Thu. 11/21 - Google's Culture Is Dead

Google is changing its rules around political ads, PayPal is acquiring Honey for a ton of money, why have a Dash Button when you can have a Dash Shelf? Route puts all your orders in one place and I’m afraid Google’s original culture is definitively dead.

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Links:

• An update on our political ads policy (The Keyword/Google)
• Google to Limit Targeting of Political Ads (NYTimes)
• Facebook Weighs Steps to Curb Narrowly Targeted Political Ads (WSJ)
• PayPal to acquire shopping and rewards platform Honey for $4B (TechCrunch)
• Amazon unveils new Dash Smart Shelf that automatically reorders items when supplies run low (GeekWire)
• Route's app auto-tracks all your packages, raises $12M (TechCrunch)
• Inside Apple’s iPhone Software Shakeup After Buggy iOS 13 Debut (Bloomberg)
• Google Hires Firm Known for Anti-Union Efforts (NYTimes)

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