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April 6 · Issue #943 · View online |
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Clubhouse and Stripe link up to pay creators…SendBird raises more money…Here today, gone tomorrow… TikTok adds captions…Tim Cook explains the Facebook battle… Washington State wants tech to be more private…A countertop robot bartender gets a boost….Why the companies of the future may not have an office…..Are your remote workers getting ready to quit…..Verizon and AWS go to the edge…those stories and more are all here today, in the Tuesday edition of THE COMUNICANO!!!
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Introducing Clubhouse Payments
From the earliest days of Clubhouse, a guiding principle has been to build a platform that puts the creator first. Our aim is to help creators build community, audience, and impact. And as Clubhouse continues to scale, it’s important to us to align our business model with that of the creators—helping them make money and thrive on the platform.
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Sendbird raises $100M at a $1B+ valuation, says 150M+ users now interact using its chat and video APIs
Messaging is the medium these days, and today a startup that has built an API to help others build text and video interactivity into their services is announcing a big round to continue scaling its business.
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A booming industry based entirely on missed calls helped bring India online — and vanished overnight
In the age of expensive data, missed calls became more than just a cheap way to communicate. But in India, technology moves faster than you’d think.
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TikTok adds automatic captions to videos in accessibility push
TikTok creators will soon be able to add automatically generated captions to their videos. The option will appear in a video’s editing page and will be available in American English and Japanese to start.
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With Just 7 Words, Tim Cook Perfectly Explained the Battle Between Apple and Facebook
It isn’t about tracking, but about giving you a choice.
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Industry-backed digital privacy bill sees head-spinning changes in Washington state
The lobbyist representing Big Tech was adamant: lawmakers should pass the controversial Washington Privacy Act, a state-level attempt to deal with the perpetual failure of the US federal government to issue digital privacy rules that would protect American consumers from having their personal information collected, sold, and shared against their will by tech companies.
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Google Pixel 5 sees massive GPU performance gains with April 2021 update
The Android 2021 update for the Google Pixel 5 improves its gaming performance substantially. Google Pixel 4a 5G may also see similar gains.
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Bartesian Raises $20M Series A for its Countertop Cocktail Appliance
Bartesian, which makes a pod-based countertop cocktail appliance, announced today that it has raised a $20 million Series A round of funding. The Bartesian device has canisters that you fill up with liquor such as tequila, vodka or rum, which it then mixes with a variety pods that contain different flavorings, juices and bitters. Place a glass underneath and push a button and Bartesian dispenses a perfectly mixed cocktail.
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Israel is a fake meat powerhouse
From plant equivalents to cultured cells, Israeli startups are winning the race to cruelty-free meat. But no one knows whether 3D-printed steaks are kosher
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The Company of the Future Doesn't Have an Office
The pandemic’s almost over, and remote work has never been more popular.
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How to lead remote teams you’ve never met in person
This tech CEO took over in the middle of the pandemic and has yet to physically meet a single coworker or board member of the hiring platform she leads.
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5 warning signs your remote worker may be getting ready to quit
It can be harder to detect the warning signs that an employee is considering leaving when everyone is working from home.
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Working From Home Leaves Employees Vulnerable to Harassment and Bullying
More and more women are reporting instances of workplace bullying by managers as a direct result of ongoing WFH mandates due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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AWS and Verizon team up to provide 5G-powered edge computing infrastructure
Amazon Web Services Inc. is integrating its AWS Outposts edge computing hardware with 5G networking technology from Verizon Communications Inc. to support customers that are pursuing initiatives such as warehouse robot implementations.
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