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New media venture in India helping readers discern signal from noise

TechCrunch

The startup, which plans to expand its coverage into more areas including sports and launch newer products, isn’t currently charging its readers and listeners. The founding team also includes former Google India public policy executive Rajneil Kamath and Chinmay Bhogle , who previously worked at Times Internet, Star Sports and Tata Motors.

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How Edge as a Service is shaping the future of fan engagement

CIO

It’s the world’s largest cycling event, attracting 150 million TV viewers in Europe alone and 10 million fans across social media platforms. Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), By embracing technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT) and digital twins, A.S.O.

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Fixed wireless access (FWA) is a secure networking option

CIO

This shows that many modern cyber security challenges are network-agnostic, which means the most popular cyber attack methods typically don’t focus on the network technology the company uses to access the internet. The need for improved rural internet service has been recognized by both governments and businesses alike.

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“Link-in-bio” company Linktree raises $45M Series B for its social commerce features

TechCrunch

This is in partly because people have been spending more time on social media and e-commerce shopping during the pandemic. ” Zaccaria added that one of Linktree’s differentiators is its adoption by users in a wide range of categories, including health and wellness, real estate, sports, music, politics, publishing and food.

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Meet the 5 judges who will pick the 2021 winner of TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield

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formerly Verizon Media and new TechCrunch corporate parent), a job he will officially begin September 27. The appointment comes less than two weeks after Apollo Global completed its acquisition of the media group from Verizon for $5 billion. Lanzone has a long history in media and as an entrepreneur.

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

TechCrunch

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. According to this report , the media company will raise between $20 million and $30 million valuing the company at $80 million to $100 million. .

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Gaming is Eating Media… and Pokemon is Just the Start

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Recently, we have noticed an interesting phenomenon in the media world in which online gaming is conquering consumer attention at the cost of other, more-traditional forms of media, like television and the Internet. Put more succinctly, gaming is eating media. sports markets, Boston and Los Angeles. Meanwhile, 78.5

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