Thu. 03/12 - Bye, Bye, Butterfly

Are the factories coming back online in China? Is G Suite quietly one of the biggest platforms out there? Why is Magic Leap “exploring options” and why does it want everyone to know that? An interesting raise. And I really didn’t mean to crash the crypto markets with my comments yesterday.

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Links:

• Apple Closes All 17 Stores in Italy Amid Coronavirus Pandemic (Bloomberg)
• Twitter makes working from home mandatory for employees around the world in response to COVID-19 (TechCrunch)
• Resumption of work at Foxconn factories in China beats expectations, says founder (Reuters)
• Scoop: Google's G Suite cracks 2 billion users (Axios)
• Kuo: New MacBook Pro and MacBook Air Models With Scissor Keyboards to Launch in Second Quarter (MacRumors)
• The next iPhone will get a ‘world facing’ 3D camera (Fast Company)
• Augmented-Reality Startup Magic Leap to Explore a Sale (Bloomberg)
• Deep North raises $25.7M for AI that uses CCTV to build retail analytics (TechCrunch)
• Bitcoin Hits 10-Month Low Below $6K as Stocks Plunge in Massive Sell-Off (CoinDesk)

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