January in Latin America: Tech News you Shouldn’t Miss
Summary
Here’s the news you don’t want to miss: A couple of weeks ago, Apple announced that its education-related services iBooks, Textbooks and iTunes U Course Manager were expanding into new markets across the world, including several Latin American countries. According to Phoenix Business Journal, GoDaddy’s 100 Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking customer service agents are working from the company’s headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona, but the firm also plans to increase staff in Mexico, where its newly hired vice president of Latin America is based. High-profile Brazilian entrepreneur and TNW Conference Latin America 2013 speaker, Marco Gomes has announced the upcoming launch of Mova+, a new venture in which he will be involved in a non-CEO role while remaining at the helm of his main company, boo-box. This background was undoubtedly one of the factors that helped Mango raise a first investment round from French VC firm Kima Ventures and angels such as Adrian Kolonski (Corporate Corp), Reuben Katz (GeekList) and Eric Friedman (Foursquare). We’re in a position where we need the best talent possible.” Reuters reported last week that hedge fund Tiger Global Management is planning to spend up to R$1.2 billion ($500 million USD) to buy a stake in Brazilian online retailer B2W Companhia Digital.