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Author: Linda Ashok

As the Founding Editor of StartuptoEnterprise.com, Linda is interested in emerging tech startups operating in the intersection of innovation, profitability, and social impact. Her primary focus is Europe & China followed by the US & India.
“Unite by Emotion” with Athletes at Tokyo Olympics 2021
19Jul By Linda AshokNo Comments
Marketing, MEA & Japan

“Unite by Emotion” with Athletes at Tokyo Olympics 2021

I'mbesideyou Inc. to launch a unique sports campaign, "Unite by Emotion," to help the world visualize support and cheers for their favorite athletes. Earlier this year, the multimodal AI analytics and online communication firm founded by Shozo Kamiya raised ¥115,000,000 in seed funding from Beyond Next Ventures and Japan Finance. According to news syndication, the global "Unite by Emotion" campaign for Tokyo Olympic 2021 launches on July 23, 2021. People around the world can communicate their best wishes and cheers to their favorite athletes online. The campaign appears to be strategically designed to offset sports lovers unable to watch the Olympics in person. "Unite by Emotion" will allow people to visualize the cheers of people worldwide through Artificial Intelligence (AI). I'mbesi...
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Custom Google Meet Virtual Background for iOS Users
19Jul By Linda AshokNo Comments
Technology

Custom Google Meet Virtual Background for iOS Users

iOS users can now enjoy a personalized background for their meetings on Google Meet, thanks to the new update. Google revealed that video conferencing tool users can now edit/update backgrounds in Google Meet on iOS.  iPhone or iPad users can now select from images recommended by Google, such as office spaces, landscapes, and abstract backgrounds. They may also upload their own background to use during meetings.  Google Meet Virtual Background Professionals working from home would originally feel embarrassed to have an unkempt background during meetings. It wouldn't be feasible always to keep things tidy in a house full of kids. The Google Meet Virtual background is a great respite. iOS users can now use a custom Google Meet background and avoid embarrassment.  Using Google Meet Virtual B...
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Zomato IPO, Paytm DRHP, Oyo, Ola, Debt Fund & More
18Jul By Linda AshokNo Comments
Business

Zomato IPO, Paytm DRHP, Oyo, Ola, Debt Fund & More

While a solar storm wrapped up the earth, and cause massive power cuts in various parts of the world, Indian technology firms on the contrary settled for a watershed moment for the week closing now on July 18, 2021. From Zomato IPO launch to Paytm and Mobikwik filing their first draft to SEBI, followed by the new fund and co-founder for Swiggy, Ola Electric, Credit Fair, and Flipkart captured a great market share.  Zomato IPO in Exceeding Bids Zomato's IPO launched between June 14-16 is India's largest cheer at the moment. It raised ₹2,751 crores compared to the issue size of 71.9 crore shares. With investments from 186 investors, Zomato raised an additional ₹4,197 crores on Tuesday, July 13. Zomato's public debut, as per media reports, got oversubscribed by 30-35 times than expected. Ne...
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Semrush Wins at Global Search Awards 2021: Will it Subsidize Cost?
18Jul By Linda AshokNo Comments
Marketing

Semrush Wins at Global Search Awards 2021: Will it Subsidize Cost?

Semrush Holdings Inc (NYSE:SEMR), or your favorite Semrush, has won at the Global Search Awards 2021, the Best Global SEO Software Suite. For digital marketers who have been advocates of the visibility management and marketing SaaS platform, they can now truly celebrate their eye for the impact made in PPC, SEO, and content marketing through SEMRush. It is not the first time that Semrush has won an award. Previously, the company won many other honors, including wins across European Search Awards, US Search Awards, UK Search Awards and MENA Search Awards between 2017-2020. For Olga Andrienko, VP of Brand Marketing at Semrush, this win is to the users who leveraged the platform for good. Andrienko further adds how Semrush has become indispensable for marketers who courageously navigated ...
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Breakthrough Speech Neuroprosthesis Helps Man with Speech Paralysis
17Jul By Linda AshokNo Comments
Tech for Good, Technology, United States

