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Live stream of Apple's WWDC 2021 keynote — Apple Keynote June 7, 2021
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
A better metaphor to describe Apple than “walled garden” is as a carrier, like Verizon, with an intense focus on increasing average revenue per user — As we await the beginning of Apple's latest WWDC keynote and all of the new software products it will unveil, let's talk about metaphors.
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| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
France's competition authority says Google agreed to pay a fine of nearly $270M and promised to make it easier for competitors to use its ad tools — Deal with competition authority resolves complaint over the firm's digital advertising tactics — PARIS— Alphabet Inc.'s Google agreed …
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| James Titcomb / Telegraph: |
Apple paid millions to settle a woman's claims that, after sending her iPhone to Apple for repair, technicians uploaded her nude photos to her Facebook account — Technicians posted the private photos and video from her iPhone after she sent it to Apple for repair, according to legal documents
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Facebook says it will show creators who are using its new tools how much Apple, Google, and others take as a cut of their earnings, through a payout interface — The company will launch a new interface showing how fees affect earnings — Less than two hours before Apple's big Worldwide …
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| New York Times: |
Analysis of Trump's social media engagement before and after bans shows a significant drop but some posts still receive equal engagement due to amplification — When Facebook and Twitter barred Donald J. Trump from their platforms after the Capitol riot in January, he lost direct access to his most powerful megaphones.
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| Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic: |
A look at the rise of the meditation app Calm, downloaded by 100M+ users and valued at $2B, which aims to make meditation easy, friendly, and accessible — cathedral-like mountain towers above me; a lake laps at my feet; sunshine distilled through pine needles warms my skin. Close your eyes, a voice intones.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Jeff Bezos says he and his brother Mark will fly on Blue Origin's first human spaceflight on July 20 alongside an auction winner — Jeff Bezos is going to be one of the passengers on his spaceflight company Blue Origin's first ever human space launch on July 20.
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Researcher: Twitter Super Follow to be limited to users over 18, with 25+ tweets posted in the last 30 days and 10K+ followers; categories include adult content — The company teased the Patreon-like subscription service earlier this year — Twitter announced earlier this year it was working …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
YouTube brings Shorts, its TikTok rival, to the UK, Canada, and Latin America, letting users pick soundtracks from YouTube videos and 250 licensed labels — One of Google's strong advantages in the world of online video has been the sheer size of YouTube: currently, the site … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
A look at the design work behind the sound effects in communication products from companies like Slack, Microsoft, Facebook, and others — - Facebook, Google Microsoft and other technology companies employ sound designers who specialize in developing distinct sounds that meet product needs and reflect well on their brands.| Shishir Mehrotra / Coda: |
An insider's look at how YouTube tackled its 2008 to 2014 hypergrowth years with a set of rituals for everything from strategic planning to effective meetings — A peek inside how YouTube tackled the 2008 to 2014 hypergrowth years with a unique set of rituals for everything from strategic planning to effective meetings.
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