Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 29, 2004

She attended the LocalisationDev event last week in Poland and got a great deal out of it. This event was organized by Tactical Tech and Aspiration , two of the sparkplugs in the social movement around free and open source software. That's the report I had today from Anna Berns, who is a product manager for our Martus Project.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Researchers tested Concert in Poland, and hope it will be available to the market within the next two to three years. Then, they tested it at a hospital construction site in Krakow, Poland. The team also worked with research partners in Austria and Germany.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

-based Amadeus Capital Partners and Austria’s Apex Ventures are pooling their collective venture capital (VC) resources for a new fund specifically targeted at early-stage deep tech startups. At the same time, deep tech funding is still low, which presents a huge opportunity for growth.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

Emmy Gengler is the CEO of Softjourn , a global technology services provider with offices in California, Ukraine and Poland. based tech company, Softjourn, which has an R&D office and many employees in Western Ukraine. Our team, along with the greater tech community in Ukraine, has been united in helping the war efforts.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

As unease spread amongst a handful of entrepreneurs, alarmed at radical “reforms,” proposed by the Benjamin Netanyahu-led government, to the independence of the judiciary, WhatsApp groups were fired up, and were quickly flooded with volunteers from the tech industry. If you need to call, I may not be available by phone.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

Poland-based health tech AI startup Cardiomatics has announced a $3.2 Cardiomatics touts its tech as helping to democratize access to healthcare — saying the tool enables cardiologists to optimise their workflow so they can see and treat more patients.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Thomas Duscha, founder and CEO of Berlin-based battery swapping startup Swobbee , was in Poland visiting family in early March when the reach of the Ukraine crisis galvanized him to action. “I million have landed in Poland. Duscha started with a post on LinkedIn that put out a call to action among the tech community in Berlin.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The impacts of the invasion are also, undoubtedly, being felt across Ukraine’s wider tech ecosystem, which includes not only hundreds of startups and larger tech firms, but also research and development offices for some of the world’s biggest technology brands. VCs weigh in on Europe’s future in the critical deep tech market.

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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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The Verge

MARCH 1, 2022

In an open letter, the leaders of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, said that Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter had become accessories to Russian aggression by allowing the country space on their sites and apps. In response, Russia too has blocked or limited access to a number of US tech platforms, including Twitter and Facebook.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

It was joined by Activant Capital, Greycroft, Fabrice Grinda’s FJ Labs, as well as Latin America’s tech-specialized VC firms Kaszek and monashees, and HV Capital, the first institutional investor. Right now it’s live in nine cities across Latin American countries Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Peru, as well as Poland and Austria in Europe.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

An international group of climate activists and Amazon warehouse workers have launched an online campaign called “Make Amazon Pay, ” calling on the tech giant to provide better working conditions for its employees and to reduce its expanding carbon footprint. . | Image: Make Amazon Pay campaign.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2023

Poland-based spyware LetMeSpy is no longer operational and said it will shut down after a June data breach wiped out its servers, including its huge trove of data stolen from thousands of victims’ phones. Both Spytrac and Support King shut down following TechCrunch’s reporting.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The Next Web is happy to announce 12 upcoming local award events in Europe’s hottest tech hubs, all for the sake of highlighting and celebrating the best startups, the most talented entrepreneurs and the hottest investors. We didn’t want to leave it at that, though. You can find a list of locations below.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

Fresh on the heals of a partnership with Poland-based satellite operator SatRevolution, SkyWatch is now set to bridge the gulf between satellite startups and customers in a bigger way as it lowers the barriers to entry for new companies focused on high-tech spacecraft payloads. What’s next for space tech?

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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. The round is led by Verlinvest, with participation from new investors Luxor, DN Capital, C4 Ventures, and Convivialité Ventures.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

It wants to become the only tech partner you need to run a small and medium e-commerce shop. The startup is going to focus on Poland next. Meet Montonio , an e-commerce checkout solution created by a small startup based in Tallinn, Estonia. That’s much cheaper than card payments.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

in the Bay Area, some in Israel and others spread out across the world, including a few from Ukraine, who he reports are safe in Poland at the moment. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Entrée Capital, Hetz Ventures and a slew of individual tech industry investors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

Bfree is now on a massive recruitment drive for the 16 new markets in which it is setting up operations, including Ghana, India, Uganda, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Russia, Poland, Pakistan and Indonesia. million, having realized $800,000 in a seed round last May.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

