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Do you need another app to discover beautiful places when you travel?

TechCrunch

In the summer of 2019, Timilehin Ajiboye became intrigued with the idea of building a travel app after conversations with a circle of friends. And while social media, growing exponentially over the past decade, has changed the way we communicate and connect, it has also changed how we travel. Social media and travel.

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Sustainable Travel: Opportunities Digital Technology Provides for a Greener Business

Altexsoft

The devastating impact of travel on the environment and local communities is enormous. Greenhouse gases (tourism is responsible for around 8 percent of global carbon emissions, three-quarters of which is due to aviation), local resource overuse (e.g., What is sustainable travel? Three pillars of sustainability.

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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

Altexsoft

In the last few years (and especially after the pandemic), travel trends have dramatically shifted and multiple studies prove it. TripAdvisor‘s “Travel in 2022: A Look Ahead” Report. Moreover, half of Gen Z respondents said they want to get out of their comfort zone and crave a sense of risk and excitement while traveling.

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Sustainable change requires architecture of technology and organization

Xebia

Optimize their process to deliver software quicker. Making the technology process more sustainable. Nicole Forsgren, the lead researcher of the State of DevOps reports, puts it in this way: “Investments in technology, are also investments in people, and these investments will make our technology process sustainable.”.

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

TechCrunch

I didn’t build software myself,” Pal told Jason Jacobs, the host of the My Climate Journey podcast. The app also has a community component, connecting users with sustainability challenges, classes and other educational tools, along with a social network to communicate with peers to track relative progress.

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6 investors and founders forecast hockey-stick growth for Edinburgh’s startup scene

TechCrunch

The city’s tech ecosystem appears to have a robust space for machine learning, artificial intelligence, biomedicine, fintech, travel tech, oil, renewables, e-commerce, gaming, health tech, deep tech, space tech and insurtech. Use discount code SCOTLANDSURVEY to save 25% off an annual or two-year Extra Crunch membership.

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

As well as traditional software engineering startups, Switzerland’s largest city boasts a startup culture that emphasizes life sciences, mechanical engineering and robotics. But it’s also one of the more expensive places to start a business, due to its high cost of living, salary expectations and relatively small labor market.