How Twitter’s battle with India is boosting its local rival, Koo

How Twitter’s battle with India is boosting its local rival, Koo Twitter and India Despite being a smaller social network than the likes of Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok, Twitter has always generated a lot of conversation globally, thanks to high-profile personalities posting announcements and breaking news on the platform, from world leaders to business bigwigs. The platform has been proactive in taking action against users violating its terms of service in the US — at least for the past year or so....

6 min · 1141 words · Paul Mitchell

How Two Uni Friends Started DesignCrowd & Built a Multi-Million Dollar Business

DesignCrowdis a design crowdsourcing service — a site where buyers can list a job for a logo, web design or other visual end product and receive a number of options from designers around the world. When the buyer decides which of the entrants has provided the best solution, that designer gets paid out and the design becomes the property of the buyer. DesignCrowd and services like it are an excellent way for people and businesses on a shoestring budget to get their design needs met....

8 min · 1697 words · Mary Riley

How Uber plans to become a global ‘zero-emission platform’… in 20 years

How Uber plans to become a global ‘zero-emission platform’… in 20 years Promoting EVs Uber is committing US$800 million to help drivers transition to EVs by 2025. This will be partly funded through the Uber Green program, which enables riders to request an EV or hybrid vehicle for an extra US$1 per ride and which will be extended to more than 65 cities by the end of 2020. EV drivers in the US and Canada will receive up to an extra US$1....

4 min · 648 words · Ryan Roberts

How UK startups are keeping their EU connections alive after Brexit

How UK startups are keeping their EU connections alive after Brexit UK might have left the EU, but that doesn’t mean its startups have to Establish an EU-based subsidiary For founders with established EU customers, keeping a foot in the EU has been key. One such founder is Romain Eude, CEO ofUtelly, a content discovery technology that solves (these days) the potentially relationship destroying question: “What should we watch tonight?”...

11 min · 2246 words · Kimberly Martinez

How UX designers can save us from our own shitty passwords

How UX designers can save us from our own shitty passwords How to improve password UX There are a number of strategies that improve password UX, and they aren’t overly complex. As always, it’s important to have a picture of core users when planning a password experience. Aim to strike a balance between: Consider password alternatives Passwords are a well-established paradigm, but they aren’t the only way to protect user data....

2 min · 283 words · Brittney Ibarra
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