Korean lending startup PeopleFund raises $11M led by chat app Kakao’s payment unit

South Korean peer-to-peer lending startup PeopleFund is in the money itself after it raised an $11 million Series B funding round that was led by Kakao Pay, the fintech division of Kakao, Korea’s top messaging firm. The deal comes as the country’s P2P marketplace continues to […]

MacBook Air 2018 benchmarks show 28% performance increase over last year’s model

Apple officially unveiled the MacBook Air 2018 on Tuesday October 30, and benchmark results have emerged on the internet that show a noticeable improvement over 2017’s MacBook Air, though some people may feel the boost doesn’t go far enough. The Geekbench results, which are a […]

Neve in Valtellina: gli elicotteri ‘salvano’ le 200 persone bloccate allo Stelvio

Dopo quattro giorni di isolamento a causa del maltempo, stanno tornando a valle le quasi 200 persone (fra turisti e lavoratori stagionali) rimaste bloccate da sabato scorso negli alberghi a oltre 2.700 metri di quota sul passo dello Stelvio, in Valtellina. Fino a questa mattina […]