google has published an open letter about a newly proposed government regulation that would compel it to pay media outlets for news content. We need to let you know about new Government regulation,” reads the letter linked from the pop-up from Google Australia’s Managing Director Mel Silva. Screenshot: Google.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 10, 2009

The United States Government has long been a leader in producing and facilitating the dissemination of materials accessible to blind and visually impaired persons. We are committed to furthering international efforts to enhance the access to copyrighted materials.

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The Verge

JULY 6, 2020

The news emerged just days after the Indian government banned TikTok along with 58 other China-based apps. Reels has had a relatively slow rollout worldwide after first launching as a test in Brazil last year on both iOS and Android. We’re excited to bring this new version to more of our global community.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The round was co-led by Brazil-based Echo Capital and Oria Capital , with participation from TPG Capital , Argonautic Ventures , and others. While Spanish-speaking Latin America is driving some of its revenue, it is Brazil where Ambar is most present, Balbinot said. Three of these are located in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2021

Widen, who is Swedish, moved to Brazil about 10 years ago for personal reasons, and while there, was pitched the idea of FinanZero by Webrok Ventures, an investment company focused on bringing Nordic innovation to Brazil. . Will Brazil’s Roaring 20s see the rise of early-stage startups?

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Our theme this month is educational nonprofits like The Luciano Bareto Júnior Institute in Brazil. UNESCO views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. Back to School in Brazil. Even in the U.S.,

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Medium Technology Section

APRIL 1, 2025

How Global Standardization is Transforming Industry Compliance in 2025 Continue reading on Learning Data

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Governments supportive of technology. In Africa in particular governments are very involved in promoting technology and see it as a future industry that will kick start the economy. ’ And Startup Chile also brings hope to entrepreneurs who can’t get to Silicon Valley. Many female entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

That includes analyzing over 1,300 layers of data from multiple sources to provide information on what is happening with suppliers and customers across a certain rural territory to bring about competition and environmental, social and governance factors compliance.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

“Provided industry, government and society collaborate on appropriate policy mechanisms and regulations to drive both supply and demand, aviation can achieve net-zero carbon emissions. Through the Raízen joint venture in Brazil, Shell has been producing bio-ethanol for more than 10 years.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Singapore is quickly turning into a hub for food-tech startups , partly because of government initiatives supporting the development of meat alternatives. Menezes’ food career started in Brazil at one of the world’s largest poultry exporters. ” Both Recker and Menezes have years of experience in the food industry.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 27, 2011

Through negotiations, four competing proposals have been merged into a single document supported in June by the Latin Americans (led by Brazil), the U.S., Government support this effort? the European Union and others. But, they love anything that strengthens intellectual property regulations, of course. Question: Why should the U.S.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

However, CFOs in Brazil hate them, and we get why since all they receive at the end of the month is a transaction statement that is impossible to trace back…CFOs also worry that by decentralizing payments and empowering employees, they will have to deal with fraud, payment reconciliation and an overall mess in operations they will have to fix.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2021

Inspired by companies like Robinhood in the United States and XP Investimentos in Brazil, Ajaib Group was created to be a mobile-first stock trading platform, with no offline brokers or branches. The Indonesian government and Indonesia Stock Exchange have launched initiatives to encourage more stock investing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Together with our partners in the nonprofit, technology, government, academic and publishing sectors, we participate in new cultural and technological movements, deriving new knowledge that we apply for social gain. These relationships generate countless ideas for using technology for social good.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2021

federal government is in a unique position to help realize those rewards. There are so many ways governments can help businesses maximize their data leverage in ways that improve society. They should stop thinking about privacy as compliance and begin thinking of it as a harmonization of the customer relationship.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2023

government. British neobank Revolut launched in Brazil, its first country in Latin America, offering customers a global bank account and crypto investments, Silicon Republic reported. The company already had a presence in the country after hiring Glauber Mota as the CEO of its Brazil business in March 2022. More details here.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

China has a mature venture investment ecosystem, but recent interventions by the country’s government to rein in the tech sector have left many wondering whether startup investment in the country may suffer permanently. Fintech and insurtech innovation in Brazil set to take off on regulatory tailwinds.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

It has clarified that “coordinated activity that misrepresents or conceals the origin of an app or content” is a violation of its policies, and that a government-published gambling app is now allowed in Brazil. These policies will come into effect on October 21st.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Jokr plans to use that funding to double down on its service in Brazil. Now here’s some non-earnings items for your Friday enjoyment: That is not chump change : Vodafone Idea was ordered by the Indian government to convert government dues into $2 billion equity , Manish reports. billion now. Even more cha-ching : The U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Kann was inspired to start Papaya after growing up in Brazil, where a similar payment technology already exists. . It also claims to help businesses of all sizes in all industries as well as governments and municipalities get paid faster and more often. It’s a true universal payment method.”. In this respect, the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

Vitalk currently works with employers and insurance companies in Brazil and is set to expand to other countries next year. With a strong ecosystem of academic-business-government-community partnership, PathGen seeks to democratize precision medicine, especially in developing countries, and enable molecular diagnostics for all.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

government. However, it is currently focusing on one-fourth of that figure which covers Egypt, the Phillippines, Brazil and Africa. The round, a combination of debt and equity, was led by U.S.-based Participating investors include Cathexis Ventures, Loftyinc Capital, Khawarizmi Ventures and several unnamed angel investors.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Through a collaboration with the nonprofit TomorrowNow , the same device equipped smallholder farmers in Africa with next-generation climate data, and Arable says the Mark 3 also played a key role in a project with Shell to estimate potential carbon credits in Brazil.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

That worries me, because I don’t think I’ve heard about a groundswell of demand for changing Chafee in the United States, other than when one textbook publisher's representatives get up in public and sound like banking executives from five years ago (if the government would just stop regulating us, we'd take care of everything).

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 3, 2025

Experts say estimates from drought-stricken Brazil, the world’s top coffee grower, are that this year’s harvest could be down by some 12%. The government says companies can operate safely, but warned them to focus on business. “If I’m a businessman, dealing with my business, let me not mix with politics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2009

The 15 refers to both the fiscal promises made by governments in 1994 at the International Conference on Population and Development ( ICPD ) and the age of the young people who need these services, who were born that year. The site is in English, Español , Français and Arabic. Check it out, [link]. . . .

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

There are now over 200 local currencies in use worldwide, according to a database maintained by the Schumacher Center, with popularity greatest in Europe and Brazil. In the US, corporate finance was bailed out of its speculation-gone-awry after being deemed “too big to fail” by the Federal government. Now 15 years in, BerkShares, Inc.

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Global Giving

DECEMBER 30, 2021

In Brazil, the Receita Federal holds nonprofit registrations in dense files alongside information about every taxable entity in the country. GlobalGiving Atlas includes everything from government ID numbers, mission statements, and organization financials. Nonprofit data is mixed with for-profit data.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Kipp has been a leading software developer in the region, creating software around election monitoring and government transparency just to name a few. We were supposed to start our visit with a very high government official, but instead Kipp took me over to Nairobi Women’s Hospital. Visiting the Hon.

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