Tech in Latin America: Olympics fun, steady startup funding and US accelerators
Sep13
August in Latin America was marked with the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, which brought their fair share of memes and entertainment. Tech companies also jumped on the bandwagon with special emoji, mini-games and stickers. On a higher level, it arguably led the world to “rediscover Brazil,” while leaving behind a legacy whose value is still under scrutiny, but will hopefully result in some improvements to the country’s tech and communications infrastructure. Meanwhile, it didn’t prevent business from going on as usual for startups and big players. Big players Google rolled out its YouTube Kids platform into Chile and Peru, following its earlier launch in Argentina,…
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