Slack forecasts $640M revenue for financial year ending Jan 2020, according
Airbnb says it’s achieved profitability for the second straight year, excluding
YouTube selectively tests recommendation buttons beneath videos on desktop and mobile,
Deep learning platform Clusterone raises $2M from unnamed investors; a participant
Box hires Lakshmi Hanspal as chief information security officer; Hanspal will
Samsung teases a press event on Feb 20 with several billboards
Facebook says it will expand certain political ad policies and tools
UK-based field marketing company BeMyEye acqui-hires Russian research and image recognition
Microsoft partners with Walgreens to develop health care tech; the companies
Instagram sells ad space to firms that charge for fake followers
Oppo confirms it’s developing a 10x optical zoom lens for smartphones;
Google introduces a minor Material Design update for Google Docs, Sheets,
A surgeon in China reportedly performs remote surgery via 5G connection;
Verizon will add free Apple Music to its Beyond Unlimited and
Scooter-sharing firm Lime is raising $400M on a $2B valuation, according
YouTube updates its policies, categorizing dangerous or harmful pranks as prohibited
Grab partners with China-based insurance firm ZhongAn to establish an insurtech
Snap CFO Tim Stone steps down eight months after joining the
Roku removes Infowars as a supported channel shortly after adding it
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps for local searches
Mozilla shuts down its Test Pilot program, which enabled early adopters
Peer-to-peer RV rental marketplace Outdoorsy raises $50M Series C led by
Apple launches $129 smart battery cases for iPhone XS, XS Max,
Roku hosts right-wing conspiracy show Infowars after Apple, Spotify, Facebook, and
GBatteries (YC W14) emerges, promising ultra-fast EV charging; charger adapter uses
US authorities charge 10 defendants for their alleged roles in the
This Week in Startups episode 894: Jason speaks with outgoing Owl
An early investor in car-sharing platform Getaround sues the company for
New York-based real estate services company Knock raises $400M Series B
Amazon Web Services acquires Vancouver-based cloud migration insights company TSO Logic;
Campaign Monitor announces the acquisitions of personalized email company Liveclicker and
Work management platform Smartsheet ($2.7B market cap) acquires fellow Seattle-area team
Facebook commits $300M over three years to support local news; includes
Netflix to raise prices for US subscribers by 13 to 18
Mobile gaming company Supercell's
Volkswagen and Ford announce a global alliance through which they will
Alphabet's internet balloon company, Loon, forms an advisory board to guide
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