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After lockdowns boost gaming marketplace Eneba, it raises $8M from Practica and InReach

TechCrunch

The investment highlights once again the strength of the Baltics region as a tech ecosystem, after Lithuania produced its first Unicorn in the shape of Vinted , and Estonia added Pipedrive to its unicorns list. The site also optimizes its localized gaming experiences to show locally trending gaming products.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

In conversations about freelancing and online marketplaces for remote contract workers of the tech industry, the name of oDesk floats up pretty often. Among other fastest-growing client countries one can also find Latvia, Pakistan, Romania, Lithuania, and Malaysia. million jobs.

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Strava acquires Fatmap, a 3D mapping platform for the great outdoors

TechCrunch

. “We will enable Fatmap technology in all of Strava’s services, empowering anyone to discover and plan an outdoor experience with curated local guides, points of interest and safety information.” and has part of its workforce based there, the bulk of its 50 employees are spread across offices in France, Germany and Lithuania.

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Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub

TechCrunch

There are plenty of reasons why Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital city, has an increasingly visible startup sector. But what are the locals excited about on the ground? But what are the locals excited about on the ground? What industry sectors is your tech ecosystem strong in? What are the tech investors like?

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Despite remote work and the economic downturn, some companies look to London for expansion

TechCrunch

Barely a day goes by without news of layoffs emerging from the tech world — from cybersecurity to gaming , no industry is impervious. And closer to home, a bunch of smaller European tech companies have also extended their reach out across the English Channel with their first U.K. Cross-border investments. Financial independence.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X): Everything you need to know, from layoffs to verification

TechCrunch

Twitter is being evicted from its Boulder office Court documents show that Twitter owes three months’ rent to its Boulder landlord, and a judge has signed off on evicting the tech giant from that office. In fact, it’s unclear whether anyone else can even see your check briefly reappear.

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Americans still believe they live in a compassionate country, report shows

Fast Company Tech

As the granddaughter of immigrants from Lithuania and Poland who spoke little English, I understand what its like to be treated as a stranger in America. Compassion comes easily to me.

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