Nigerian fintech startup OneFi acquires payment company Amplify

Lagos based online lending startup OneFi is buying Nigerian payment solutions company Amplify for an undisclosed amount. OneFi will take over Amplify’s IP, team, and client network of over 1000 merchants to which Amplify provides payment processing services, OneFi CEO Chijioke Dozie told TechCrunch. The move comes as fintech has become one of Africa’s most […]

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Get a free copy of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division 2’ when you sign up for Verizon Fios Gigabit Connection

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Choosing your internet provider is always the same old song and dance: you shop around each company as they try to one-up each other and get you to sign up with them. It’s kind of exhausting. 

Although it may be a confidence booster to have so many people fighting for your loyalty, there’s a way for you to avoid all the haggling. Through June 3, Verizon Fios is offering their super fast Gigabit Connection for $79.99 per month with a waived router rental for three years (that’s a $432 value).

Oh, you thought we were done? Nope. Verizon Fios is also throwing in a digital copy of one of 2019’s most highly-anticipated video games — Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 — free of charge on the platform of your choice. Read more…

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Amazon buys Eero: What does it mean for your privacy?

In case you hadn’t seen, Amazon is buying router maker Eero. And in case you hadn’t heard, people are pretty angry. Deluged in a swarm of angry tweets and social media posts, many have taken to reading tealeaves to try to understand what the acquisition means for ordinary privacy-minded folks like you and me. Not […]

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Amazon buys Eero: What does it mean for your privacy?

In case you hadn’t seen, Amazon is buying router maker Eero. And in case you hadn’t heard, people are pretty angry. Deluged in a swarm of angry tweets and social media posts, many have taken to reading tealeaves to try to understand what the acquisition means for ordinary privacy-minded folks like you and me. Not […]

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Amazon buys Eero: What does it mean for your privacy?

In case you hadn’t seen, Amazon is buying router maker Eero. And in case you hadn’t heard, people are pretty angry. Deluged in a swarm of angry tweets and social media posts, many have taken to reading tealeaves to try to understand what the acquisition means for ordinary privacy-minded folks like you and me. Not […]

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The Internet Bill of Rights is just one piece of our moral obligations

David Gorodyansky Contributor David Gorodyansky is the CEO and co-founder of AnchorFree. More posts by this contributor Warrantless surveillance law proves it’s time to take privacy into our own hands This is the future if net neutrality is repealed; the creeping, costly death of media freedom Congressman Ro Khanna’s proposed Internet Bill of Rights pushes […]

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Website flaw exposed a Canadian ISP’s entire customer database

Canadian internet provider Altima Telecom has fixed a flaw in its website that could have given an attacker full access to its customer database. The customer database was connected to the company’s website, but could be remotely accessed with a blind SQL injection attack. Daley Borda, founder of Underdog Security, found the bug and reported […]

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Startups should read this checklist before they go “whale hunting” for big partners

David Frankel Contributor David Frankel is a managing partner at Founder Collective. More posts by this contributor You earn a million dollars a year and can’t get funded? Dear auto entrepreneurs, please think outside the gearbox A top four tech company recently approached the CEO of one of our B2B portfolio companies with a tremendous […]

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Starry launches pilot program with Boston Housing Authority to expand affordable internet access

Internet service provider Starry announced today the launch of its Starry Connect program with a pilot through Boston Housing Authority (BHA) to help provide free access to internet for residents living in one of the city’s public housing apartment complexes. The Boston-based startup launched in 2016 with a plan to provide internet access through a […]

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It’s official, net neutrality is dead. Here’s what that means

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Net neutrality laws — or the set of regulations that required internet providers to treat all websites equally — were officially repealed today.  

The rules were originally enacted by the FCC under the Obama administration in 2015, but in December, the FCC voted to repeal the measures. That vote officially goes into effect today.

So what does it all mean, and how will it effect consumers? Here’s a breakdown of everything you need to know about the rules, and how they could change the internet as you know it.

1. What is net neutrality?

Net neutrality was a set of rules that ensured equal access to all websites. It prevented internet services providers (such as Verizon and Comcast) from charging more for certain types of content, or giving preferential treatment to certain websites. Read more…

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Necto looks to help individuals get their own local ISP businesses off the ground

If you live in a city, you’re probably deciding between a handful of major broadband or wireless carriers — maybe something like Comcast or AT&T. But there’s a good chance that there are a bunch of local carriers that are looking to get off the ground, and Benjamin Huang wants to help make sure there […]

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