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Twitter’s Spaces is well positioned to challenge Clubhouse as it’s intuitive, a logical fit for Twitter, and adds a meaningful new experience to the Twitter app (Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology)
Twitter’s Spaces is well positioned to challenge Clubhouse as it’s intuitive, a logical fit for Twitter, and adds a meaningful new experience to the Twitter app — Why Twitter’s Clubhouse clone is poised to give the hottest app on the planet a run for its money. — I live a simple life with a few steadfast rules. Source
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Robinhood says 301,573 users participated in its IPO, representing about 1.3% of its 22.5M funded accounts as of June 30 (Marie Beaudette / Wall Street Journal)
Robinhood says 301,573 users participated in its IPO, representing about 1.3% of its 22.5M funded accounts as of June 30 — Buyers represented about 1.3% of the online brokerage’s 22.5 million funded accounts — Hundreds of thousands of Robinhood Markets Inc.’s customers bought shares. Source
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Toronto-based Smile CDR, which offers software for health and clinical data interoperability, raises $20M Series A led by 30 North Group and UPMC Enterprises (Fred Pennic/HIT Consultant)
Toronto-based Smile CDR, which offers software for health and clinical data interoperability, raises $20M Series A led by 30 North Group and UPMC Enterprises — What You Should Know: — Smile CDR Inc. (Smile CDR), a Toronto-based health data storage and integration company. Source
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Interview with co-CEO of Atlassian Scott Farquhar on Australia as a test bed for tech regulation, the media bargaining code, running a global company, and more (Nilay Patel / The Verge)
Interview with co-CEO of Atlassian Scott Farquhar on Australia as a test bed for tech regulation, the media bargaining code, running a global company, and more Source
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Sources: travel booking site Trip.com, formerly called Ctrip, plans to raise ~$1.09B in its Hong Kong secondary listing; its US shares have risen ~4% this year (Julia Fioretti / Bloomberg)
Sources: travel booking site Trip.com, formerly called Ctrip, plans to raise ~$1.09B in its Hong Kong secondary listing; its US shares have risen ~4% this year — – Online travel platform would raise $1.09 billion at that price — U.S.-listed Chinese companies are flocking to Hong Kong. Source
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UK food sharing app OLIO raises $43M Series B led by VNV Global, as it tries to tackle food waste, with Tesco adding 2.7K stores to the service in 2020 (Mike Butcher / TechCrunch)
UK food sharing app OLIO raises $43M Series B led by VNV Global, as it tries to tackle food waste, with Tesco adding 2.7K stores to the service in 2020 — It was curious enough that OLIO, a UK startup with an app that lets users post a photo of unwanted food and share it with the local neighborhood. Source
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Apple releases iOS 14.4.1 and macOS 11.2.3 to address a WebKit flaw that could allow hackers to run arbitrary code on devices via malicious web content (Igor Bonifacic / Engadget)
Apple releases iOS 14.4.1 and macOS 11.2.3 to address a WebKit flaw that could allow hackers to run arbitrary code on devices via malicious web content — Apple has released a set of updates it recommends all iPhone, iPad and Mac users download as soon as possible. No, — iOS 14.5 Source
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Helsinki-based Yousician, which claims to have 20M MAUs across its music education app and guitar tuning app, raises $28M Series B led by True Ventures (Anthony Ha / TechCrunch)
Helsinki-based Yousician, which claims to have 20M MAUs across its music education app and guitar tuning app, raises $28M Series B led by True Ventures Source
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PortalOne raises $15M seed from Atari, Founders Fund, Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin, and others for its hybrid gaming/TV show app, coming out of closed beta soon (Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch)
PortalOne raises $15M seed from Atari, Founders Fund, Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin, and others for its hybrid gaming/TV show app, coming out of closed beta soon — Gaming and streamed video have been two of the biggest pastime winners during the last year+ of pandemic living. Source
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Indian smartphone shipments hit a record 162M in 2021, up 12% YoY, led by Xiaomi at 40.5M, Samsung at 30.1M, Vivo at 25.7M, Realme at 24.2M, and Oppo at 20.1M (Canalys)
Indian smartphone shipments hit a record 162M in 2021, up 12% YoY, led by Xiaomi at 40.5M, Samsung at 30.1M, Vivo at 25.7M, Realme at 24.2M, and Oppo at 20.1M Source
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