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Daily Crunch: Blocking VLC player downloads violates Indian law, claims VideoLAN in legal challenge

TechCrunch

The Google iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets are starting to roll out, enabling users to put widgets on the Lock Screen of their iPhone, Sarah writes. “Edtech still has deep and untapped opportunities. It’s here, it’s here! : Startups and VC. The markets may have slowed, but it won’t be long until the momentum returns.”

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South African startup Qwili gets $1.2M to scale its app and low-cost NFC-enabled smartphone

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The company’s hardware is a low-cost NFC-enabled smartphone called Qwili Pula that allows merchants to send and receive payments. Its business-to-business model has picked up steam, too, as 500 micro and small merchants use the hybrid platform (about half use Qwili’s NFC-enabled smartphones).

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Fini: Empowering Wellness Creators and Transforming Lives

Jason Malki

I saw an opportunity to bridge this gap with Fini, providing a platform tailored for health and wellness professionals to thrive that’s centered around community. Enabling individuals to lead healthier lives while supporting creators’ success is truly invigorating. Embrace challenges as learning opportunities.

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Isn’t it time you joined Clubhouse?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Clubhouse is an iPhone app that enables members to host and join audio—not video!—audio-only Clubhouse is a true paradigm shift that will see businesses and industries massively disrupted while at the same time opening the flood gates to huge opportunities for entrepreneurs to embrace the new change. . And it was getting old.

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Yummy raises $4M, aims to be ‘super app of Venezuela’

TechCrunch

Yummy’s app can be downloaded for free, and the company charges a delivery fee or merchant fee. He said this has protected the business against hyperinflation and ultimately created the opportunity for startups to begin operating in Venezuela. Born in Venezuela, Zavarce came to the U.S.

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FabuLingua wins the TechCrunch City Spotlight: Austin pitch-off!

TechCrunch

As the child explores the FabuLingua world, more stories unlock, enabling more teaching opportunities. The company says it has more than 80,000 downloads, 15,000 registered users and over 1,000 families paying for the subscription. The company was founded by Leslie and Mark Bergert. million in pre-seed funding rounds.

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Finding North In a New World

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Called “Finding North (Again),” it explores emerging trends and how to create opportunity from this period of chaos. . This is an opportunity: How will we adapt and change , to do what we do in a very different world? Download the report here. . The last few months have been like nothing I have ever experienced.

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