Thu. 06/18 – Audio Comes To Tweets

Apple has rejected a Facebook app five times, so back to that debate again. Twitter lets you add audio to tweets. Door Dash raises a round. Surprise! Reliance Jio raises another monster round. And stick around for the last segment because I’ve got the single weirdest tech story that I think we’ve ever done on this show.

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Links:

• Apple Rejects Facebook’s Gaming App, for at Least the Fifth Time (NYTimes)
• Twitter starts rolling out audio tweets on iOS (The Verge)
• UK virus-tracing app switches to Apple-Google model (BBC News)
• Zoom to Offer All Users Full Encryption, Bending to Pressure (Bloomberg)
• Exclusive: DoorDash valued at $16 billion after new funding round (Axios)
• India's Reliance Jio Platforms to sell $1.5 billion stake to Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (TechCrunch)
• Wirecard says €1.9bn of cash is missing (Financial Times)
• 6 eBay Executives And Employees Charged With Sending Threats, Bloody Pig Mask To Natick Couple (WBZ Boston)
• Former eBay Execs Allegedly Made Life Hell for Critics (Wired)