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Spotify brings real-time lyrics to 26 countries, not including the US

The Verge

Spotify is launching a new real-time lyrics feature in 26 markets today, including India and countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America, TechCrunch reports. There’s no word on if or when the new real-time lyrics feature might expand beyond the new markets. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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8 startups that leveraged products for social good, and where they’re headed in 2014

The Next Web

Started by a nightclub promoter tired of an unfulfilling job, charity:water doesn’t even have a marketing team but raises millions annually to give 800 million people the resource they are so lacking: access to clean drinking water. 2) The startup that’s giving clean water to those who don’t have access.

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Minka raises $24M from Tiger, Kaszek to help move money more quickly across LatAm

TechCrunch

It plans to take its work to help Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America also modernize their payments infrastructure, with immediate plans to expand to the Dominican Republic, Bolivia and Mexico. The startup was introduced to a client in the Dominican Republic by Mastercard, with whom Minka is partnered, along with Google.

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SmartRyde, a Japanese online platform for airport transfers, spurs global expansion with Series A

TechCrunch

The company plans to expand further in major cities and tourist destinations, including Mexico, Spain, Thailand, Dominican Republic, the U.S. Talixo , Holiday Taxis , Transferz ‘s Taxi2Airport and Huangbaoche are its global peers, with a market size valued at about $10 billion, Kimura said.

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The 12th Issue of NTEN: Change is Out - "Outcomes & Impact"

NTEN

Much of 2010 was focused on Project Cultivar, which worked in the Dominican Republic sugarcane plantations and its company towns, bateyes. Prior to joining NTEN in 2013, I worked in the human rights field with Social Accountability International (SAI).

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Finally takes in $95M in equity, debt to roll out lending for small businesses

TechCrunch

Felix Rodriguez’s family is from the Dominican Republic, and he watched his aunts and uncles come to the United States and create their own businesses. However, he noticed that not all small businesses were on a level playing field when it came to bookkeeping and working capital.

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Fintech startups lead the layoff wave

TechCrunch

It’s clear that LatAm is not immune to the housing market downturn in the face of rising interest rates, among other things. and Europe and “accelerate its expansion into new markets.” This represents a larger addressable market than Colombia, with lower banking penetration, and an average of around 1.5