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TechCrunch+ roundup: Technical due diligence, web3’s promise, how to hire well

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In films, screenwriters always include a moment known as the Promise of the Premise. Then again, I’m not a developer, so I didn’t truly appreciate the value of mobile gaming, GPS and cloud storage until they’d achieved product-market fit and were integrated into my smartphone.

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iOS gains new emoji, Showtime joins a pricier Paramount+, and Instagram launches Channels

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If you’re wondering about Greg’s status, not to worry — he’s due to return from a well-deserved parental leave in a month and change. With those administrative bits out of the way, let’s get on with Week in Review. (If Is the tech jobs market as bad as it seems?

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How does Digital Technology help build the Next Generation of Dental Practices?

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Introduction to the Digital Transformation for Dental Practices Dental practices are transforming as digital technology is reshaping oral healthcare. In this article, we explore how digital technology is helping to advance dental care, improve efficiency, and empower dental professionals and patients alike.

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Glass rethinks the smartphone camera through an old-school cinema lens

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Films weren’t always widescreen. Originally they were more likely to be approximately the shape of a 35mm film frame, for obvious reasons. If you matted out the top and bottom, you could project a widescreen image, which people liked — but you were basically just zooming in on a part of the film, which you paid for in detail.

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Nigeria’s IROKO plans to go public on the London Stock Exchange AIM in 2022

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IROKO , a Nigerian-based media company, could file to go public in the next 12 months on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) Alternative Investment Market. Founded by Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter in 2011, IROKO boasts the largest online catalog of Nollywood film content globally.

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Sequoia picks its horse in the consumer carbon offset market, leading a $2.5 million round for Joro

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The Princeton undergraduate saw the film in 2011, and it started her on the journey that would lead her to launch Joro , the Sequoia-backed startup that monitors consumer spending to offer tips on how to offset and reduce a user’s carbon footprint. . I wasn’t a technology person.

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Deepdub raises $20M for AI-powered dubbing that uses actors’ original voices

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Netflix’s Korean drama “Squid Game” was one of the most-watched dubbed series of all time, proving the massive potential for foreign-language programming to become a hit in overseas markets. They landed on what became Deepdub after having conversations with several people in the industry.