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Daily Crunch: How to remove common consumer-grade spyware from your Android phone

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Per our reporting, the company has seen its growth accelerate , which helps explain its new valuation. Alloy indicates that SaaS still has a home there! And then blast past 50 million downloads and rack up a few million monthly active users. All we can hope is for an acceleration, and perhaps Checks will help.

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African gaming startup Carry1st raises $27M from Bitkraft Ventures and a16z

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Meanwhile, the CEO mentioned on the call that the four-year-old gaming startup has other partnerships, including a “large game licensing deal that we’re excited about.” 1 downloaded game in the U.S. for a few days last July, according to data.ai.

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The Ezra Klein Show: VC Bill Gurley on Transforming Health Care

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You can download The Weeds live episode for that. You can get it wherever fine podcasts are downloaded. That’s the old Facebook motto. I talk more than I typically try to, even though I typically talk a lot in this podcast, but I hope you enjoy it a lot anyway. Before we jump into it. A quick couple of plugs.

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Yana’s mental health tool for Spanish speakers nears 5 million users

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Andrea Campos has struggled with depression since she was eight years old. Then an earthquake hit Mexico City and that developer lost everything — including his home and computer — and had to relocate. “I Some of those people would download the app again months later when hit with another crisis. “We

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South Korea’s OHouse lands $182M to add AR to home improvement app

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During the worst days of the pandemic, when people were stuck at home and starving for some form of entertainment beyond streaming yet another TV series, many turned to DIY home improvement projects. Additionally, it provides services that help users to connect with more than 5,000 home remodeling firms. billion in 2021.

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Beyond ‘Netflix Party’: startups and their VCs bet we’ll browse more of the web together

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Last year, during the pandemic, a free browser extension called Netflix Party gained traction because it enabled people trapped in their homes to connect with far-flung friends and family by watching the same Netflix TV shows and movies simultaneously. Indeed, it only recently graduated from the LAUNCH accelerator program.

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FloBiz raises $31 million to scale its neobank for small businesses in India

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Sequoia Capital India and Think Investments co-led the 18-month-old startup’s Series B financing round. India, the world’s second-largest internet market, is home to millions of small- and medium-sized businesses. Maybe neobanks will break even after all.