Shopping online could be less sustainable than in-store, study suggests
Online shopping via distribution centers can generate more greenhouse gases than making physical purchases in-store, research by the peer-reviewed scientific journal Environmental Science and...
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The benefits of a social media detox during lockdown
A recent Twitter poll carried out by Mashable revealed that 75 percent of users noticed that their screen time had (unsurprisingly) increased since governments across the world introduced stay-at-home...
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The challenges of making data-driven decisions in Puerto Rico in times of crisis
Puerto Rico has been in the grips of a financial crisis for over a decade, during which it has experienced a series of crippling natural disasters, and will now face particular economic challenges...
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Social media platforms caught up in information overload amid coronavirus...
“That medicine, hydroxychloroquine, it’s working,” said Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in a video posted on his Facebook page on Sunday, March 29, in which he referred to a potential remedy for the...
View ArticleOn govts using data surveillance to combat coronavirus: Q & A with The...
Several countries around the world have started to analyze the location data from citizens’ mobile devices as a means to monitor, and control the spread of the global coronavirus pandemic. In China,...
View ArticleSocial distance drinking: Is quarantine changing our boozing habits?
Social media users watched as American TV chef Ina Garten sloshed generous servings of vodka and cointreau into her giant cocktail shaker to pour herself an enormous cosmopolitan in a martini glass...
View Article4 SaaS platforms helping companies transition to remote work
SaaS platforms were already an essential part of most small-to-medium enterprise business models even before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. But since the public health threat has become more...
View ArticleHow businesses can benefit from having their own podcast
Over 13 million Americans are avid fans of business podcasts, according to the Nielsen Marketers’ Guide to Podcasting, published in 2018. Ever since a journalist coined the term in 2004, podcasts have...
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Quarantine reveals potential for content creators in Colombia to transform...
“Hi, guapos!” eSports commentator Lenore told her followers as she began her daily League of Legends stream on Twitch, the Amazon-owned live streaming platform where she spends at least four hours of...
View ArticleWhy we should be wary of at-home coronavirus antibody testing kits
Three different types of at-home tests are available for diagnosing COVID-19. Two of them have been FDA authorized for emergency use, but antibody test kits have not. Last week, the US Food and Drug...
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Colombian startup innovates biosecurity for taxi drivers and passengers...
Medellin-based startup Biocab creates a physical barrier between taxi drivers and passengers, uses an irrigation system to disinfect the inside of the taxi doors before and after each service, and...
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Tech incubator aims to bolster El Paso-Juarez border economy through innovation
Technology Hub is a business incubator working along both sides of the US-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua and El Paso, Texas. Its focus is to create high-skilled, high-paying jobs in the...
View ArticleCan tech companies that use facial recognition technology be allies in the...
Developers and researchers of facial recognition technology, such as the multinational tech company IBM, have the power to incite discussions over its use in law enforcement, as well as its regulation....
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Live streaming is key to authenticity, says streaming enhancement startup CEO
Imagine falling ill with COVID-19 and spending 50 days alone isolating yourself from your wife and daughter. Then imagine your own business growing nine-fold in the space of two months. Then, imagine...
View ArticleDigital contact tracing apps could worsen inequality, Human Rights Watch warns
The development of digital contact tracing apps to slow the spread of COVID-19 — a virus which disproportionately affects Black American, Hispanic, and Asian populations — could worsen human rights...
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Whatsapp’s problematic Brazilian ‘monopoly’
In Brazil, Whatsapp’s omnipresence has given rise to the app’s expansion, but has the service bitten off more than it can chew? This week, Whatsapp Brazil rolled out a digital payment system to allow...
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Brazilian startup finds ‘more opportunities’ to grow internationally via...
K-Startup Grand Challenge is an accelerator financially supported by the government of South Korea which is investing in the country’s startup ecosystem and diversifying its creative economy by...
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Emotion, gender prediction tech should be banned from Brazil’s metro: NGO...
Access Now, a non-profit that defends the digital rights of citizens around the world, presents an expert opinion in a lawsuit against São Paulo metro operator ViaQuatro and its use of facial...
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With govt nowhere to be found, Colombian robotics school takes innovation...
Chocó’s School for Robotics teaches children to think disruptively, in order to stimulate the socio-economic development of different ecosystems in the Pacific region. Tucked away on Colombia’s...
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Pandemic exposes Canadian entrepreneurial ecosystem’s gender parity problem
In Canada, women account for approximately 28 percent of the country’s entrepreneurs, according to a 2019 study by the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), a government-owned bank devoted to...
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