Breakthrough Speech Neuroprosthesis Helps Man with Speech Paralysis

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have developed a breakthrough in reinstation voice in a paralyzed person. The new technique is called "speech neuroprosthesis" that on trial enabled a man who has speech paralysis to communicate in sentences effectively. The Speech Neuroprosthesis is an implant that translates brain signals to the vocal tract into words that write on a screen. The Speech Neuroprosthesis is a commendable achievement of efforts harnessed over a decade by UCSF neurosurgeon Edward Chang, MD. The technology has been approved through a successful clinical trial helping a man with speech paralysis, unable to speak independently, now express on a digital screen via the brain transplant. Research has appeared on July 14, 2021, on the UCSF website ...
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Micron Technology Got a Secret Money Making Recipe
15Jul By Linda AshokNo Comments
Business

Micron Technology Got a Secret Money Making Recipe

Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) is a global memory and storage solutions provider influencing information into intelligence, thereby helping the world learn, communicate and advance better. An innovator in the DRAM business, Micron Technology drives breakthrough innovation with a vast portfolio of technologies with artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles.  Today, Micron Technology is earning millions from its cash deposits courtesy of its internal artificial intelligence framework. Micron Technology's robust artificial intelligence framework helps invest in funds generating higher returns in a low-interest-rate environment, which has troubled many finance experts across industries. But as the story unfolds, global treasurers have a clue to how Micron manages money. A little study re...
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AI Voice Generator to Voice Cloning to Deep Fake Voice Technology
15Jul By Linda AshokNo Comments
Technology

AI Voice Generator to Voice Cloning to Deep Fake Voice Technology

The voice cloning market leveraging deep fake voice technology is predicted growth at 17.2% CAGR during the forecast period of 2021-2026. Synthetic voice cloning technology is the computerized generation of one's voice using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). While this deep fake voice technology aids humans suffering degenerative voice conditions, humanizes voice assistants, and makes the interactive content creation industry far from boring, it is prone to abuse and the rise of deep fake voice technology plagued by spammers, scammers, hackers, and all that conspiracy theorists regulating global porn and political affairs. Voice Cloning Market Prediction Mordor Intelligence predicts a significant growth of the deep fake voice technology or voice cloning market across...
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HubSpot’s World Certification Week 2021 is Unlike 2020
13Jul By Linda AshokNo Comments
Marketing

HubSpot’s World Certification Week 2021 is Unlike 2020

As a marketer, you might not use HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS). Still, you surely know the CRM or the customer relationship management (CRM) platform that helps companies scale their entire marketing initiative. On July 13, 2021, the No.1 enterprise CRM platform announced its World Certification Week from August 2 to August 6, 2021. 2021 is the second year for HubSpot to organize World Certification Day after its launch in 2020. HubSpot's World Certification Day has grown into a week-long global, virtual event for global professionals participating in a week-long certification marathon from HubSpot Academy. As a marketing enterprise, HubSpot strategically incorporates charity into this certification program. HubSpot offers to donate $5 (up to $35,000) to Teach For All's Global Girls' Education Fell...
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Indian Edtech Receives Philanthropic Boost from Malpani Ventures
12Jul By Linda AshokNo Comments
Business

Indian Edtech Receives Philanthropic Boost from Malpani Ventures

According to Grand View Research, the global education technology market size was valued at USD 89.49 billion in 2020 and is expected to witness a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.9% from 2021 to 2028. Talking of India, Indian edtech Byju's alone made a net profit of INR200 million in 2019 from a loss of INR280 million in 2018. Byju's success quantifies the global position of India in the edtech market, but what qualifies India's position in the education market are efforts in the fringe. Enters an Indian Angel Investor firm, Malpani Ventures, led by Dr. Aniruddha Malpani.  Intelligent Edtech Investment Malpani Ventures is a sector-agnostic angel investment firm funding frugal innovation in India. "We want to partner with founding teams building great companies. We fund revenue-ma...
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The Bull from Peru, AlphaBay, & the Dark Web Marketplace
11Jul By Linda AshokNo Comments
Business, Cybersecurity

The Bull from Peru, AlphaBay, & the Dark Web Marketplace

The news is The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have indicted 30-year-old Apostolos Trovias or The Bull from Peru for selling insider trading information on a dark web marketplace. Take a look at the allegation filed by the SEC if you are inclined. Use this PDF link to Sec.Gov detailing the whole story. On July 9, the Federal authorities alleged The Bull for securities fraud and money laundering that he actively engaged in since December 2016, when he registered a "Dark Web" internet site known as AlphaBay Market where he charged individuals $99.95 weekly or $299 monthly subscriptions to get access to inside information on stocks. The AlphaBay Marketplace In the list of infamous dark web marketplaces, AlphaBay "used to be" one ...
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