The Verge

JANUARY 15, 2021

While Amazon has allowed companies to build skills for Alexa and allows pretty much any consumer electronic device maker to integrate Alexa into a compatible product, the e-commerce giant has not licensed the underlying AI tech for use in other assistant-like products. Amazon is calling the new offering Alexa Custom Assistant.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Earlier this year, several countries in Europe -- including the UK, France, Austria, Italy, Poland, and Turkey -- revealed a new digital services tax that would be imposed on tech giants and advertisers later this year. This is partly the result of very slow progress in the OECD's efforts to.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

On the heels of Amazon about to launch a new enterprise service to detect whether a machine is working well or not based on external physical changes in sound, vibration and temperature, a startup that has already built a big business in the space is announcing a big growth round of funding.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

Listen up : Sarah reports on a pair of new Spotify features: iPhone users can now get to the app faster through a new Lock Screen widget, and there is new tech for turning radio broadcasts into podcasts. million to help developers securely connect software services , Kyle reports. Big Tech Inc. You can sign up here.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Buy now, pay later services — which let consumers finance the purchase of goods online by paying back the total in installments over time — have been growing in ubiquity this past year. It claims to be the biggest provider of BNPL services in its home country.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Berlin-based language learning service Babbel was supposed to IPO on the Frankfurt stock exchange in late September. One of the company’s fastest-growing businesses is its live classes, which augment the service’s app-based language learning tools. Image Credits: Babbel. Image Credits: Babbel.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

Barkyn , a European subscription service for pets that combines food with tele-vet services, has raised a further €3 million ($3.6 million) from food tech investor Five Seasons Ventures , extending its previous Series A to €8 million, and total funds raised to date to €10 million. which has raised $28 million.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

It’s part of a growing split between remote proctoring services and the academics who use them. The problem has inspired a growing business of remote proctoring services, which monitor students during their tests, since long before COVID-19. Linkletter was under an injunction order. This is a massively impactful technology.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Everli , the European marketplace for online grocery shopping that started in Italy but now also operates in Poland, Czech Republic and France, has raised a $100 million in Series C funding. That growth is happening more and more outside Italy, with its international expansion now responsible for over 20% of orders.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2021

The lead investor in the expansion tranche of its C round is new investor InfraVia, a French private equity firm, which is putting in €30 million — investing via a Growth Tech Fund it launched last year that’s focused on European B2B high-growth tech companies.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Governments, public sector organizations and many private companies moved heaven and earth to ensure public safety and adequate supply of core services. Wages failing to rise in line with inflation as well as cuts to public services have led to a cost-of-living crisis in many markets. billion last year from $20.1 billion in 2021.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

based savings and investing startup Acorns has acquired London-based GoHenry , a startup focused on providing money management and financial education services to 6- to18-year-olds in an all-equity deal, the two companies announced today. France, Italy and Spain. GoHenry will help it extend in that market segment.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2021

2,000 companies are using the platform in France and Italy. You can consider it as a tech-enabled version of the good old employment agency. You can then leverage Iziwork’s app, service and pool of candidates. With today’s funding round, the company plans to expand to new countries and improve its tech product.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Open banking platforms, where services that might not have previously lived next to each other are now joined up by way of APIs, has been one of the emerging trends of the last couple of years, and today one of the leaders in the space out of Europe has closed a round of funding to expand its business.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

The company is launching its product in five new European countries — Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, Greece and Cyprus. If you want to go one step further and let Plum think about savings for you, the service can also automatically decide how much it should set aside based on your income and expenses. Originally from the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

And the French government is taking advantage of this opportunity to make some progress on the tech startup policy front. In an interview with TechCrunch, France’s digital minister Cédric O shared some news for the European tech ecosystem. Leveling up tech visas. But first, let me rewind just a little bit.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

This is one of the largest rounds in the French tech ecosystem. It currently operates in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. The startup’s CEO Alexandre Prot defines Qonto as three different products rolled into a single service. Following this investment, the startup has reached a valuation of $5 billion (€4.4

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Numeral isn’t a banking-as-a-service provider either. We are a payment automation platform for tech companies,” co-founder and CEO Édouard Mandon told me. “We We let tech companies connect to their bank account to automate payment operations.”. Spain and Italy. It doesn’t compete with Tink , TrueLayer or Yapily.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

These tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to secure servers in other countries, meaning you can access these streaming services to watch F1 for free from anywhere in the world. It is your responsibility to ensure that your use of a VPN is legal and Mashable does not encourage any illegal use of a VPN.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2021

