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Many customers complain that T-Mobile and Verizon have failed to deliver promised rebates for promoted Apple products in a straightforward manner — Some customers are finding that wireless carriers are denying rebates used to promote Apple Inc.'s newest iPhones, iPads and watches.
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Alibaba says it will appoint a new CFO and reorganize its e-commerce businesses under two new divisions, one domestic and one international — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (9988.HK) said Toby Xu, will succeed Maggie Wu as the company's chief financial officer from April, a move it described … | Ben Smith / New York Times: |
A document from TikTok's engineering team in Beijing details the product's addictive algorithm, which optimizes for “retention” and “time spent” — It's the most successful video app in the world. Our columnist has obtained an internal company document that offers …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile all have programs that collect additional data, like app usage and web history, on their customers, and they are generally opt-out — Verizon says it's to better “understand your interests” — The My Verizon app might be collecting information about your browsing history … | Bloomberg: |
Investigation: Swiss company Mitto, which offers automated text messages to companies in 100+ countries, helped governments secretly surveil mobile phone users — Mitto AG's network used to track people via mobile phones, former employees say. — The co-founder of a company that has been trusted …
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| Julian E. Barnes / New York Times: |
The head of US Cyber Command says the US military has “taken actions” against ransomware groups, the first public acknowledgement of the offensive measures — Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, the head of Cyber Command, said a new cross-functional effort has been gathering intelligence …
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Overview of macro tech trends, with a focus on Web3, metaverse, and the move to the cloud, which is just beginning as on-prem IT spend still dwarfs cloud spend — The most exciting themes in technology today are transformative visions for 2025 or 2030: crypto, web3, VR, metaverse... and then everything else.| Alistair Gray / Financial Times: |
GroupM: global ad revenue will reach $763B in 2021, up 18.7% from 2019; Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon control 80-90% of the digital ad market outside China — Alphabet, Meta and Amazon have doubled their share of ad revenues in past 5 years, industry estimates| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
Some Amazon sellers are backdating books to fool Amazon's algorithms into changing where they appear, often allowing the sellers to charge exorbitant prices — A 2011 thriller was supposed to cost $15. One merchant listed it at $987, with a 17th-century publication date.
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| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
TradeDepot, which connects consumer goods brands to retailers, raises a $110M Series B in equity and debt led by the International Finance Corporation — Startups digitizing B2B e-commerce and retail in Africa continue to grab the headlines after the pandemic paved the way for widespread offline retail and commerce disruption.
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Disrupt Africa, Finextra, FinSMEs, Crunchbase News, Ventureburn, and Technext. Tweets: @ulonnaya
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DoorDash hires 60 couriers as full-time employees, starting at $15/hour, to launch fast grocery deliveries in New York, shifting from its gig worker model — Delivery app says outdated employment law prompted new structure — Delivery app DoorDash has broken its own gig worker model … | Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Nearside, an online bank for SMBs, raises a $58M Series B led by Valar Ventures, after raising a $20M Series A in April 2021 — Nearside, the online bank for SMBs formerly called Hatch, announced today it has raised a $58 million Series B, just seven months after announcing its Series … Sponsor Posts
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