Month: June 2021
Daily Crunch: SpaceX announces tentative plans to launch first orbital flight next month
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Monday, June 28. How much time did you spend on your phone this weekend? Too much? Not a lot? According…
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Korean court sides against Netflix, opening door for streaming bandwidth fees from ISPs
A court case in South Korea has ended in a loss for Netflix and a victory for ISPs in the country, which may now be empowered to levy bandwidth usage fees on traffic-gobbling streaming platforms. The decision is likely to be challenged, as it essentially saddles the new wave of…
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MWC 2021 day one wrap-up
“It is great that MWC is back,” Samsung UK’s James Kitto said, opening up this year’s presser. “And behalf of everyone at Samsung, it’s great to be back at MWC.” What, precisely, it means to be “back” in 2021 is another question entirely. Samsung was, of course, one of a…
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Demand Curve: Email marketing tactics that convert subscribers into customers
Stewart Hillhouse Contributor Stewart Hillhouse writes actionable growth marketing insights as senior content lead at Demand Curve. By night, he interviews marketers and creatives on his podcast, Top Of Mind. Before getting into marketing, Stewart was a semi-professional lumberjack. He also writes at stewarthillhouse.com. Email has the highest return on…
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DNA data storage might sound futuristic, but it’s on the immediate horizon DNA
As the quantity of data generated worldwide continues to expand at an aggressive rate, researchers are looking for ultra-dense and ultra-durable storage technologies capable of housing it all. For example, Microsoft is examining the possibility of using lasers to etch data into quartz glass, or storing information in hologram form…
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Microsoft Teams will soon basically write your chat replies for you Teams Group Chat
Ahead of the start of the new school year, Microsoft has revealed that it is currently working on a new feature for Microsoft Teams that will make it easier for teachers and faculty to communicate over chat. Back in May the company announced a total of 35 new features for…
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