At least 15 Basecamp employees announced on Twitter that they are leaving the company, with some specifically citing new policy banning political talk at work
Multiple employees say they are leaving specifically because of recent policy changes. — On Friday, numerous employees …
Epic expert's testimony, based on internal Apple docs, estimates that App Store had an operating margin of 77.8% in 2019; Apple says the estimates are wrong
- Apple: Calculations are “simply wrong,” will refute in court — App Store's profits at heart of allegations of Apple monopoly
After an investigation found 800+ Etsy listings for weapons, porn, other items violating its policies, Etsy says it'll invest ~$40M in policy enforcement in '21
The online marketplace Etsy has been flooded with activity since the pandemic's onset as millions flocked to online shopping to stave off lockdown blues. Source: Insider and Etsy Blog .
Florida governor to sign into law a bill punishing social media firms for “deplatforming” politicians, which would likely face a constitutional challenge
Ahead of the Epic vs. Apple trial, which starts on Monday, a look at what is at stake, how the trial will work, key witnesses who will testify, and more
On Monday, Apple and Epic Games will meet in court to decide one of the most consequential antitrust arguments in the history of the tech industry.
Researchers find new exploit leaving all modern AMD and Intel processors with micro-op caches defenseless to Spectre threat, in spite of all current mitigations
Micro-op caches prone to attacks. — Researchers from two universities have discovered several new variants of Spectre exploits … Source: University of Virginia School … .
The sandboxed App Store model has been a hugely good thing, but Apple has often made wrong decisions in running it and now the EU is stepping in to regulate it
Apple launched the App Store in 2008, and tightened up the payment rules in 2011, and we've been arguing about it ever since.
Cloudflare, which was sued by “patent troll” Sable Networks, is offering a $100K bounty to those who can find evidence of prior art on Sable Networks' patents
Here we go again. — On March 15, Cloudflare was sued by a patent troll called Sable Networks …
Members of the Linux developer community reflect on “hypocrite commits” research, which got University of Minnesota banned from contributing to the Linux kernel
On the evening of April 6th, a student emailed a patch to a list of developers. Fifteen days later …
CA appellate court rules Amazon is responsible for the safety of third-party products it sells, rejecting Amazon's claim of merely connecting buyers and sellers
merchants — and can't hide behind their connecting-the-world technology to shield them from responsibility for distributing unsafe goods.” https://www.latimes.com/... Glenn Fleishman / @glennf : Maybe...
A look at Zed Run, a digital horse racing platform where users breed, race, and trade NFT horses, with some digital steeds and stables selling for six figures
Horse racing meet NFT mania on Zed Run, a digital platform where some top steeds are fetching six-figure sums. Tweets: @joefav , @darrenrovell , @sunny_hundal , @adamlevitan , @tomgara , and @jerryfer...
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
By his own admission, Chris Thür wasn't the most obvious person to start a music education startup. Source: PR Newswire .
Critics say the EU should focus on producing older generations of chips instead of making big plans to invest billions of euros into cutting-edge chip-making
Critics say Commissioner Thierry Breton risks wasting public money with grand plan to reshore manufacturing.
A deep dive into Apple's M&A strategy, which focuses on technology and engineering talent, and, sources say, values startups at around $3M per engineer
- In February, Apple CEO Tim Cook told shareholders that the company had bought about 100 companies in the past six years …
IDC: global tablet shipments grew 55.2% YoY, most since 2013, to reach 39.9M units in Q1; Apple led with 12.7M shipments, up 64.3% YoY; Samsung 8M, up 60.8% YoY
Mike Peterson / AppleInsider :
By limiting iOS apps' ad tracking capabilities, Apple could see increased commissions from IAPs and subscriptions if developers start charging for apps
as every company involved in advertising will be forced to learn the new rules https://www.ft.com/... Neil Shah / @neiltwitz : Great reporting! Software has been eating the world but nothing is foolpr...
Facebook says 60% of eligible users on Instagram have updated to a new experience that allows them to exchange messages with people on Messenger
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC : Tweets: @sarahfrier and @mgsiegler . Thanks: @sal19 Tweets: Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier : In your chats a link appears that says “get vanish mode” and is very easy to accide...
Global cloud infrastructure spending grew 35% YoY in Q1 to reach $41.8B; AWS led with 32% of total spend, followed by Azure with 19% and Google Cloud with 7%
Canalys Newsroom : Tweets: @jaycuthrell Tweets: Jay Cuthrell / @jaycuthrell : Painting the bridge will continue on the path to $15T or until it is no longer “cloud” and simply becomes “terrestrial da...
Nintendo's global and US presidents discuss Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Switch, and the company's forays into theme parks, movies, and more
Harry McCracken / Fast Company : Tweets: @harrymccracken and @harrymccracken . Thanks: @technologizer Tweets: Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken : Mr. Furukawa was nicely up-front about about the fact...
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.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.