Monthly Archives: February 2024

Ring doorbell customers angry at 43% price hike

Users have taken to message boards to complain about the increase, which they say is unjustified.

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Africa-focused funds find their feet amid a downturn

In the midst of a funding downtime last year, and with conditions getting tougher for fund managers raising capital as backers (limited partners) enhanced their focus on strategy and track record, some new African and Africa-focused funds still emerged, with … Continue reading

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6 Best Enterprise CRM Software for 2024

Freshsales, Zoho CRM and Pipedrive are among the top enterprise CRM software that organize and automate data workflows to help achieve businesses’ client management goals in 2024.

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China e-commerce player Temu is about to run its second Super Bowl ad — and do $10 million in giveaways

It’s rare for a Chinese firm to buy a Super Bowl ad spot, which costs millions of dollars, but Temu already ran its first Super Bowl commercial last year.

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US makes AI-generated robocalls illegal

The moves comes as concerns grow around misinformation and artificial intelligence ahead of the US election.

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Pinterest announces a new ad deal with Google as it approaches 500M MAUs

Pinterest announced a new ad deal with Google as the company aims to ramp up its ad revenue. Google is the social platform’s second third-party ad partner after Amazon signed a multiyear deal with Pinterest last year. The company talked … Continue reading

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Bootstrapped for 8 years, Xensam has now snapped up $40M for AI that manages software assets

Software asset management — an area of enterprise IT designed, in part, to help companies save money — continues to draw a lot of money itself. In the latest development, Xensam — a startup out of Stockholm that provides AI-based … Continue reading

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Indian parliamentary panel red-flags PhonePe and Google Pay cornering 83% of India’s UPI payments

An Indian parliamentary panel has urged the government to support the growth of domestic fintech players that can provide alternatives to the Walmart-backed PhonePe and Google Pay apps that currently command more than 83% of the country’s fast-growing digital payments … Continue reading

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SoftBank shares extend their surge, pop more than 15% on earnings beat

Shares of SoftBank Group rose as much as 15.29% on Friday morning after the Japanese investment firm posted earnings that beat analysts’ expectations.

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