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Welcome to Daily Crunch, August 30, 2021. While the startup world is busy gearing up to Y Combinator Demo Day, the rest of tech isn't letting that stop them. We have Apple news and Telegram news.
We have TechCrunch news: Ryan Reynolds will be speaking at Disrupt about Maximum Effort, his company. It's a lot of hype. We'll be talking about software. There are many. Alex
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China limits youth gaming to three hours per week This is not much. This is huge news for a country like China that has a large gaming market. However, this is just one part of a wider regulatory push in China (which also includes the expansion of online fan culture). to align its private companies with the government's plans.
You can work up to three hours per week. This isn't much. This is huge news for a country like China that has a large gaming market. However, this is just one part of a wider regulatory push in China (which also includes the expansion of online fan culture). to align its private companies with the government's plans. TechCrunch takes a closer look at the Toasts IPO filing in Boston today. What are our takeaways? The company has shown remarkable growth since its COVID lows, and has a solid multi-part business model. This company is proud to be part of the active Boston startup scene.
TechCrunch analyzed the Boston-based Toasts IPO filing. What are our takeaways? The company has shown remarkable growth since its COVID lows. It also has a solid multi-part business model. This company is doing well. Spotify buys Joe Rogan; Apple buys classical music Apple bought Primephonic, a move that aimed to create differentiated music streaming services in an age where music is everywhere. Apple Music will absorb the smaller, Amsterdam-based company.
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Are you ready for some startup news? You are. Good. Telegram has just passed the 1,000,000 download mark. This is a sign that the times are changing. This is a great achievement that shows consumers care about privacy.
Amazon EC2 grew out of a concept to become a fundamental element in cloud computing.
AWS' August 2006 activation of its EC2 cloud-based virtual machine was a significant milestone in the development of cloud infrastructure giants.
Ron Miller, enterprise reporter, says that Amazon is impossible to overstate.
Since then, EC2 has allowed clients of all sizes to test and run their applications on AWS virtual machines in the fifteen years that have followed.
Ron spoke with Dave Brown, EC2 VP, to learn more about a fundamental technological shift which would fuel a whole new generation of startups. Brown was the person who created and led Amazon EC2's front-end team.
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ByteDance purchases VR hardware startup ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, is trying to buy Pico which raised $37 million earlier this year. This news is unclear because of China's gaming restrictions. However, we need national champions in the VR market.
Facebook is the leader in VR hardware, but it's not the only one. TikTok parent company ByteDance wants to buy Pico, which raised $37 million earlier this year. This news is unclear because of China's gaming restrictions. However, we need national champions in VR. Instagram wants your birthday. It will ask users to share their birthdays and allow for a limited number of deferrals. What's the reason? TechCrunch says the change is to personalize the user experience. Ads.
Instagram has bad news for you if you don't want to give Facebook more of your data. It will ask users to share their birthdays and allow for a limited number of deferrals. What's the reason? TechCrunch says the change is to personalize the user experience. Ads. Ideanomics purchases Via Motors. Ideanomics, a public-mobility company, has spent $450 million on stock to purchase Via Motors, an electric vehicle company. Today's news has seen Ideanomics shares rise by just over 5%.
Ideanomics, a public-mobility company, has spent $450 million on stock to purchase Via Motors, an electric vehicle company. Today's news has seen Ideanomics shares rise by just over 5%. The majority of Big Tech employees don't oppose antitrust enforcement, despite the fact that the ideas being floated around the halls Congress could make it more difficult for megacorps currently at the top of the technology industry.
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Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 31, at 1 pm PDT/4 pm EDT, Danny Crichton will join Twitter Spaces to talk with Azeem Azhar on his forthcoming book, The Exponential age: How Accelerating Technology Transforms Business, Politics, and Society. It will be available on September 7, 2021.
