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a16z names Sriram Krishnan as its newest GP, after roles at Facebook, Snap, Twitter; Krishnan has been consulting for nine months on an a16z “community project”(Marc Andreessen/Andreessen Horowitz)
a16z names Sriram Krishnan as its newest GP, after roles at Facebook, Snap, Twitter; Krishnan has been consulting for nine…
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Didi’s ride hailing rival Cao Cao Mobility, which is owned by automaker Geely, raises ~$588M from Chinese state-owned funds; Cao Cao had 10M+ MAUs in July(Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)
Didi’s ride hailing rival Cao Cao Mobility, which is owned by automaker Geely, raises ~$588M from Chinese state-owned funds; Cao…
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Ajaib, an Indonesia-based stock trading and investment app that claims to have 1M monthly active users, raises $25M Series A led by Horizons Ventures(Catherine Shu/TechCrunch)
Ajaib, an Indonesia-based stock trading and investment app that claims to have 1M monthly active users, raises $25M Series A…
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Ex-Facebook director Katie Harbath says social media will likely incubate future political violence if tech platforms or governments don’t urgently intervene(Jeff Horwitz/Wall Street Journal)
Ex-Facebook director Katie Harbath says social media will likely incubate future political violence if tech platforms or governments don’t urgently…
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Discord buys Sentropy, which emerged from stealth last summer with AI-powered moderation software to fight online abuse and $13M in funding(Taylor Hatmaker/TechCrunch)
Discord buys Sentropy, which emerged from stealth last summer with AI-powered moderation software to fight online abuse and $13M in…
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Apple’s M1 chip, used in computers ranging from $699 to $1699, and tablets, upends decades of x86 OEM marketing and segmentation centered around CPU performance(Joel Hruska/ExtremeTech)
Apple’s M1 chip, used in computers ranging from $699 to $1699, and tablets, upends decades of x86 OEM marketing and…
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Sources: CloutHub and FreeSpace are among the apps vying to be next platform of Trump, who “wants cash money up front” in exchange for followers he would bring(Keach Hagey/Wall Street Journal)
Sources: CloutHub and FreeSpace are among the apps vying to be next platform of Trump, who “wants cash money up…
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Apptopia: apps including Pinterest, YouTube, and Snapchat have seen sustained growth during the pandemic, while Zoom’s DAUs hit a peak in US around Sept. 2020(Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
Apptopia: apps including Pinterest, YouTube, and Snapchat have seen sustained growth during the pandemic, while Zoom’s DAUs hit a peak…
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As Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Uber, Amazon, and others play larger roles in OpenStreetMap, hobbyists fear private sector will overshadow their work(Corey Dickinson/Bloomberg)
As Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Uber, Amazon, and others play larger roles in OpenStreetMap, hobbyists fear private sector will overshadow their…
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Walmart-owned Flipkart says it will acquire India-based online travel and hotel ticketing company Cleartrip; source says the deal values Cleartrip at about $40M(Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Walmart-owned Flipkart says it will acquire India-based online travel and hotel ticketing company Cleartrip; source says the deal values Cleartrip…
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