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Making sense of Klarna

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Angel investment from a former Erlang Systems sales manager, Jane Walerud, followed and she put Klarna’s founders in contact with a team of developers who helped build the first version of the platform. Siemiatkowski left undeterred. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online.

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Social media giants urged to tackle data-scraping privacy risks

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And be used to pump out unwanted direct marketing or spam. Mass data scraping of personal information can constitute a reportable data breach in many jurisdictions.” They also warn scraped data can be used for unauthorised political or intelligence gathering purposes — including by foreign governments or intelligence agencies.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

Angel investment from a former Erlang Systems sales manager, Jane Walerud, followed and she put Klarna’s founders in contact with a team of developers who helped build the first version of the platform. Siemiatkowski left undeterred. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online.

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Push it jumps to No. 1 on App Store promising a way to send push notifications to friends

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To work, Push it requires full access to your Contacts database on your iPhone. Amid today’s push for increased privacy, SMS-based growth mechanics are generally looked down upon after years of over-zealous app invite spamming became the norm. Canada, Bermuda, Ireland, and Norway, the firm says. It’s No.