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How fintech and serial founders drove African pre-seed investing to new heights in 2020

TechCrunch

While most African pre-seed investments in 2020 went to fintech, there were exceptions, including Egyptian edtech startup Zedny, which raised $1.2 A second-time founder himself, Yusuf is the co-founder of Nigerian tech media publication Techpoint Africa. Startups building financial infrastructure got noticed.

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How NeRF Technology Is Creating the Next Generation of Media

CableLabs

The ways we create and consume visual media are constantly evolving, allowing us to experience places and things as if we’re physically present in those environments. In this blog post, we take a look at how NeRF works, how to use it yourself and how it’s influencing the future of immersive media. Now, you have a NeRF!

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3 strategies for elevating brand authority in 2021

TechCrunch

Amanda Milligan is the marketing director at Fractl , a prominent growth marketing agency that’s helped Fortune 500 companies and boutique businesses alike earn quality media coverage, backlinks, awareness and authority. This feels even more important now after the absolute disaster that was 2020. Strategy #1: Get media coverage.

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Microsoft’s April 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 113 CVEs Including Adobe Type Manager Library Zero-Day Flaws (CVE-2020-0938, CVE-2020-1020)

Tenable

Microsoft's April 2020 Patch Tuesday includes 113 CVEs, including a patch for two zero-day flaws (CVE-2020-0938 and CVE-2020-1020) in Adobe Type Manager Library disclosed on March 23. CVE-2020-1020 and CVE-2020-0938 | Adobe Type Manager Library Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities.

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How to Improve Your Nonprofit's Digital Content in 2020

TechSoup

Does your website have a blog? Are you active on social media? And in order to properly share your organization with the world in 2020, you need to be thinking carefully about digital content. Think about how the world online encounters your nonprofit. Do you have a website? Do you make videos? Do you fundraise online?

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Bolt CEO addresses startup’s performance in wake of lawsuit, says merchant numbers are up 192% YoY

TechCrunch

CEO Maju Kuruvilla issued a blog post today acknowledging that the company “has become very popular in the media these past few months.”. In his blog post, Kuruvilla revealed the following figures around the company’s performance, writing that Bolt: has a total of 13.8 ” The company said it could not comment on the matter.

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RSAC Day Two – Highlights from Social Media

Palo Alto Networks

Here are the highlights from the day’s social media coverage: The #PANexperienceRSA rocks on with Sheryl Crow. For more in-depth thoughts on key cybersecurity topics for RSAC 2020, read Greg Day’s “ What the Cybersecurity Industry Needs to Discuss at the RSA Conference 2020.”.

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