Robinhood closes down 8% on its first day of trading, after raising $2.1B in its IPO at a valuation of around $32B
will users ‘age out’ of the app? Finextra : Robinhood prices IPO at $32bn valuation Timothy Craig / Crypto Briefing : Robinhood IPOs Amid Uniswap Partnership Rumors Crunchbase News : Throw The Confett...
Apple sold 50.7M iPhones in Q2, down from 51.2M last year, 8.92M iPads, down from 10.2M, 4.19M Macs, up from 4.03M; services revenue grew to $7.04B, 18% YoY
below expectations Shara Tibken / CNET : Apple's iPhone unit sales take a surprising fall Caitlin McGarry / Macworld : Apple in Q2: Sold fewer iPhones than last year, but also made more money Anya Geo...
How the H-1B visa program has become a gateway for companies to replace US tech staff with foreign workers earning less and receiving fewer benefits
The Verge : Tweets: @benpopper and @benpopper Tweets: Ben Popper / @benpopper : H-1B is not a creation of liberals or conservatives. It was passed by both parties and pushed by corporations. Signed i...
JetSmarter, the “Uber for private jets”, wanted to charge a Verge reporter $2K if they didn't publish a positive story about their flight after service demo
We've seen plenty of aggressive requests from companies that want positive coverage, but perhaps none as absurd … Tweets: @candicechoi , @benpopper , @chillmage , @davidmackau , @backlon , and @danawo...
Pearl, a startup with 50 Apple alumni, plans slew of devices to retrofit cars to enable latest autonomous driving capabilities, starting with a rear-view camera
Over three years ago … Chris Barylick / O'Grady's PowerPage : Former Apple engineers found Pearl, introduce RearVision camera accessory for your car István Fekete / iPhone in Canada Blog : Apple Alums...
Intel beats Q4 estimates with revenues of $14.9B, but stock is down almost 5% in after hours trading
and the PC isn't one of them Pui-Wing Tam / New York Times : Daily Report: Why Intel's Earnings Shouldn't Be Ignored Lee Bell / Inquirer : Intel sees strong PC chip sales in Q4 despite mammoth market ...
Pandora to pay royalty of 17 cents per 100 songs, up from 14 cents, after copyright board decision, with rates rising with inflation through 2020
but not as much as music labels wanted Peter Kafka / Re/code : Pandora Will Need to Pay More for Its Songs, but It Could Have Been Worse Nathan McAlone / Business Insider : Pandora stock plunges then ...
Behind the rise of bug bounties and startups like HackerOne that help provide them
Ben Popper / The Verge : Tweets: @benpopper and @benpopper Tweets: Ben Popper / @benpopper : I met an Indian teen who's paying for college by finding software bugs at Google, AT&T, and Paypal http://...