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Ibex Investors’ newest fund is betting on a mobility revolution

TechCrunch

And with a fresh $113 million fund focused on early stage mobility companies, his firm is tapping into it. “I would equate it (our fund) to an internet fund in 1996 or 1997.” Technically, Ibex is a registered investment adviser, although it is not investment banker. In all, the firm has about $1.2

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7 ways an MBA will advance your IT career — and 5 ways it won’t

CIO

Ben King, head of mobile app development firm Aviato Consulting, is convinced that it can provide a major career boost. AllCampus’ Bhargava advises IT leaders to evaluate a variety of MBA programs and to find one that fits their specific personal needs, including full-time, part-time, and even executive education programs.

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MARA raises $23M from Coinbase Ventures and FTX to build Africa’s portal to the crypto economy

TechCrunch

Then sometime in Q1 2023, MARA intends to launch a pro-exchange for sophisticated traders that utilize technical analysis and prefer a full set of trading options to the traditional exchange options on MARA’s retail app. “What we’re doing is we’re creating financial infrastructure for people to build their lives.

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What’s next for the internet in Afghanistan?

Kentik

Will it also end a period of development of the domestic internet in Afghanistan? Growth of Afghan domestic internet. The fragmented nature of the country’s internet, driven by its austere mountainous geography, meant that shutting down service in Afghanistan would require more than a single kill switch. As the last U.S.

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All-Inclusive Guide Of Mobile App Development – 2021 Edition

Xicom

It’s no more a secret that the world has gone mobile. Mobile apps can be built as an extension to your already established business or can be used to create new business from scratch. Mobile App Development – The Must-Know Amazing Stats . million internet users in the UAE in January 2021. But First Thing First!

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Xayn is privacy-safe, personalized mobile web search powered by on-device AIs

TechCrunch

Mass surveillance of what Internet users are looking at underpins Google’s dominant search engine and Facebook’s social empire, to name two of the highest profile ad-funded business models. “Except for Internet Explorer of course.” Online tracking is how this ‘great intimacy robbery’ is pulled off.

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Examining low-code/no-code popularity across Africa and its range of disruption for CIOs

CIO

“The general idea is that low-code/no-code is not yet mature enough to be used on a large scale because of its application to specific cases where security needs and constraints are low,” says Maximilien Kpodjedo, president of the CIO Association of Benin and digital adviser to Beninese president Patrice Talon.