Tech
- Roughly 90 M Amazon Echos sold but only 2% have been used for purchase TheInformation
- Pay walls continue to see growth in subscription numbers MarketWatch
- Thoughts about user retention curves AndrewChen
- Patrick Söderlund leaves EA after twelwe years DiDigital
- Facebook fundraisers have raised more than USD 300 M over the past year TechCrunch
- Foodwaste app Karma raised USD 12 M from Kinnevik, Electrolux (this I find especially interesting), Bessemer and e.ventures TechCrunch
- Anna Ryot and Carl Manneh takes part in Norrsken’s Board of Directors DiDigital
- Swedish companies valued over SEK 1 BN DiDigital
- Report on how much US Mid-Market companies spend on tech EMarketer
Media
- How Daniel Ek thinks about the future music industry FastCompany
- Robinhood closed Moviepass parent company Helios & Mathison from trading after share price have declined 99.99% BusinessInsider
- Founders and early employees of Tinder sued IAC and Match Group for more than USD 2 BN after claiming IAC “robbed” them of stock options and under priced the acquisition CNBC
- Amazon going head-to-head with Google/Youtube betting that Twitch can convince viewers its the better streaming service DiDigital
- Is Amazon about to acquire cinema firm Landmark Theatres TechCrunch
- OTT services adoption increase 17% YoY in the US ComScore
- Lionsgate signed a multiyear output deal with Scandinavian distributor Nordisk Film Variety
Transportation
- Apple hires former Head of Tesla Model 3 hinting towards expanding on self-driving cars projects TechCrunch
- How Tesla made more adjustments to off-the-shelf products in the Model 3 than the Model S and therefore “better” Jalopnik
- Apple hinted to launch “iCar” in 2023 CNET
- Some of Uber’s investors want the company to ditch their self-driving car projects because of too high losses Inverse
XR
- Alibaba to launch taobao – a new Mixed Reality shopping experience PanDaily
- Ubiquity6 lands Series B round at USD 27 M to build a more user friendly augmented reality TechCrunch
- What the XR industry needs to progress TechCrunch
- More reviews of the Magic Leap One VirtualRealityPop
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