Orda raises millions to digitize African restaurants with its cloud-based operating system

Most large restaurant chains across Africa have grown accustomed to using legacy systems and point-of-sale providers to manage operations. However, for smaller restaurants — which represent the biggest segment of this $50 billion industry — these systems can be rather expensive and do not adequately cater to their needs; thus, they stick with running operations…

Founder factories: Alumni from European and Israeli unicorns have birthed 1,018 startups since 2008

A new report has shone a light on the impact that European and Israeli unicorns have had on the broader technology ecosystem since the global economic crisis 14 years ago. The report, titled Europe and Israel’s Startup Founder Factories, was produced by VC firm Accel with heavy support from startup and VC data platform Dealroom….

The Oceanic+ app is here, turning Apple Watch Ultra into a diving computer

When Apple launched its Apple Watch Ultra in September, the company said the new, rugged wearable will be a fully-fledged diving computer, but the Oceanic+ app that enables that functionality was scheduled to launch at a later date. Now, the day has come: The Oceanic+ app, designed by Huish Outdoors together with Apple, is available…

Chinese police are now conducting random stop-and-search checks for banned foreign apps such as Instagram and Twitter: reports

Thousands of demonstrators erupt in rare protests against COVID-19 restrictions across China AFP/Getty Images Chinese police conducted random stop-and-search checks on phones, per WSJ and CNBC.  The authorities checked for banned foreign apps such as Instagram, Twitter, and Telegram.  These apps were reportedly used by protesters rallying against China’s zero-covid policy. As protests over China’s…