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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Tim Wu, an outspoken critic of Big Tech, is joining the National Economic Council as a special assistant to President Biden for tech and competition policy — Tim Wu's appointment to the National Economic Council would signal a confrontational approach by the Biden administration.
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| Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime: |
US indicts John McAfee for fraud and money laundering over an alleged $13M cryptocurrency “pump-and-dump” scheme — Antivirus software mogul John McAfee, who has been awaiting extradition from Spain on tax evasion charges since late last year, just had his legal woes compounded …
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Leaked interface shows that Twitter's “undo send” feature may be a button that also doubles as a progress bar showing how much time a user has to undo — A work-in-progress interface has been unearthed — A potential animation for Twitter's long-rumored “undo send” …
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Sources: India threatened to jail Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter employees if the companies don't comply with takedown requests related to farmer protests — Country flexes new powers over big platforms while companies are counting on world's second-largest population for growth| New York Times: |
Research: low-wage workers at businesses in the areas where Amazon operates have seen significant wage growth since the company raised minimum pay to $15/hour — New research suggests that when big companies increase wages, they drive up pay in the places where they operate — without a notable loss in jobs.
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| Katherine Rosman / New York Times: |
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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| Benjamin Pimentel / Protocol: |
With Tidal, Square may give artists more control over the revenue streams they create, offer advances, royalty processing, and more traditional label services — It was a big week for Jack Dorsey, who started by turning heads in Wall Street, and then went Hollywood with an unexpected music-streaming deal.| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Reddit hires Drew Vollero as its first chief financial officer to prepare the company for an eventual IPO — The addition of Drew Vollero, formerly of Mattel and Snap, is a move toward developing operations more like publicly traded social networks. — SAN FRANCISCO — The world's …
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| Sujeong Lim / Counterpoint Research: |
Global smartwatch shipments rose 1.5% YoY in 2020, with Apple Watch shipments up 19% YoY, Huawei's up 26% YoY, and Fitbit shipments down 4% YoY — - In Q4 2020, the shipments decreased slightly YoY due to a fresh wave of COVID-19. — However, Apple managed to expand its market share and remains firmly at the forefront.| Joshua Franklin / Reuters: |
Sources: Instacart is considering going public through a direct listing, concerned that it could leave money on the table through a traditional IPO — (Reuters) - U.S. grocery delivery app Instacart is considering going public through a direct listing, concerned that it could leave money … | Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
Eco, a personal finance app that offers yields of 2.5% to 5% and cash-backs for shopping at Amazon, Uber, and Doordash, raises $26M led by a16z crypto — Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.
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| Bennett Cyphers / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
Google's FLoC, which helps advertisers perform behavioral targeting, avoids privacy risks of 3rd-party cookies, but creates new privacy issues in the process — The third-party cookie is dying, and Google is trying to create its replacement. — No one should mourn the death of the cookie as we know it.
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| Kate Clark / The Information: |
Pitchbook: the median pre-investment valuation for a Series A round in the US has increased sixfold to $37M since 2010 — Financial software developer Orum, which disclosed a seed round over the summer, wasn't seeking more capital when Bain Capital Ventures offered to lead its Series A investment last year.
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| Bloomberg: |
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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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
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| Varun Mishra / Counterpoint Research: |
Oppo becomes the top smartphone brand in China, reaching a market share of 21% in January, followed by Vivo at 20% and Huawei, Apple, and Xiaomi at 16% each — Beijing, London, San Diego, Buenos Aires, New Delhi, Seoul, Hong Kong - March 5, 2021 — OPPO has risen through the ranks to become …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google says it is speeding up the Chrome release cycle and will ship a new milestone every four weeks instead of the current six weeks — Google today announced that its Chrome browser is moving to a faster release cycle by shipping a new milestone every four weeks instead of the current six-week cycle …
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| Saqib Shah / Engadget: |
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon Sound, an initiative to enhance the wireless sound experience by lowering latency and improving connection issues — Just days after it unveiled its project to bring — advanced haptics to Android, Qualcomm has announced another ambitious venture aimed at bridging the gaps in device performance.
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