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Some media companies are more responsible than others. Google has taken the next step in supporting password-free authentication by adding passkey support to Android and Chrome. Passkeys are unlocked with a fingerprint, face, or screen lock, but are built to the industry-wide FIDO standard so they can be used across different platforms.

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TikTok continues to expand its advertising business, most recently with a pay-per-actual-view ad unit called Focused View. Clients are only charged if an ad is watched for six seconds or there’s a different interaction within that period. Separately: industry observers were agog this week at reports that TikTok is planning fulfillment centers to support its e-commerce ambitions.

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Tealium has announced a new consent management framework that creates tighter integration between consent capture and data usage. Other enhancements include an ecosystem of identity third party identity solutions and no-code event data collection. The new ecosystem is in place now while the other features are available for early access on a limited basis.

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You may not have noticed a shortage of tools to send bulk emails, but the good people at Software Design Team did. They’ve plugged the gap with GMerge, which enables Gmail and Google Workspace users to send personalized mass emails to Gmail addresses. It’s aimed at small businesses and includes a number of features that make it less obvious to Google that a mass emailing is being sent.

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If you think the past few years have been tough for marketers, just wait. This Integrate survey finds that many companies are cutting B2B marketing staff and budgets while keeping performance targets the same. Almost 95% report at least some redundancies in their tech stack, including 27% who say they are substantial.

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Australian logistics company Shippit has acquired Singapore-based tech developer Luwjistik in a US$11.3 million deal. Following the acquisition, Shippit will double down on growth in Southeast Asia by leveraging Luwjistik’s tech, expertise, and local network.

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South Korea’s largest internet company Naver Corp has inked a deal to acquire Poshmark, Inc., a United States-listed social e-commerce marketplace for new and secondhand style, for approximately $1.2 billion.

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Foodology, which a year ago had its Series A for US$15 million, just announced a new round of US $50 million. The company is one of the most important startups that operate dark kitchens in the region, and pop star Maluma is one of the investors. Foodology presents itself as a fast way for companies to develop and scale virtual restaurants under their own brands or third-party brands. According to the company’s figures, it already has more than 80 virtual kitchens operating in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, and Peru, delivering more than... Read More >

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Elenas, which estimates that 11 million women in Latin America sell consumer items via catalogs and door-to-door sales methods, is digitizing that process so they can more easily sell from home.

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Viebeg Technologies, a health tech company, backed by venture capital, is making it easier for more people in Central and East Africa to get affordable healthcare by helping healthcare facilities buy supplies in real-time. It uses artificial intelligence (AI) to manage supply chain processes like shipping, warehousing, distribution, and inventory management to ensure that healthcare facilities have the right medical supplies.

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Tech giant Google announced the launch of a cloud region in South Africa, its first in the continent, playing catch-up to other top providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, which made inroads into the continent a few years ago.

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A Kenya-based venture studio with a focus on tourism, Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV), has raised $1 million pre-seed funding to build the next generation of startups that use technology to modernize the tourism sector.

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