The most important read of this week is about the – completely – game changing company MagicLeap and their embedded video.
Tech
– Bonnier sells Toca Boca DiDigital
– Sellpy are now Tradera Sweden’s largest customer DiDigital
– VCs starting to let their startups beware of dirty fundraising terms Bloomberg
– Simris Alg getting ready to IPO DiDigital
– Pintrest acquihires Swedish talents DiDigital
– California approves Uber and Lyft’s carpools Fortune
– Spotify turned down apartments within reasonably distance from HQ following founders raging article Breakit
– Ford steps technology improvements Payments
– The European Commission files suit on Google in anti-trust case worth USD 6 BN European Commission
– Smart clothes are getting real TechCrunch
– Apple steals VP of Vehicle Engineering from Tesla Electrek
– A $10 router was the way in for hackers to steal USD 100 M from Bangladesh bank BBC
– China shuts down Apple’s iBooks and Apple pay NYTimes
– Tencent launches Enterprise version of WeChat (who recently reported 700M MAUs) WSJ
– Peter Carlsson (former Tesla) steps in as member of the board in Fingerprint Cards Breakit
– Q1 Earning numbers Bloomberg :
Earnings Q116 | Estimate EPS (USD) | Actual EPS (USD) | Actual Revenue (USD) |
Alphabet (Google) | 7.97 | 7.50 | 20.26 BN |
Microsoft | 0.62 | 0.64 | 22.08 BN |
Netflix | 0.03 | 0.06 | 1.96 BN |
Media
– Verizon’s AOL buys VR content studio RYOT WSJ
– Youtube introduced 360-degree live streamed video Buzztoday
– Telia in discussions to buy C-More Resumé
– Credit Suisse estimates Instagram will become a Facebook cash-cow CNBC
– Youtube and Apple are now both producing own film content to its respective platforms Filmmaker
– Tribeca confirms VR/AR will become a (the?) next medium for art and film Salon
– Allumette called a groundbreaking VR film experience Wired
– Netflix user growth (WSJ):