Month: January 2021
Twitter acquires social podcasting app Breaker, team to help build Twitter Spaces
Twitter has acquired social broadcasting app Breaker, the companies announced today via a combination of blog posts and tweets. The deal will see Breaker’s team joining Twitter to help “improve the health of the public conversation” on the service, as well as work on Twitter’s new audio-based networking project, Twitter…
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Jack Dorsey says proposed cryptocurrency regulation would create ‘perverse incentives’
Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter and Square, isn’t happy about the new proposed cryptocurrency regulation. He emphasized how the regulation would hurt Square, a financial services company, in a letter posted to the company website. In October, Square bought $50 million in bitcoin. The company also has invested heavily…
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Start the first week of 2021 with the Awesome Games Done Quick speedrunning marathon
Games Done Quick (GDC), the charity event series that raises money while expert players blast their way through classic games, kicked off its first 2021 iteration yesterday on Twitch, and the event is running all week for anyone interested in tuning in to this year’s speedrunning spotlights. The January event,…
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Marvel’s The Eternals director, Chloé Zhao, confirms she’s also the film’s writer The Eternals
In a sightly “I am Iron Man” moment, director of Marvel’s The Eternals, Chloé Zhao, has confirmed that she’s also the movie’s writer. The announcement from Zhao came in an interview with Margaret Gardiner (via ScreenRant), during the course of which Zhao revealed “I am the writer on Eternals, the…
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Fortnite developer Epic Games just bought a North Carolina mall for its new headquarters
Fortnite developer Epic Games is moving its Cary, North Carolina headquarters across town to a large shopping mall, the company announced. It’s planning to convert the 87-acre Cary Towne Center into its new home base by 2024. Once development is complete, Epic says the site will include recreational and office…
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How to convert customers with subscription pricing
Pay-as-you-go is the new normal from software to retail Joe Procopio 9 hours Joe Procopio Contributor Joe Procopio is a multiexit, multifailure entrepreneur. Joe is currently building Spiffy, and previously sold Automated Insights, sold ExitEvent and built Intrepid Media. More posts by this contributor How startups fill the gap between…
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