Mon. 04/20 – Well, Your iPad IS A Laptop Now, Which Means Bigger And Heavier

Paging Farmville: Facebook takes another stab at owning mobile gaming. Rupert Murdoch's longstanding wish is granted. Dropbox had longstanding doubts about its erstwhile partner Zoom. More data on the health of tech investing, and the first reviews of the iPad as laptop are… mixed.

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Links:

• Facebook to Introduce an App for Gaming (NYTimes)
• Facebook and Google to face mandatory code of conduct to 'level playing field' with traditional news media (ABC News Australia)
• Zoom’s Security Woes Were No Secret to Business Partners Like Dropbox (NYTimes)
• With Shut-In Kids Flocking to Streaming, Disney Channel Retools (Bloomberg)
• The Q1 2020 Global VC Report: Funding Slowly Impacted By Coronavirus (Crunchbase News)
• Private Equity Sees $20 Billion of Tech Deals Shelved by Virus (Bloomberg)
• MAGIC KEYBOARD FOR THE IPAD PRO REVIEW: THE BEST WAY TO TURN AN IPAD INTO A LAPTOP (Bloomberg)

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