New e-commerce startup, founded by an ex-PayPal exec, aims to give customers control of their own shopping data
Do you get tired of creating an account every time you purchase something from an online store? You’re not alone. I Own My Data (IOMD) is a startup aiming to eliminate the tedious step for consumers, so not only do you not have to create a password, or deal with
Read moreWordPress.com owner buys all-in-one messaging app Texts.com for $50M
WordPress.com and Tumblr owner Automattic is adding another company to its portfolio with today’s news that it has acquired the all-in-one messaging app Texts.com for $50 million. The app brings all your messaging apps together in a single dashboard, including iMessage, Slack, WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, Messenger, LinkedIn, Signal, Discord and
Read moreTop Most Viewed YouTube Videos in Nigeria 2023
As of January 2023, Nigeria had 31.6 million active social media users. WhatsApp is the most popular platform used in the country. Facebook, Youtube, and Instagram follows suit as the most used social media platforms in Nigeria. Internet users stand at 122.5 million users in January and the country’s internet
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Read moreAnti-Instagram photo-sharing app Daylyy has no vanity metrics, filters or algorithm
While social media has its perks, it can also be a toxic wasteland crawling with hate comments, unrealistic body standards, scammers and spam bots. As this toxicity continues to infest the digital landscape, new social platforms emerge, determined to remedy our distorted online world. Daylyy is a photo-sharing social app
Read moreHarvest Thermal taps $4M seed round to make heat pumps cheaper to run
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Read moreCensys lands new cash to grow its threat-detecting cybersecurity service
Investments in cybersecurity companies are beginning to turn a corner, seemingly. After a brutal summer, VC funding to security startups saw a slight (12%) uptick from Q3, according to Crunchbase — reaching nearly $1.9 billion compared to $1.7 billion in the second quarter. That’s still down 30% annually. But it’s
Read moreTwelve Labs is building models that can understand videos at a deep level
Text-generating AI is one thing. But AI models that understand images as well as text can unlock powerful new applications. Take, for example, Twelve Labs. The San Francisco-based startup trains AI models to — as co-founder and CEO Jae Lee puts it — “solve complex video-language alignment problems.” “Twelve Labs
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