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Oct 10, 2022 • 3min
Google removes The OG App from the Play Store as founders think about next steps
Almost a week after Apple removed The OG App from the App Store, an Instagram client that promised to provide an ad-free and suggestion-free feed, Google followed the suit and booted the app off the Play Store.9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Oct 10, 2022 • 5min
Purple Elephant Ventures, Kenya’s tourism-focused startup studio, raises $1M pre-seed funding
Kenya's Purple Elephant Ventures secures $1M to innovate tourism through tech, focusing on sustainability and green tourism. Revolutionizing the sector with a vision for modernizing through technology.
Oct 7, 2022 • 3min
Twitter nudges you to share the tweet instead of taking a screenshot
Screenshots of tweets are one of the most popular ways to share tweets with friends or post them on your other social media accounts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 7, 2022 • 5min
UK to probe Inmarsat and Viasat’s $7.3B merger on competition grounds, says it could lead to pricier in-flight Wi-FI
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that the proposed merger between London-based satellite communications company Inmarsat and its U.S. rival Viasat raises potential competition concerns, and plans to launch a full-scale investigation into the deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 6, 2022 • 4min
Uber’s former security chief found guilty of covering up 2016 data breach
Uber’s former head of security has been found guilty of criminal obstruction for attempting cover up a data breach that saw tens of millions of customer and driver records stolen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 6, 2022 • 5min
Party Round’s rebrand is banking on founder bank accounts
Party Round wants you to know that the party isn’t over. In fact, it just rebranded, put the music just a little bit lower, and finally put out some appetizers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 5, 2022 • 4min
White House proposes voluntary safety and transparency rules around AI
The White House this morning unveiled what it’s colloquially calling an “AI Bill of Rights,” which aims to establish tenets around the ways AI algorithms should be deployed as well as guardrails on their applications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 5, 2022 • 4min
VLC-developer VideoLAN sends legal notice to Indian ministries over ban
VideoLAN, the developer and operator of popular media player VLC, has filed a legal notice to India’s IT and Telecom ministries, alleging that the Indian bodies failed to notify the software developer and did not afford it a chance for an explanation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 4, 2022 • 4min
App Store experienced sharp revenue drop in September, Morgan Stanley says
Apple’s App Store suffered a 5% year-on-year dip in net revenue in September according to a note from Morgan Stanley analyst Erik Woodring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 4, 2022 • 4min
Rivian taps Capital One exec Diane Lye as its first CIO
Rivian has hired Diane Lye as its first chief information officer, a position that the EV maker says is necessary to expand globally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
