Month: January 2021
Will this time be any different for Twitter?
As Twitter seems to buy its way into competing with Clubhouse and Substack, one wonders whether the beleaguered social media company is finally ready to move past its truly awful track record of seizing opportunities. Twitter’s pace of product ambition has certainly seemed to speed in the past several months,…
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Violent Protests Erupted In India. Then Calls For Police To Shoot The Protesters Went Viral On Twitter.
tech Twitter did not take “Shoot” off its trending topics for at least a couple of hours — after there was public outcry and after BuzzFeed News emailed asking for comment. By Pranav Dixit Reporting From New Delhi Pranav Dixit BuzzFeed News Reporter Reporting From New Delhi Posted on January…
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Sila Nanotechnologies raises $590M to fund battery materials factory
Sila Nanotechnologies, a Silicon Valley battery materials company, has spent years developing technology designed to pack more energy into a cell at a lower cost — an end game that has helped it lock in partnerships with Amperex Technology Limited as well as automakers BMW and Daimler. Now, Sila Nano,…
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Daily Crunch: Calendly valued at $3B
A popular scheduling startup raises a big funding round, Twitter makes a newsletter acquisition and Beyond Meat teams up with PepsiCo. This is your Daily Crunch for January 26, 2021. The big story: Calendly valued at $3B Calendly, which helps users schedule and confirm meeting times, has raised $350 million…
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iOS 14.4 update fixes bugs and opens up ‘Find My’ to third-party accessories iPhone 12
Apple has updated iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4, which expands ‘Find My’ feature support to third-party accessories, improves HomePod mini handoff, allows the camera to recognize smaller QR codes, fixes bugs, and addresses some potentially potent security flaws. New in the ‘Find My’ app is ‘Find My Items,’ which lets…
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Apple just had its best quarter in India
When Apple reports its earnings on Wednesday, you can expect mentions of India on the call. Apple shipped more than 1.5 million iPhone units in India in the quarter that ended in December, up 100% year-on-year, making this its best quarter in the world’s largest smartphone market to date, according…
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