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Apr 28, 2022 • 6min
Apple opens Self Service Repair to US iPhone users
I’ve been covering Apple in various capacities for a long time now. Over the years, I don’t know that I’ve seen an announcement from the company as unexpected and warmly received as Self Service Repair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 27, 2022 • 5min
GM expects to spend $2B on Cruise in 2022
General Motors expects full-year 2022 expenses at Cruise, the automaker’s autonomous driving subsidiary, to be approximately $2 billion, according to GM’s chief financial officer Paul Jacobson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 27, 2022 • 4min
In the wake of Fast’s collapse, Volume thinks it can crack the payment checkout conundrum
Online payment methods can be expensive for merchants, who have to pay between 2% and 8% of every sale to debit and credit card, ewallet and BNPL facilitators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 26, 2022 • 3min
Jack in the Box is piloting Miso’s hamburger-cooking robot
You’ve got to hand it to Miso — the company knows how to sell the sizzle, as they say in the meat-cooking business. The robotics firm has been striking high-profile deals with some of the U.S.’s biggest fast food chains, from White Castle to Panera Bread. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 26, 2022 • 4min
Reliance says its $3.4 billion deal with Future Group ‘cannot be implemented’
Reliance Industries “cannot implement” its $3.4 billion deal to acquire several parts of retail chain Future Group after secured creditors rejected the offer earlier this week, India’s most valuable firm said in a stock exchange filing on Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 25, 2022 • 2min
Twitter said to be close to a deal with Elon Musk
As unlikely as it may have once seemed, reports indicate Elon Musk may actually end up the owner of a newly-private Twitter after all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 25, 2022 • 6min
After layoffs, Flockjay lands on a new SaaS-y vision for tech sales
Months after cutting half its staff, edtech startup Flockjay has landed on a new vision for how to disrupt tech sales: start from the inside, out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 22, 2022 • 3min
Snapchat is growing faster than Facebook and Twitter
Snap released its first quarter financial results for 2022 today, affirming that it’s growing faster than its fellow US-based competitors Facebook (now Meta) and Twitter. Meta reported its first loss in daily active users (DAUs) last quarter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 22, 2022 • 3min
Immigrant credit FinTech Pillar raises $16.9M pre-seed led by Global Founders Capital and Backed VC
Immigrants to a new country can often be cash-rich. The problem is, is that they have no credit history in their new country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 21, 2022 • 3min
This kamikaze drone sacrifices its own rotors to take down other drones
Drones can be dangerous, and we’ve seen consumer-grade drones used for all sorts of nefarious purposes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
