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The Roblox economy is going global, as users can now set regional pricing

Engadget

" Prior to this move, users in a country like Vietnam would pay the exact same price as folks here in the US. The software will not only automatically determine optimal local prices for items, but will update costs periodically as the global economy shifts. Roblox Creators have to opt-in for the service.

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TikTok Notes is shutting down as Lemon8 steps in

Fast Company Tech

Launched in limited markets like Canada, Australia, and Vietnam last year, the photo-sharing app let users post images with captionssimple enough, but apparently not compelling enough. million global monthly active users by December 2024. Lemon8think Instagram meets Pinteresthas quietly been gaining traction, tripling its U.S.

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The water at these schools comes almost entirely from rain

Fast Company Tech

At a remote elementary school in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, until recently, access to safe drinking water was a daily challenge. Urban Taipei obviously has different water infrastructure than rural Nepal or Vietnam. There’s global interest. In the dry season, from December to April, droughts made the challenge worse.

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Vietnam-based CoderSchool gets $2.6M pre-Series A to scale online course platform

TechCrunch

CoderSchool, a Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam-based online coding school startup, announced today $2.6 In Vietnam, the demand for IT talent is dramatically increasing by 47% a year, while supply is only increasing by 8% year-on-year. Vietnam after-school learning startup Marathon raises $1.5M “Coding is the future.

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China’s JD.com pilots cross-border platform Joybuy in London as it takes on Temu in UK’s $163 billion e-commerce market

TechNode

Why it matters: JD.com began its globalization journey early, but has struggled to secure a leading position due to a lack of strategic focus. The move signals JDs ambitions to capture a slice of the UKs 127 billion ($163 billion) retail e-commerce market in 2024 the third-largest globally.

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YC-backed Homebase is an alternative to traditional mortgages for home buyers in Vietnam

TechCrunch

The home ownership rate in Vietnam is about 90% , but many millennials are struggling to join that number. Part of Y Combinator’s latest batch, Homebase was founded in 2019 to give prospective buyers in Vietnam an alternative to traditional financing. Homebase co-founders Phillip An and Junyuan Tan.

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Aemi eases the challenges of social commerce in Vietnam

TechCrunch

This included working with global brands to grow their distribution in emerging markets. The people that we are catering towards are what would be classified by brands as long tail distribution,” said Vu, “but they make up the majority of volume on social commerce” in Vietnam. .

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