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Instagram is expanding its Creator Marketplace, aiming to make it simpler for brands to discover creators for partnership ads. The platform will start inviting creators and brands based in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Japan, India and Brazil to join Creator Marketplace in the coming weeks. Chinese export brands will also be invited to connect with onboarded creators in countries outside of China.Why we care. Instagram’s Creator Marketplace can help brands find the creators best suited for…

Instagram said today that it is expanding its marketplace tool to connect brands with creators for paid partnerships or ads in eight new countries. The new markets that will get access to this marketplace include Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Japan, India, and Brazil. The company first started testing this platform in the U.S. in 2022. It said that since then it has onboarded “thousands” of creators and brands. Last year, the social media company added API features for…

Bob W, a marketplace for premium short-term apartment rentals, has raised €40 million ($43 million) in a Series B round of funding. Founded out of Finland in 2018, Bob W touts itself as a “tech-enabled hospitality operator,” with some 3,000 “aparthotels” offered for rent in 17 cities across Europe including Amsterdam, Athens, London, Berlin, Madrid, and Helsinki. There’s no escaping the myriad incumbents that have long operated in Bob W’s space, from U.S. juggernauts such as Airbnb to Europe’s very own Booking.com.…

As Everlodge (ELDG) prepares to launch its platform on the blockchain, the top crypto project will be looking to revolutionize the way individuals invest in real estate. Meanwhile, Algorand (ALGO) and Mina (MINA) are displaying varying degrees of bearish struggles.  Massive Potential for Everlodge (ELDG) as Project Set up World’s First Luxury Property Marketplace on the Blockchain Everlodge (ELDG) is towing the path of the digital revolution as the project prepares to launch soon on the blockchain. The…

It’s happening: you will be able to install iPhone apps from sources other than the official App Store. The big caveat? iPhone sideloading, complete with third-party app stores and third-party payments, is only coming to iPhone users in Europe. Apple already confirmed that it will comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules, and the company detailed the new rules for developers who want to take advantage of iPhone sideloading. Those changes are also somewhat controversial, as several big developers have…

Naboo, a French company that was created just a couple of years ago, is trying to create a modern online experience for company seminar planning. The startup recently raised an $8 million funding round (€7.5 million) and already processes more than $1.5 million in transaction volume per month. On paper, Naboo is quite simple. It’s a marketplace of nice houses that you can browse and book in just a few clicks for your next corporate retreat with your team. But the company doesn’t just stop there. Naboo provides an…

It all started—and this will come as no surprise to anyone who knows a teenage boy—with sneakers. Specifically, the Nike Kobe 7 Easter shoe.Like much of Gen Z, Steven Schwartz, a restless 13-year-old living outside of Chicago, and Cameron Zoub (ditto), met online, specifically in a Facebook group. Their first messages to each other were about those sneakers. Specifically, developing bots that could snap up and then resell them. They became business partners before they were old enough to drive.As their peers spent their…

Less than a week after Apple announced a series of sweeping changes coming to its App Store in the EU, popular developer outfit MacPaw has announced its Setapp marketplace is coming to the iPhone later this year. In a press release, MacPaw said it was “feeling optimistic” about the changes announced and that it had been “eagerly anticipating” the move. While the company thinks that “it's clear that the journey towards a fully competitive iOS market is still ongoing,” it hasn’t stopped MacPaw from becoming the first…

Meta has been fighting upcoming regulations in the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) for months, but no more. The company has announced it will comply with the DMA's stipulation that it can't favor its own services or force users to remain inside its ecosystem. This decision will greatly impact Meta's user experience in the EU, including allowing people to utilize Messenger and Facebook Marketplace without a Facebook account. Meta previously filed an appeal arguing that the two platforms should not be included…

Two months after shutting down its crypto wallet, GameStop says it’s killing its NFT marketplace, too. In an alert posted on the website, first spotted by , the company has notified customers that the NFT marketplace will no longer be usable as of February 2. Echoing the statement it issued with the termination of the wallet, GameStop says the decision comes in response to “the continuing regulatory uncertainty of the crypto space.”GameStop’s NFT marketplace wasn’t around very long. It launched in July 2022 in a…