Paying $115B for Stripe or $77B for Coinbase might be quite rational
It's hard to overvalue a startup when the public market is willing to double its valuation the moment it starts to trade. CoinDesk reported yesterday that crypto trading startup Coinbase is being valued at $77 billion on private exchanges......»»
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Best Prime Day Ring Doorbell deals 2021: Deals you can buy today
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The best (and worst) time to buy a MacBook in 2021
Knowing when to buy an Apple MacBook can be the difference between saving money and paying a fortune. Here’s how to know when is the right time to buy......»»
Payments Giant Stripe Saw Major Uptake of Staff Offer To Move With 10% Pay Cut
Stripe saw "major uptake" of the unusual offer it made to staff during the pandemic: Leave high-cost cities like New York and San Francisco and take a $20,000 bonus to boot. The catch? Workers had to consent to a 10% cut to their base compensation. F.....»»
A simple nudge isn"t enough to tackle fake news, but these tactics could help
One high-profile theory of why people share fake news says that they aren't paying sufficient attention. The proposed solution is therefore to nudge people in the right direction. For example, "accuracy primes"—short reminders intended to shift peo.....»»
Roblox hit with $200 million lawsuit over creators" use of unlicensed music
Variety reports that NMPA president/CEO David Israelite announced the lawsuit at the trade group's 2021 annual meeting, highlighting Roblox's millions of daily active players and alleging that it goes to great lengths to avoid paying artists for usin.....»»
Payments giant Stripe launches Stripe Tax to integrate sales tax calculations for 30+ countries
On the heels of acquiring sales tax specialist TaxJar in April, today Stripe is making another big move in the area of tax. The $95 billion payments behemoth is launching a new product called Stripe Tax, which will provide automatic, updated sales ta.....»»
Newer Toyota, Lexus vehicles to get Parkopedia service
The Park with Parkopedia service will cover locating, reserving and paying for off-street parking in 2018 model-year or newer Toyota and Lexus vehicles......»»
A Big Chunk of the Internet Goes Offline Because of a Faulty CDN Provider
TechCrunch reports: Countless popular websites including Reddit, Spotify, Twitch, Stack Overflow, GitHub, gov.uk, Hulu, HBO Max, Quora, PayPal, Vimeo, Shopify, Stripe, and news outlets CNN, The Guardian, The New York Times, BBC and Financial Times ar.....»»
Almost two percent of the top-grossing iPhone apps are scams, says report
An investigation by The Washington Post found that 18 of the 1,000 top-grossing apps in Apple's App Store were scams of one shade or another. For example, one QR code reader "tricked" users into paying $4.99 per week for a service that the iPhone's c.....»»
Antitrust settlement forces Google to revamp ad platform
“Google took advantage of its vertical integration,” French regulator says. Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Getty Images) Google is paying a $268 million fine and, in a first, has agreed to overhaul its advertising platform to settle an antit.....»»
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Twitter Debuts Subscriptions To "Super Users" in New Revenue Push
Twitter unveiled its long-awaited subscription service, offering paying customers exclusive features for rescinding tweets and organizing posts as part of a push to ease the social network's dependence on advertising revenue. From a report: Dubbed Tw.....»»
Dogecoin trading expected to open on Coinbase Pro starting June 3
Coinbase further said that once sufficient supply of Doge has been established on the platform, trading will launch in three phases: post-only, limit-only and full trading. “If at any point one of the new order books does not meet our assessment fo.....»»
Augmented reality NFT platform Anima gets backing from Coinbase
Augmented reality and non-fungible tokens, need I say more? Yes? Oh, well NFTs have certainly had their moment in 2021 but the question of what they do or what can be done with them has certainly been getting voiced more frequently as the speculative.....»»
Coinbase Launches "Fact Check," a Section on its Blog To Combat Misinformation about the Company and Crypto World
Crypto giant Coinbase on Thursday launched its own media operation. The company is calling it "Fact Check" -- and giving it a dedicated section on its blog. In a blog post, Coinbase Founder and CEO Brian Armstrong said the firm, which recently went p.....»»
Towerstream"s Plan for Manhattan-Fi
The wireless backbone provider Towerstream will flip on a dense Manhattan Wi-Fi network: Towerstream built a wireless network in the skyline, paying for prime locations on the top of buildings to point high-speed service at line-of-sight locations wh.....»»
AT&T Gives Free Wi-Fi to 20 New York Parks
This comes years after varying plans and bidding proposals that didn't work: AT&T is paying for the cost of installing and operating Wi-Fi in 20 parts in the five boroughs of New York City, including the High Line, the park converted from old elevate.....»»
Indonesian crypto exchange Pintu gets $6M Series A led by Pantera, Intudo and Coinbase Ventures
Along with the stock market, cryptocurrency is also seeing an uptick among retail investors in Indonesia. Pintu, a platform focused on first-time cryptocurrency buyers, announced today it has raised a $6 million Series A, led by Pantera Capital, Intu.....»»
Snap CEO is happy to pay the 30% Apple tax, says Snapchat wouldn"t exist without the iPhone
"We really feel like Snapchat wouldn't exist without the iPhone and without the amazing platform that Apple has created," Spiegel said on CNBC's TechCheck. "In that sense, I'm not sure we have a choice about paying the 30% fee, and of course, we're h.....»»