In a significant policy shift, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has announced the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in…
Singapore-based ecommerce marketing startup raises $1m to enter Indonesia
Email and digital marketing startup Ematic Solutions has raised a pre-series A round of close to US$1 million, it announced today. The funding comes…
Uber as a startup: the ins and outs of slim launches
Ever since emerging from Silicon Valley in 2011, startups around the world have looked to model themselves on Uber‘s success. Aside from being an…
WeChat’s Rush courier service boasts 1k deliveries in three months
The WeChat-powered courier service Rush has managed to complete over 1 000 deliveries in just three months since it launched. “Small businesses, in particular,…
UNICEF innovation fund is looking for open source tech
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is looking to fund tech startups based on improving the lives of children. “We’ll be identifying opportunities from…
