Microsoft shut down Skype on May 5, capping a remarkable 21-year run for software that for many embodied the open internet and had 300M+ users in its heyday
you were right about almost everything WPXI-TV : End of an era: Skype is officially shut down Ronil Thakkar / KnowTechie : It's the end of the road for Skype Hassam Nasir / Tom's Hardware : Microsoft ...
Sources: Google laid off 200+ employees from its Core teams, including IT and its Python developer team, and plans to move some roles to India and Mexico
unless it's your smartphone Ann Resuma / International Business Times : Google Lays Off 200 ‘Core’ Employees; Eyes Shifting Some Roles To India, Mexico Alice Nunwick / Verdict : Google lays off 200 US...
Product Hunt's CEO says layoffs announced on October 10 were for “strategic” not “financial or company performance reasons”, and impacted ~60% of the team
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Threads: @chris and @carnage4life . X: @rajivayyangar . LinkedIn: Daniel Tunkelang Threads: Chris Messina / @chris : Sad to hear about the @producthunt layoffs. Compare th...
Snap's head of growth and previously longtime product head Jacob Andreou plans to leave in May 2023 after eight years to join Greylock as a general partner
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Tweets: @jacobandreou Tweets: Jacob Andreou / @jacobandreou : This May, after more than 8 years, I'll be leaving @Snap. To the team and Evan, thank you for giving me the ho...
Meta's NPE team recently set up an office in Lagos and plans another in Asia as it changes strategy to include making seed investments in small teams
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Facebook has hired former Vine GM Jason Toff to join the newly formed experimental app division, NPE Team, as a Product Management Director
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Amazon expands its Delivery Service Partner program, incentivizes Amazon employees with $10K and three months' pay to start their own delivery businesses
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Hulu announces a major business reorganization; Chief Content Officer Joel Stillerman and two VPs are leaving, and Dan Phillips, formerly of TiVo, joins as CTO
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Lyft says its Concierge service, which lets businesses schedule rides for people and launched in 2016, is now open to organizations of all sizes
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Silk Labs, the ex-Mozilla team behind the Sense smart home hub, refunds Kickstarter backers and switches focus back to software
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