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Square acquires a majority stake in Jay-Z's streaming service Tidal for $297M; Jay-Z will join Square's board — What did Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey talk about when they went yachting around the Hamptons together last summer? Perhaps only Beyoncé knows. — Maybe now we do, too.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple debuts a service to let users transfer iCloud photos and videos to “another participating service” like Google Photos, initially in US and select markets — Apple this week introduced a new service that's designed to make it quick and easy for iCloud users to transfer their stored photos and videos to Google Photos.
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UK antitrust authorities say they plan to investigate Apple's App Store to probe whether it is abusing its market power to restrict competition — - CMA taking into account Apple's ‘dominant’ position in apps — Apple probe prompted by complaints from some developers
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Facebook adds one-to-one voice and video calling to the WhatsApp desktop app, but the browser version, WhatsApp Web, is not getting this feature at the moment — WhatsApp is rolling out support for voice and video calling to its desktop app, the Facebook-owned messaging service said Thursday … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nintendo plans to unveil a new Switch model in 2021 that will come with 7-inch 720p Samsung OLED display, and support 4K graphics when docked with TVs — - Samsung Display will start production of 7-inch panels in June — Gaming giant aims to propel Switch against the Xbox and PS5
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Virtual events startup Hopin raises $400M at a $5.65B valuation, more than double its valuation in its November round — - Hopin says it's raised $400 million at a $5.65 billion valuation, more than double what it was worth in a November investment round. — The latest financing round …
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| MK Manoylov / theblockcrypto.com: |
Amazon Web Services announces that Ethereum is now available on its Amazon Managed Blockchain service, allowing its users to set up Ethereum nodes — Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing platform providing subsidiary out of the multinational technology company Amazon …
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Google promises it will not build alternate identifiers to track users after phasing out third-party tracking cookies — Google says it wants a ‘privacy-first web’ — Google is slowly phasing out third-party tracking cookies, and today, it's making it clear that it won't just replace …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Arizona House passes bill HB2005, which would force Apple and Google to let apps in its app stores use alternative payment methods; bill now heads to AZ Senate — The bill, HB2005, opens the door for alternative payment systems on iOS and Android — The Arizona House of Representatives …
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| Sarah Butler / The Guardian: |
Amazon opens its first cashierless store outside of the US with an Amazon Fresh location in London, UK — Store in Ealing, west London, is available to Prime members who must scan in phone code to enter — Amazon has opened its first contactless grocery store in the UK today where shoppers …
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| Meagan Simpson / BetaKit: |
Snapcommerce, which lets companies offer customer service through conversational tools like SMS and Facebook Messenger, raises $107M CAD led by Inovia Capital — Snapcommerce (formerly Snaptravel) has secured $107 million CAD ($85 million USD) in growth funding, signalling confidence …
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| Samantha Hissong / Rolling Stone: |
Kings of Leon to be one of the first bands to debut an album as part of an NFT package, with tokens unlocking perks like limited-edition vinyl and concert seats — The band's revolutionary tokens will unlock special perks like limited-edition vinyl and front row seats to future concerts
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Best Buy Health will offer its emergency and non-emergency assistance services, including for fall detection, to seniors on the Apple Watch via the Lively app — Best Buy has stepped further into the health and technology market with a new partnership with Apple.
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Report: YouTube's critical role in cross-platform misinformation in the 2020 election was enabled by more permissive policies and by its popularity — Three takeaways from a post-mortem on misinformation in the 2020 campaign — Today let's talk about a comprehensive new report on election integrity … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Jungle Scout, which builds tools for inventory management and sales intelligence for companies selling on Amazon, raises $110M growth round — There has been a rapid proliferation of roll-up companies armed with wallets full of money to consolidate promising smaller merchants that sell …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Snowflake reported Q4 FY 2021 revenue of $190.5M, up 117% YoY, vs. $178.5M expected, and a net loss of about $199M, up from $83M in Q4 FY 2020 — - Snowflake called for a decline in product revenue in the current fiscal year, as analysts had expected. — The company went public in September.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Netflix plans to release 41 Indian films and shows this year, spending three times more on the Indian catalog this year than the past two years combined — Netflix said on Wednesday it will roll out 41 Indian films and shows this year, its biggest annual roster of Indian content to date …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
TytoCare, which uses AI-trained devices to collect patient health data and alert them of abnormalities, raises $50M led by Insight Partners — Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. — The demand for triaging technologies like conversational bots … Sponsor Posts
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