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TipTip uses a hyperlocal strategy to help Southeast Asian creators monetize

TechCrunch

TipTip founded in October 2021 by Albert Lucius, whose previous startup Kudo was acquired by Grab in 2017. Based on research they sourced from Research and Markets, Digital Journal and Statista, they found that the creator economy in Southeast Asia has a projected CAGR of about 10% to 30%.

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Gorilla Logic to Sponsor 2023 ‘Women Who Code Medellín’ Software Development Program

Gorilla Logic

Software developers from Gorilla Logic will tutor women learning how to code from scratch throughout the free 60-hour program. The program is an initiative by Women Who Code Medellín and is meant for women who are interested in technology and want to guide their professional life toward this discipline.

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History of MongoDB

The Crazy Programmer

MongoDB is a document-oriented server that was developed in the C++ programming language. The company was ranked 9th by Wall Street Journal and was called “Next Big Thing 2012.”. The company was listed on NASDAQ with the name MDB, and public trading of their product started on 20th October 2017, at over $24 IPO rate for each share.

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10 fastest growing US tech hubs for IT talent

CIO

Operational costs in Phoenix are 36% less than in California, according to the Phoenix Business Journal , making it an appealing spot for tech companies looking for a less expensive home base for headquarters.

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#742 My Body, My Pixels: A Deep Dive on Digital Autonomy with Todd Zywicki, Professor of Law at George Mason University

Modern CTO

He served as Co-Editor of the Supreme Court Economic Review from 2006-2017 and as Editor from 2001-2002. Professor Zywicki is the author of more than 130 articles in leading law reviews and peer-reviewed economics journals. From 2013-2017 and 2010-2014 he was among the ten most-cited faculty in the field of Commercial Law.

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Even well-funded fintech companies are laying off workers

TechCrunch

The Wall Street Journal reported that SoFi Technologies was cutting around 65 jobs, or about 5% of its 1,300-person workforce. Last year, Brex made headlines for cutting off its SMB customers , and according to So, Divvy recently ended its credit-builder program. Note: This has not been independently verified by TC.) What does it do?

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Meet ‘misinfosec’: Fighting fake news like it’s malware

The Parallax

But he found a compelling reason to dive into the fraught world of online journalism: He wanted to stop fake news. election commanded immense followings, according to research Jonathan Albright of Columbia University published in October 2017 : A group called “Blacktivists” had 103.7 million shares and 6.1 million shares and 3.4

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