News Bytes TikTok rolls out a Guardian’s Guide to help parents understand the platform by Engadget May 11, 2021
Africa Over 150 Nigerian fintech startups reportedly generate annual revenues of over $5 million – Techpoint Africa May 11, 2021
Africa Cameroon’s Maviance to digitise payments across central Africa with $3 million funding – Techpoint Africa May 11, 2021
Africa Despite $33 million Q1 revenue, Jumia’s share price may take another nosedive after recent results May 11, 2021
Smart home alliance from Apple, Amazon, and Google now called ‘Matter,’ first products coming this year
Smart home alliance from Apple, Amazon, and Google now called ‘Matter,’ first products coming this year
Tesla suffers setback in China as backlash over safety, quality of its electric cars sinks sales by 27 per cent
Asia Cryptocurrency This Week: WazirX Founder On 10X Growth, Dogecoin Boom In India & More May 11, 2021
Smart home alliance from Apple, Amazon, and Google now called ‘Matter,’ first products coming this year
Acquco Secures $160M Series A To Help Amazon Third-Party Sellers Exit Their Businesses – Crunchbase News
11 new and notable Android apps from the last two weeks including Clipt, Microsoft Edge Dev, and Edge Side Bar (4/24/21
Europe “If Amsterdam is wise, the city will focus on the cryptocurrency sector”: Wessel Simons of Bitcoin Magazine NL May 11, 2021
Europe US-based CircleCI raises $100M at a valuation of $1.7B; acquires Amsterdam-based Vamp.io May 11, 2021
Europe Today in European Tech: A ‘complex’ joint venture with SoftBank, a Hedosophia-flavoured SPAC and some BIG funding rounds May 11, 2021
Over 150 Nigerian fintech startups reportedly generate annual revenues of over $5 million – Techpoint Africa
Delft-based quantum tech startup QphoX raises €2 million, uses Quantum Modem to turn theory into reality
This Swedish startup has developed a material that converts any light to electrical energy; bags €31.2M
Beijing names and shames Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu and 81 other apps for excessive data collection under new rules
This Week in Apps: App Store advertising expands, Google Play plans for safety, Epic v. Apple trial begins
11 new and notable Android apps from the last two weeks including Clipt, Microsoft Edge Dev, and Edge Side Bar (4/24/21
Latin America Bismarck Lepe, Wizeline: Building world-class startups from Mexico and Silicon Valley, Ep 141 May 11, 2021
Latin America Kickstarting a career in mechanical engineering ft. Mauricio Toro, TECHFIT Digital Surgery, Ep 7 May 10, 2021
This Swedish startup has developed a material that converts any light to electrical energy; bags €31.2M
California Energy Commission Proposal Makes Important Climate Progress, But Falls Short of Widely Supported All-Electric Building Code
Middle East Dhaka’s Alice Labs raises $500,000 seed for its multi-channel ecommerce customer service platform May 11, 2021
Middle East Huawei calls for closer public-private sector cooperation to restore trust in technology May 10, 2021
See strange new worlds from the eyes of a little space gnome in Samorost 3 [Android Game of the Week]
North America Two Canadian startups part of TikTok push to provide more third-party integrations May 11, 2021
“If Amsterdam is wise, the city will focus on the cryptocurrency sector”: Wessel Simons of Bitcoin Magazine NL
Chinese cryptocurrency financial services firm Babel Finance rides the mainstream wave with US$40 million Series A
Tencent-backed online insurer Waterdrop seeks to widen health policy coverage for China’s poor, founder says
Tesla suffers setback in China as backlash over safety, quality of its electric cars sinks sales by 27 per cent
