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Fintech Focus For March 5, 2021
Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 6:41pm | 1896Read More...Quote To Start The Day: We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough. Source: Helen Keller One Big Thing In Fintech: Square, a fintech company that serves both individuals and companies, announced that it has purchased a majority stake in Tidal, a music streaming service. The deal,...
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Fintech Focus For February 22, 2021
Sunday, February 21, 2021 - 3:15pm | 2088Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “I think we’ve positioned ourselves as the finance super app because I don’t think people want to go to four, five, and six different solutions to manage their money,” M1 Finance marketing vice president Bob Armour said. “We’re a place...
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Snap Partners With ShareChat's Moj App To Tap Indian AR Market
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 - 10:38am | 316Read More...Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) forged an eight-month partnership with India’s ShareChat’s Moj app to integrate its camera kit into the Indian app, TechCrunch reports. The partnership will enable Snap to penetrate the Indian market with its Augmented Reality technology,...
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Fintech Focus For February 3, 2021
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 8:18pm | 2714Read More...Quote To Start The Day: To better align our incentives with those of our members, we will stop participating in the practice of Payment for Order Flow. Source: Public.com One Big Thing In Fintech: An “anonymously” led startup called Millions has raised a $3 million seed round...
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Elon Musk's 'Not A Flamethrower' Gets Buyers In Trouble With Law Across The Globe: TechCrunch
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - 6:01am | 412Read More...Flamethrowers popularized by Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk are being viewed akin to weapons of war by authorities across the globe even though they are labeled “Not a Flamethrower,” TechCrunch reported Tuesday. What Happened: People across the world have gotten into serious...
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Self-Driving Tech Startup Oxbotica Raises $47M To Focus On Industrial Application
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 - 4:19am | 458Read More...Oxbotica, a United Kingdom-based developer of autonomous vehicle software, has raised $47 million in a Series B funding round, Reuters reports. The self-driving tech company intends to focus on industrial applications. What Happened: Oxbotica is an Oxford University spin-out, ...
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Google's New Search Feature Shows TikTok, Instagram Short Videos
Wednesday, December 30, 2020 - 8:33am | 391Read More...Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google is testing a new search feature that includes showing videos from Facebook, Inc (NASDAQ: FB)-owned Instagram and TikTok. What Happened: The new feature is an expansion of a test-launch earlier this year, where "...
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Fintech Focus For December 22, 2020
Monday, December 21, 2020 - 7:40pm | 1383Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. Source: Maya Angelou One Big Thing In Fintech: Instead of focusing on growth at all costs, fintech startups have been drawing a path to profitability. It doesn’t mean that they’ll have a positive bottom line at the...
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Discord Doubles Valuation To $7B In Latest Funding Round
Friday, December 18, 2020 - 7:14am | 718Read More...Chat startup, Discord - a communications platform with VoIP, instant messaging, and digital distribution capabilities, touched a $7 billion enterprise valuation in its latest funding round, the Wall Street Journal reports. What Happened: Discord said it raised $100 million from its latest...
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Facebook Reintroduces Instagram Lite App In India: TechCrunch
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 - 7:41am | 309Read More...Facebook, Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has launched a revamped version of the Instagram Lite app in India, TechCrunch reports. What Happened: Facebook had rolled back the test version of the Instagram Lite app in May this year, which was specifically aimed at emerging markets. In July, Vishal...
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Multiple Google Services Hit By Outage
Monday, December 14, 2020 - 8:31am | 200Read More...Multiple services by Alphabet, Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google including Gmail, Google Assistant, YouTube, G-suite, Google Docs, and Google Classrooms have been hit by a widespread outage. While DownDetector claims the Gmail outage started around 6:30 AM ET, Google hasn...
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Apple Refuses To Concede To Facebook, Other Advertisers Over Tracking Users Without Consent
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 - 4:30am | 517Read More...Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) Senior Vice President Craig Federighi has hit out at the adtech industry ahead of the introduction of changes to iOS that would allow users to decline app tracking. What Happened: Federighi referred to online tracking as privacy’s “biggest challenge” in a...
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Rivian To Build EV Charging Network In Offbeat Locations Across US For Adventurous Customers
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 - 1:08am | 515Read More...Rivian is planning to install dozens of electric vehicle charging stations at adventure spots to appeal to its customer base and build confidence in its product, TechCrunch reported Monday. What Happened: The Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN)-based automaker will add the chargers as a second layer in...
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Coursera Considers Going Public In 2021: Report
Sunday, December 6, 2020 - 12:11pm | 187Read More...Online education platform Coursera is considering going public next year, Bloomberg has reported. What Happened: Coursera, which offers courses from the world’s top universities, is talking to underwriters about an IPO at a potential $5 billion evaluation, sources close to...
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Alibaba-Backed AutoX First To Test Driverless Cars In China
Friday, December 4, 2020 - 2:44am | 417Read More...Shenzhen becomes the first city in China to test self-driving cars without human back-up, CNBC reports. What Happened: Chinese autonomous car technology firm, AutoX, a startup backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA), MediaTek, and Shanghai Motors, is taking...
