On December 26, 2019, the Board of the Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo approved the amendments to the “Regulation on Electronic Payment Instruments”, which enter into force on February 1, 2020. With these changes, bank customers can use their bank cards to make payments for the purchase of goods and services, through all […]
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Frakton, a leading software development company from Kosovo, announced today a new partnership agreement with Berlin-based Contentful. Contentful is the leading enterprise headless CMS provider, and helps global companies transition from traditional CMSes and build, launch and ship digital products faster. Founded in 2013, Contentful was listed by the New York Times as one of […]
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Google Maps Ads support for Prishtina Buses
A couple of weeks ago, Google released the most exciting Google Maps feature ever to more Android and iPhone devices that support augmented reality (AR) features., which is basically virtual directions right in your phone’s camera. But while Google has all these exciting features rolled-out for global users, people who use public transportation in Prishtina, […]
CD PROJEKT RED, creator and publisher of the critically acclaimed series of games The Witcher, and CD Media SL are excited to announce their partnership to distribute Cyberpunk 2077 in 3 countries in the Balkans – Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia. “We are thrilled to have been appointed to distribute and promote one of the most awaited video games of […]
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Top 5 Web Monitoring Tools
Almost everyone who runs an online business knows how disappointing is to experience downtime. There could be many reasons for a website failure – design, hosting, functionality, server issues, updates, etc. Diagnosing the problem is less likely and difficult without an automated tool. According to Gartner, the average cost of IT downtime is $5,600 per […]
Food delivery is one of the latest industries that is being attacked by tech companies such as GrubHub, Uber Eats, Just Eat, Deliveroo, etc. Those companies are trying to eliminate the friction that is associated with cooking and dining out. Similar to car-hailing that is being offered by Uber or Lyft, food delivery could change […]
Croatian Startup TDA awarded SciNote for their best digital project. SciNote is a top-rated platform for researchers in academia or industry, who need electronic lab notebooks, inventory management, and project management functionalities. With $10,000 dollars in project funding, TDA gave its contribution to science. Zagreb, Croatia – 29 April 2019: At the beginning of January […]
The organizing team of Spark.me, has just announced the new Spark.me 2019 keynote speaker – Peter Shankman, a five-time bestselling author, customer service expert, and serial entrepreneur. The New York Times has called Peter “a rockstar who knows everything about social media and then some.” He is known for radically new ways of thinking […]
The organizing team of Spark.me, one of the most carefully curated business/Internet conferences in Southeast Europe, which is set for May 25-26, in Porto Montenegro Auditorium, in Tivat, Montenegro, has just announced a new Spark.me 2019 speaker – Cate Murden. Cate is the founder of PUSH, a business consultancy grounded in human behaviour, which has […]
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Gjirafa raises $6.7M in Series B funding
Techcrunch has broken the news about the latest Series B funding for the Albanian search engine, Gjirafa.com, for which we wrote about a couple of times in the past. Back in 2014, Gjirafa went through the acceleration program of Prague-based Startup Yard, then in 2016, it announced Series A funding of $2 million from Rockaway Capital. Today, Gjirafa claims roughly […]