Cubyn says it will use the new funding to double its team of 85 to more than 170 employees by the end of 2021, and deploy its service more internationally. First up is Spain and Portugal (launching next month), followed by Italy, the U.K. and Germany. Huboo, the ‘full stack’ fulfilment provider, picks up £14M Series A.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

The startup sells a salary-advance service to employers to offer their staff — charging companies a commission for the tech rather than levying a fee on users to withdraw a portion of their salary early (as some other salary startups do). Currently, it has pilots running in Italy and Portugal.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

They should primarily focus on their businesses and services to serve their customers without spending too much resources on payment. According to Yang, today Alipay+ connects over 20 payment apps from Thailand to Italy, allowing consumers to use their familiar e-wallets wherever they go. Still, the demand is booming.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 29, 2022

Don't freak out, but your gut is right: Your internet service provider (ISP) is tracking your every click to compile anonymous browsing logs they can potentially sell to advertising companies , or even cough up to government agencies in the interest of censorship. What is a VPN? What are the benefits of using a VPN?

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

flat fee “in minutes” delivery service. It bought alcohol retailer BevMo for $350 million in November 2020; and in June of this year Gopuff acquired logistics tech company rideOS for $115 million. Instant grocery startup Getir makes its first acquisition to expand into Spain and Italy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2014

I also keynoted the NGO track at the Internet Festival in Pisa, Italy (more about that in separate post later). The stage had a 22 meter screen with side screens that had a camera on the speaker and full tech team at the back of the house. ” The production values were high – we did several run of show rehearsals.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

The curbside is being squeezed as the number of commercial vehicle operators and gig economy workers battle over this increasingly scarce real estate — a problem that has been compounded by an uptick in on-demand delivery services fueled by the pandemic. A project in Los Angeles is also in the works.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

For consumer-facing businesses, making sure they have the latest adtech, marketing tech and tools to improve discovery and conversion is a must. “We integrate with hundreds of tech providers, including 30-40 payment providers, all of the essential logistics networks,” Lokschin said.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

And how does that make you feel, |*FNAME*| : Therapist chatbots are continuing to rise in popularity, and Wysa raised $20 million to further expand its services, as Jagmeet reports. AI caramba : AssemblyAI is expanding its AI-as-a-service business, as it raised $30 million in a Series B round , reports Kyle. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2020

One of the biggest trends in the world of fintech in the last several years has been the emergence (and surging popularity) of startups building platforms that help more people take a more proactive role in the world of financial services. s public companies by providing additional capital and liquidity.

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

It covers Uber’s operations across 40 countries when Uber was still run by co-founder Travis Kalanick, who took an aggressive approach to bringing the ride-hailing service into cities around the world, even when doing so would break local laws and taxi regulations. French taxi drivers staged protests that often turned violent.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

This includes long-established incumbents such as Unity, developed by tech powerhouse Unity Software, which is currently in the process of merging with IronSource. ” Support and services. “W4 intends to do this very same thing for the game industry.” Concept illustration depicting technical support.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

More people working from home because of COVID-19 likely also temporarily reduced demand for third party package acceptance services — since more people were in to receive deliveries themselves. It’s now anticipating a demand boom for its services as travellers jet off again and offices reopen to regular staff.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

.” In Germany, where Mayd is starting out, the country is in the process of gearing up for an e-prescription system that’s due to go live in January — as part of wider moves to digitize healthcare services (such as by bringing in electronic patient records). “In general we could have done this model two years ago.

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TechNode

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Showcased at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, the new product combines a vending machine with self-driving tech as Chinas coffee market expands rapidly. In today’s rapidly advancing world, we see the pace of daily routines accelerate at an unprecedented rate, calling for adaptive solutions to meet instant demand.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2021

The world of professional services has long relied on contractors to fill in for assignments and projects that might not be a part of the course of daily work, but are essential work nonetheless. and Italy after that. The plan is to extend that to Benelux next, with the U.K. Want to hire and retain high-quality developers?

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TechCrunch

JULY 24, 2022

The fintech funding boom of the past several years saw huge amounts of capital flowing into so-called neobanks, digital financial companies offering banking services to markets — general and niche. Casavo, an Opendoor-style proptech from Italy, raises $410M to expand its instant buyer platform across Europe.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

Although, on closer inspection, some pundits suggested the no opt out applied only to “service generated data” (telemetry data, product usage data, diagnostics data etc), i.e. rather than everything Zoom’s customers are doing and saying on the platform. Still, people were mad.

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