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Sharify makes it super simple to rediscover your city’s social side

TechCrunch

The pandemic has upended many aspects of urban life but perhaps the most visible upheaval is to citydwellers’ social lives, with curfews calling time on traditional night life across much of the Western world and social distancing putting a chilly spin on opportunities for getting together with people outside your usual circle.

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GetYourGuide closes $133M convertible note as travel startups continue to weather the COVID-19 storm

TechCrunch

“The pandemic has been the worst crisis in the history of tourism, but it’s also proven that leisure travel is a fundamental human need. ” GetYourGuide picks up $484M, passes 25M tickets sold through its tourism activity app.

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Brazil’s Black Silicon Valley could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America

TechCrunch

Tara Sabre Collier is an early-stage impact investor with more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of economic development, social entrepreneurship and impact investment. With an 84% Afro-Brazilian population, there are deep, rich and visible roots of Africa in the city’s history, music, cuisine and culture. Contributor.

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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

Altexsoft

For example, TripAdvisor 2022 Report discovered that about three quarters of travelers are willing to see new places, with such priorities as having new experiences and learning about history and culture not far behind. Instead of that flight-and-flop style, many vacationers are hungry for excitement, cultural immersion, and new experiences.

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Arabian moonshots may hold huge implications for the whole world

Pandora's Brain

They are looking to AI to help them develop alternative energy sources, create smart cities, improve government services, and build world-class industries in fintech, healthcare, and tourism. Despite being generally optimistic about the future, the Gulf states are also profoundly socially conservative.

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

TechCrunch

Wider issues seem more cultural; startups not thinking big enough, investors lacking the necessary appetite for risk, and even — among wider society — some latent suspicion of entrepreneurs. While Spain-based investors are champing at the bit for administrative reform and better stock options. Francisco Polo.

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How Digital Transformation Can Help Your Business Grow?

OTS Solutions

Overview of Digital Transformation Digital transformation means the operational, cultural, and organizational changes within an organization’s ecosystem with the help of modern technologies such as cloud computing, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile apps, etc.