We are brainstorming a new solution to a widespread challenge in many countries: How to develop a self-sustaining, independent local tech ecosystem. There are three main players in any tech ecosystem: The first are founders who want to build companies and need funding. As a result, many of them emigrate to the U.S.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. Thankfully, the wider tech industry has rallied around Ukraine in the last year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

The Subak incubator launched last summer — with a goal of making a tangible difference to not-for-profit climate action by linking eco-minded entrepreneurs and projects with an ecosystem of tech innovators who know how to scale projects and create global impact. 14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

With one-hour chats in Cameroon, New Zealand, India, Kenya, South Africa, Poland, Canada and the United States, we have over twelves hours of digital storytelling conversation planned for your listening pleasure. Then join us September 4, 2014 for an amazing, global conversation. Below is our timeline for the September 4, 2014 festivities.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

Those employees are spread across its offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, Denver, Mexico City, Mexico and Krakow, Poland. We believe we’re at the tipping point of a big tech replacement cycle for restaurant and small business software, and at the very early stages of this transition to modern cloud-native solutions.”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

And if that’s not convincing enough, I’m going to share a few more reasons why the prospects of the Ukrainian tech sector aren’t as bleak as they may seem from the outside. The Ukrainian tech sector is adaptable and export oriented The Ukrainian IT sector gets most of its business from Europe and the United States.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

The quickening pace of tech layoffs is creating growing uncertainty for workers, but it’s giving investors access to a new wave of technical and entrepreneurial talent. How Fellow bootstrapped for 8 years to build a coffee empire Ask Sophie: Which visas will allow us to expand our startup in the U.S.?

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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. For instance, France has created the French tech visa.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of the suggestion that non U.S. Siemiatkowski, a Swedish national and the son of two immigrants from Poland, is also sceptical of the “American dream.”

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TechNode

MARCH 20, 2024

Attempting to summarize the current state of the international tech industry is a tricky business. Statistics show that the number of redundancies at global tech companies increased by 59% in 2023 compared to the previous year, affecting 262,700 people. Meanwhile, layoffs are also occurring more widely. London startups raised over $12.9

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

In tech-savvy Ukraine, crypto has emerged as a quick and easy way to handle this money. Ukraine is known for its tech talent, with more than 200,000 tech workers, and its IT export business did $6.8 She’s coordinating with people in Ukraine and Poland to verify and authenticate the organizations that spring up.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2023

Welcome, friends, to TechCrunch’s Week in Review (WiR), the newsletter where we recap the week that was in tech. Google launches Project IDX: In more Google news, the tech giant this week launched Project IDX, an AI-enabled, browser-based development environment for building full-stack web and multiplatform apps.

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The Verge

APRIL 29, 2021

This would make business harder for these companies, stifling competition in a market already dominated by US tech giants. This could open the way for authoritarian regimes, like those in Poland and Hungary, to silence their critics abroad by issuing removal orders beyond their borders,” writes one civil rights group.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The summer before my final year of school, the Anti-Defamation League sponsored a trip for college newspaper editors to visit Poland and Israel and learn about Jewish history. While in Poland, we visited Auschwitz, and while touring the grounds our guide made a grisly discovery. I wish I’d seen that sooner.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

You may not have heard of Amadeus, but if you’ve taken a trip, you’ve probably interacted with its tech stack. We also entered a prospective Ukrainian employee who fled to Poland in the H-1B lottery, but he wasn’t selected yet. 3 ways deep tech founders can climb out of pilot purgatory. How can we support them?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Warsaw, Poland: Open Access. Naples, FL: NFN4Good Tech Club for SWFL. Baltimore, MD: March Tech & Social Change Meetup. Monday, February 24. Vancouver, Canada: Let’s Party! How to Create a Buzz-Worthy Event. Tuesday, February 25. San Francisco: Let’s Learn About the Future of Mobile Impact. Sunday, March 2.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

It plans to use the funding to expand its footprint across metropolitan areas in its existing three markets — the Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria — as well as to break into Germany, Poland, Romania and other countries in the near future.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The company was blacklisted by the US government , severely limiting how it can do business with tech companies based in the States. Apple has sued the company for attacking iPhones , and its chairman stepped down amidst accusations that Pegasus was used domestically by Israeli police forces.

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