Adobe argues Figma will help it rethink design tools for the cloud era; Adobe's competing product, XD, generated just $15M in annual revenue after seven years
Adobe executives think there's a lot that critics of its $20 billion purchase of Figma are missing. Tweets: @kantrowitz , @alexrkonrad , and @tolles . Thanks: @inafried Tweets: Alex Kantrowitz / @kant...
Adobe's Figma retention package may be the biggest since Facebook bought WhatsApp in 2014, exceeding deal packages from Auth0, LinkedIn, Mobileye, and Slack
a key player in the Figma deal, now on the Adobe side. Salesforce couldn't hold on to Tableau's Adam Selipsky, back as CEO at AWS. https://www.forbes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Alex Konrad / @ale...
Frances Haugen's documents have been useful to the press and groups opposing Facebook, but reporting should now expand to examine Haugen and her backers' goals
> regulators —> legislation, we're not going to get the outcome we're hoping for. 7/n Joe Bak-Coleman / @jbakcoleman : My concern is that we're going to address “move fast and break things” with “regu...
Sources: Zoom has begun developing a web email service for businesses, and may trial it next year, and is also considering building a calendar app
and how 2020 changed Zoom forever Tweets: Sharon O'Dea / @sharonodea : But y tho? (Seriously, no one wants this. Changing your primary email is a PITA so adding gmail won't encourage anyone to upgrade...
A few lessons for the events industry from digital turning points in music, video, and news industries, as Zoom transforms events like Napster changed music
All types of business events are in danger of their revenue streams of tickets, sponsorships, memberships, and other types of fees being eroded. Tweets: @waxy , @ruudwjanssen , @rashmi , @chr1sa , @ck...
Tech leaders should stop glib comments on media and acting like underdogs, and tech media should stop “Red Teaming” tech, overusing anonymity, and passing blame
Twitter is especially stupid right now … Bryant Jefferson / MediaSquared : Mom, Tech and Media Are Fighting Again! Tweets: Balaji S. Srinivasan / @balajis : Incredible. Last week I called out a journa...
A look at Clearview AI, a facial recognition app claiming it scraped 3B+ images from sites like Facebook, YouTube, and that 600+ law enforcement agencies use it
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : FBI in Possession of Software Able to Profile Anyone Using Just a Picture Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1225: the facial ...
San Francisco's antitech movement has fizzled before it ever really took off
Is the antitech movement obsolete? — Wearing a pig mask and sequined suit jacket, Amy Gilgan stood outside of Davies Symphony Hall on Thursday night to accept the McMansion award at the second annua...