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415This Week in Apps: Google I/O canceled over coronavirus, App Store gets updated rules, TikTok’s owner launches Spotify rival
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and...
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Stanford cancels classes in response to novel coronavirus outbreak
Following on the heels of several major cancellations of events the past few days, including the SXSW conference in Austin and the...
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Facebook bans face mask ads to fight coronavirus price gouging
On Friday, Facebook announced that it would further attempt to limit coronavirus-related chaos on its platform by banning commerce listings and advertisements...
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Electric vehicles are changing the future of auto maintenance
Reilly BrennanContributor Share on Twitter Reilly Brennan is a general partner at Trucks Venture Capital and a lecturer at Stanford. Moving from...
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Inside the next-gen tech on Waymo’s self-driving Jaguar I-Pace
A little more than two and half years ago, Waymo engineers began working on a hardware sensor suite that would improve upon...
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Airbnb and three other p2p rental platforms agree to share limited pan-EU data
The European Commission announced yesterday it’s reached a data-sharing agreement with vacation rental platforms Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia Group and Tripadvisor — trumpeting...
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468India’s Yes Bank breakdown disrupts Walmart’s PhonePe among a dozen other services
Tens of millions of merchants and users in India are struggling to make online transactions and use some of their popular services...
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465Greece’s Convert Group raises €1.2M to bring e-commerce visibility to FMCG
Convert Group, a startup based in Athens that offers a SaaS to help FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) brands understand how they are...
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Microsoft will pay hourly workers regular wages even if their hours are reduced because of COVID-19 concerns
As more COVID-19 cases are identified in the United States, some companies are asking employees to work from home if possible. But...
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Spindrift, maker of fizzy drinks, has raised $29.8 million
Spindrift, maker of fizzy soda and sparkling water, has raised $29.8 million in a funding round, per an SEC filing. The Charlestown,...