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April 8, 2020

Wed. 04/08 – The Desktop Web Is Back (for the time being…)

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  • Show Notes

Jack Dorsey literally puts his money to work for Coronavirus relief. More details on that Airbnb lifeline raise. Details on an interesting telemedicine raise. Netflix has increased parental controls, Google is pushing a mandatory new setup for Android development and why the desktop web is back, for the time being anyway.

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Links:

  • @jack's tweet storm
  • Airbnb Paying More Than 10% Interest on $1 Billion Financing Announced Monday (WSJ)
  • Airbnb In Talks To Raise More Debt (Bloomberg)
  • Update on Zoom’s 90-Day Plan to Bolster Key Privacy and Security Initiatives (Zoom Blog)
  • Netflix will allow parents to remove movies and shows, filter by rating in new update (The Verge)
  • Google is requiring Virtual A/B on new Android 11 devices, paving the way for mandatory Seamless Updates (XDA Developers)
  • Microsoft is freezing hiring except in some unspecified 'strategic areas' (Business Insider)
  • All Microsoft events will be digital-only until July 2021 (The Verge)
  • The Virus Changed the Way We Internet (NYTimes)
  • Restaurant management platform Toast cuts 50% of staff (TechCrunch)
  • Tyto Care raises $50 million to grow its telehealth examination and diagnostic platform (VentureBeat)
  • Google's video chat service adds 2 million users a day amid coronavirus (CNET)
  • Don’t be surprised when ‘Hangouts Meet’ becomes ‘Google Meet’ (9to5Google)


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