HEY's Jason Fried responds to Apple, says the dispute is not about the money, but about how Apple forcibly inserts itself between developers and their customers
So far, much of the recent discussion around Apple, HEY, In App Purchase (IAP), Subscriptions, the App Store, and the iOS developer community has been about money.
Apple rejects HEY appeal, noting email apps must work without paid subscription; Apple suggests offering in-app sub or to reconfigure app as IMAP and POP client
Ever since the story broke … Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider : House antitrust committee ready to subpoena Apple CEO Tim Cook for big tech investigation Kara Swisher / New York Times : Is It Finally Ham...
VF Corp's The North Face, REI, and Upwork say they are committing to an ad boycott of Facebook in light of its handling of misinformation and hate speech
(CNN Business)Outdoor apparel brand The North Face has become the best-known company yet to commit to an advertising boycott of Facebook …
What to expect from WWDC 2020: transition to ARM Macs, iOS 14 with Car Key and a Google Translate-like feature, third-party music services on HomePod, and more
- Company to announce move to Macs running its own processors — Developers complaining about longtime App Store rules, fees
App Store guidelines and policies were created for the world as it was a decade ago, and Apple should rewrite them for a very different world today
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The UK government's efforts to build a centralized contract tracing app from scratch were plagued by poor technical execution and chaotic personnel management
The failed rollout of Britain's covid-19 app will damage digital contact tracing efforts worldwide—but its troubles were the result of clear, specific errors.
Pandora will offer more stats to podcast hosts like where listeners live, how long they tune in to each episode, and the number of thumbs up/down they receive
Move makes the streaming service more competitive with Apple and Spotify — Key insight: — Podcasting has long suffered …
The IRS says it bought access to a marketing database of location data for millions of US cellphones to try to identify and track potential criminal suspects
The unsuccessful effort shows how anonymized information sold by marketers is increasingly being used by law enforcement to identify suspects
Social media execs owe it to staff, users, and society to examine structural forces empowering racists online and how their platforms undermine social justice
Shows of support from Facebook, Twitter and YouTube don't address the way those platforms have been weaponized by racists and partisan provocateurs.
Snap apologizes and disables its Juneteenth filter that allowed users to “smile and break the chains”, saying it didn't go through its usual review process
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Robinhood says it's changing its options offerings after a young customer committed suicide when his account temporarily showed a negative balance of over $700K
Robinhood is changing its options offerings, including increased education, in the wake of a young customer's suicide.
Apple is temporarily closing 11 stores across Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, and South Carolina amid COVID-19 spikes
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Wirecard's CEO Markus Braun resigns over the missing €1.9B in cash; James Freis, chief compliance officer who joined company on Thursday, named as interim CEO
Want this in your inbox each morning? Tweets: HydroxyCoreyQuinn / @quinnypig : Braun is reportedly stepping down to more time with his collection of Fabergé eggs on his superyacht. https://twitter.com...
Proposals by Sen. Hawley and the DOJ to amend Section 230 protections would violate the First Amendment and bury tech platforms in legal cost and liability risk
Whether we know it or not, all Internet users rely on multiple online services to connect, engage, and express themselves online. Tweets: @eff , @eff , @jess_miers , and @atrupar Tweets: @eff : If AG ...
Volkswagen plans to develop 60% of its vehicles' software by 2025, up from 10% now, and grow its Car.Software unit from 3,000 staffers to 5,000 by end of 2020
Carmaker rules out working with tech companies to develop operating system for its vehicles — Volkswagen has ruled out working …
TikTok describes its video recommendation algorithm, says engagement metrics are strong signals while time of publishing, creator, and device type are weak ones
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o9 Solutions, which provides planning and operations software for companies including Nestle, Starbucks, and Walmart, raises $100M from KKR at a $1B+ valuation
The US-headquartered firm has a significant presence in India and provides a planning and operations platform for enterprise customers such as Walmart, Starbucks and Nestle.
BMW and Mercedes-Benz end their partnership, which was announced in July 2019 for the development of autonomous driving technology
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch :
Google removes 106 malicious Chrome extensions with 32M downloads that collected browsing history and sensitive credentials, after being alerted by researchers
Joseph Menn / Reuters :
Sources: ARM ousted ARM China CEO Allen Wu after discovering that he had set up a competing investment fund; Wu maintains he is still in charge of ARM China
- Chinese corporation rules mean he will be difficult to remove — Wu maintains he is still in charge of Arm China Joint Venture Thanks: @pelstrom
A look at the top 100 companies according to market cap added YTD amid the pandemic, with Big Tech leading: Amazon gained ~$401B, Microsoft ~$270B, Apple ~$219B
The first in an FT series on corporate resilience in a year of human and economic devastation Tweets: @francesca_bria , @financialtimes , and @daveleeft Tweets: Francesca Bria / @francesca_bria : Pros...
Proprio, which is developing a computational imaging system that seeks to help surgeons perform procedures more accurately, raises $23M Series A led by DCVC
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Palantir raises $500M from Japanese insurance holding company Sompo; sources: Palantir's shares have been trading on the private market at a $10B-$14B valuation
> Japanese insurer Sompo investing $500 million in data analytics firm Palantir https://www.reuters.com/...
eBay's former CEO, Devin Wenig, denies cyberstalking of blogger, says he had “no knowledge, no private understanding, no tacit approval” of harassment campaign
Jason Del Rey / Vox :
Boston-based Botkeeper, which automates bookkeeping workflows using AI, raises $25M Series B led by Point72 Ventures, bringing its total raised to $47.5M
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Sources: UK told telecom operators to ensure they have adequate stockpiles of Huawei equipment due to fears of new US sanctions disrupting critical supplies
Copado, which is developing a DevOps tool focused on the Salesforce ecosystem, raises $26M Series B led by Insight Partners, bringing its total raised to $47M
Steve Brooks / Enterprise Times :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
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