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Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their tasks in method consulting and financial investment banking in London previously this year in order to discovered a mobile-only education platform start-up, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with an objective “to make education more available to 100 million Pakistani trainees.” Having matured in Karachi, youth buddies Ahmed and Aziz …

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TikTok funds first episodic public health series ‘VIRAL’ from NowThis

TikTok is taking another step toward directly funding publishers’ content with today’s announcement that it’s financially backing the production of media publisher NowThis’ new series, “VIRAL,” which will feature interviews with public health experts and a live Q&A session focused on answering questions about the pandemic. The partnership represents TikTok’s first-ever funding of an episodic …

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Triller threatened to sue over report suggesting it inflated its downloads

A new report disputing the validity of Triller’s recently announced download figures led Triller to respond with the threat of a lawsuit. Triller, a newly litigious TikTok rival that could potentially benefit from a TikTok ban in the U.S., has been pushing to capitalize on the recent turn of events regarding its chief competitor. Earlier …

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Mobile developer Tru Luv enlists investors to help build a more inclusive alternative to gaming

Developer and programmer Brie Code has worked at the peak of the video game industry – she was responsible for many of the AI systems that powered non-player character (NPC) behavior in the extremely popular Assassin’s Creed series created by Ubisoft. It’s obvious that gaming isn’t for everyone, but Code became more and more interested …

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Mammoth Media launches CatchUp, an app that summarizes the latest news and trending content

A brand-new app called CatchUp may be helpful for anybody who’s having a hard time to stay up to date with the most recent headings, podcasts and Netflix programs. CatchUp is the current offering from Mammoth Media , the start-up behind chat fiction app Yarn and social ballot app Wishbone. Creator and CEO Benoit Vatere …

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