2023-04-04
Sounds crazy now but there was a time where *anybody* could have a stapler at Google. https://www.cnbc.com/...
CNBC
Documents: Google cuts back on fitness classes, tape, staplers, and the frequency of staff laptop replacements; non-engineers will get a Chromebook by default
& maybe even 5 — this year https://www.cnbc.com/... Patricia Aas / @pati_gallardo : If a Google engineer costs 125K (which iiuc is lowballing it) then they cost about a dollar a mi...
2022-04-04
@markgurman Your back-of-envelope AAPL subscription delivers 60-70% more revenue in 3 years, but costs 3X to deliver. 🤔 Perhaps some recovery on resale of used phones banking on that seems unwise.
Bloomberg
How Apple's rumored iPhone and other hardware subscriptions will squeeze more revenue from its users, and why the company may expand its financial services
more money for Apple because people will swap out their phones more often and Apple can still resell trade-ins. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2021-10-15
.@upstart is proud & excited to lead @talamobile's Series E funding round! @shivsiroya is an amazing leader and we're excited to see what we can do together 🚀🙌 https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Tala, which provides mobile-first financial services in emerging markets, raises a $145M Series E led by Upstart, source says at an $800M+ valuation
Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch :
2021-09-28
Instagram for kids. There I built it for you. [Pictured: “Go TF Outside!"]
Instagram
Adam Mosseri says Instagram is pausing work on Instagram Kids, after criticism from parents, experts, regulators, policymakers, and others
Good morning! This Tuesday, Facebook says Instagram isn't bad for teens … Ben Lyons / Gamereactor UK : Development of Instagram Kids has been paused Barbara Ortutay / NBC Bay Area...
Instagram for kids. There I built it for you. [Pictured: “Go TF Outside!"]
Engadget
Nick Clegg says Facebook will release two internal slide decks central to WSJ's story on Instagram's impact on teens to the public “in the next few days”
Facebook will publish two internal slide decks detailing its research into how Instagram affects teens' mental health sometime “in the next few days.” Source: YouTube .
2021-08-16
Not sure how many years I have left, but I don't want to spend them in a metaverse. I'm with @johnhanke on this. https://www.fastcompany.com/ ...
Fast Company