Impacked packs up $2.5M to give the packaging industry a greener tint
Packaging is a trillion-dollar-per-year industry that, by and large, has some sustainability challenges. Impacked is a B2B company that’s bringing green tech to the forefront...
Induction cooking heats up with a $20M cash injection for Impulse
All electric, everywhere, all of the time; that’s one of the many climate mantras. Induction stovetops take a lot of power, however — they can...
Google Play finally adds UPI subscriptions in India
Unified Payments Interface — commonly known as UPI — has become the most popular mobile payment route for P2P and merchant payments in India, and...
Nigerian Startup That Stored Its’ Day-to-Day Operational Budget’ On FTX
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The Amazonification of Uber
It’s been six months since Uber hosted Go, Get, a global smorgasbord of product reveals and features that covered everything from booking party buses and...
Disney+ Has A New Adorable Short Film For ‘The Mandalorian’ And ‘Spirited Away’ Fans
Disney+’s adorable new short film, “Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies,” premiered on Saturday, November 12. From Lucasfilm and Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli, the...
222 wants to match perfect strangers for bespoke, real-life experiences
As anyone who’s moved to a city sight unseen can tell you — this reporter included — making platonic connections isn’t easy. Adult friendships are...
How the FirstBuild product co-creation studio is changing how new things are made
If you are running R&D at a large appliance manufacturer, you have a challenge. You typically make products in enormous quantities at pretty slim margins....
What goes up must come down
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This Week in Apps: Twitter’s crazy week drives social apps’ growth, Google expands user choice billing
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app...