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Afascinating video reporton the BBC today shared a glimpse into a revolution of sorts happening within France’s taxi industry. For 70 years, since 1939 in fact, theNational Federation of Taxi-Artisans(FNTA) has enjoyed a monopoly of sorts within the taxi ranks. Its members have had the comfort and job security many would expect from a government backed organisation but in recent months the industry has witnessed disruption at its finest. A new company calledEasy Takeis challenging FNTA’s dominance by introducing ad-supported taxis with cheaper fares and supposedly more efficient engines....

Disruptive fintech is our best bet to economic recovery post COVID-19 It’s time for financial services to update their approach. Change is needed A traditional approach to lending will not get cash to SMEs quickly, when many are just weeks or even days away from drastic losses or potential closure. In Nigeria for example, it can take up to six weeks for businesses to get an answer from a bank on a loan application,which may still come back as a ‘maybe’ or an outright ‘no’....

The future looks bright for Twitter. After attending an informal press meeting with Twitter CEO, Dick Costolo, its current statistics and revealed strategies seem to focus primarily on revenue and monetization rather than the addition of new features to the platform (if it’s not broken, why fix it, right?). The move appears to be taking Twitter along the correct path, as things only seem to be looking up for the private SF headquartered company....

Boris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur in tech — from managing stress to embracing awkwardness. You can get his musings straight to your inbox bysigning up for his newsletter! In the book I’m currently reading, there’s a scientist who is doing a lot of thinking. It’s not just some ‘everyday thinking’ mind you, but constructive, scientific thinking....

A few versions ago, Google’s Chrome browser for Android got a feature that opened new tabs in groups. This means when you click on a link, it opens that page in a little ‘folder’ — making it tough to find individual tabs while scrolling. Bless the lord: Android Police has discoveredyou can now turn that off. Well, if you have the current stable version 91 of Chrome that is. In this release, you can set it to open links in ungrouped tabs by default, or use tab groups like before, if that’s your thing....