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Apple Maps users in the Netherlands are now able to access cycling route data on their iPhones and Apple Watches.
Locations currently supported are:
Cox Enterprises is set to acquire OpenGov, a software provider for cities and state agencies, in a deal valued at $1.8 billion. OpenGov, a privately-owned company based in San Francisco, has developed a software platform over the past twelve years. This platform assists with budgeting, accounting, asset management, and other local government requirements.
Twilio’s ownership structure features a mix of institutional and individual investors, with several holding sizeable stakes. Here are the top shareholders as of January 8, 2024:
Institutional Shareholders:
Individual Shareholders:
Yes, Techmeme is still widely used by technology professionals and enthusiasts to stay up-to-date on the latest news and trends in the industry. It is considered to be a highly respected and influential source of information, and its headlines are often cited by other media outlets.
Here are some reasons why people continue to use Techmeme:
As a result of these factors, Techmeme remains a valuable resource for anyone who wants to stay informed about the technology industry. It is a must-read for technology professionals, and it is also a popular source of information for technology enthusiasts and general readers.
Here are some statistics that illustrate Techmeme’s popularity:
Michael Cannon-Brookes owns approximately 109.44 million Class B shares and 381,836 Class A shares of Atlassian. This represents approximately 43.08% of Atlassian’s outstanding Class B and Class A ordinary shares, taken together, and approximately 87.91% of the voting power.
In other words, Cannon-Brookes owns about 22% of Atlassian’s total shares, but he has control over about 88% of the company’s voting power. This is because Class B shares have ten times the voting power of Class A shares.
Cannon-Brookes is the co-founder and co-CEO of Atlassian, and he is one of the richest people in Australia. His net worth is estimated to be around $13 billion.
(as at May 2022)
I have just started to do some testing on the Brave Browser. I thought it would be fun to see if it was possible to actually use it consistently and make a little extra income on the side. After using it for a few weeks it didn’t really seem to be paying off. However, the worst part was the inability to move Brave Rewards straight to a Brave Wallet and collect earnings.
Brave Rewards were created first and see to be silo’d outside of other Brave services, such as the Wallet (which is a recent addition).
Currently, if you want to move your Brave Rewards you need to move them either via Uphold or via Gemini (both of which aren’t great choices and yet another account required for little to no reason).
Im hoping in future versions of Brave Rewards and the Brave Wallet they can just simply work together. I would love a world in which I could use my browser (which automatically stops annoying ads and replaces them with a better advertising option in browser that pays me in a cryptocurrency for viewing those ads – then allows me to seamlessly move them into a wallet to either transfer into another currency or put it straight into my bank.
Maybe one day that day will come!
Apple is reportedly going to allow iPhones to start accepting contactless payments. This is huge news!
It will dramatically affect any card company and how they collect their fees – as well as companies like Square and other POS services.
Apple has reporting been working on this service since 2020, when it purchased a Canadian startup called Mobeewave. Mobeewave’s technology only needs an app and the phone’s NFC to work.
I expect that Apple will roll out such a service as part of Apple Pay.
Game changer!
I have recently added Adsense to Crenk.
I wondered how long it takes before the ad code starts to show correctly on your site once it has been added.
Answer = random.
If your using the same Google account or the same IP address as you did when you inserted the code then Google won’t show you an ads and you will see a big white blank space.
However, if you get in touch with a friend and get them to test the site for you then they should be able to generally see the ads. It normally takes a few hours after the ad has been inserted, but sometimes it can be faster.
Wise is one of my favourite companies and has been for a long time.
Today Wise goes public on the London Stock Market – under the ticker – WISE.
They have been a leader in the P2P money transfer space forever, but I think they have a huge number of opportunities in adjacent markets to enter.
Today they will go public for around $7 billion USD.
I can easily see this company being worth $70 billion within 3-5 years.
Xiaomi entering the EV market.
I think Xiaomi is one of the most interesting companies in the world. Xiaomi has managed to develop a huge portfolio of products with the aim of selling them with low margins to gain as much market share as possible and then make most of their margins from software based services for these products.
Xiaomi has now announced that they are going to spend $10 billion USD over the next 10 years to manufacturing electric cars, embarking on its biggest-ever overhaul to enter China’s booming EV market.
Xiaomi didn’t specifically state whether they were going to develop the software for these EVs or develop the entire Car (much like Tesla).
I would assume they will go down the Tesla route to market and will develop an amazing EV.
Venture Capital by Numbers:
Venture Capital business is 100% a game of outliers
Coinbase is looking to go public very soon and its valuation in the secondary markets has just gone over $100 billion.
Coinbase’s valuation over the years:
Coinbase reported revenue of $530M for 2019 and $691M for the first nine months in 2020. The company posted a net income of $141M between January-September 2020, up from a loss of $30M in overall 2019. Notably, these numbers don’t include 2021, when the Bitcoin price surged more than 90% YTD.
The S&P 500 is an index of some of the leading companies in the United States. The S&P 500 doesn’t push extremely high in one area as its supposed to show a cross section of America.
Here is the breakdown the S&P 500 by Market Sector:
As you can see there is a very broad cross section of companies in all sectors of America. Technology is the leading sector, but it’s not the whole S&P 500.
Baidu shares rose 14% on Tuesday after news was announced that the Chinese search engine based company was planning on building their own electric vehicles.
Its great to see that Chinese technology companies are starting to think about the EV sector and how they can disrupt the auto industry. Alibaba has also partnered with Chinese automaker SAIC to develop premium EVs for the Chinese market.
It will be interesting to see how this unfolds as technology companies are very well placed to enter this market and make huge disruptions in the same way Tesla has.
Rafael Nadal will most likely still be winning Roland Garros in 2050!
This videos really shows how technology has moved on and the ability to make even the small details (like hair) move in the right direction when he moves his head in this interview.
Amazing Deep Fake technology.
There are a growing number of musicians and labels all over the world that would like to get their music live for Free in Spotify! Music distribution to Spotify and other services can take some time and the vast majority of them have poor customer service – however, you should check out RouteNote.
RouteNote is a very large music distribution service that allows artists and labels to get their music live in Spotify and other stores for free within 48 hours. This is outstanding!
RouteNote is free to create an account and artists can upload for free and keep 85% of the royalties with monthly payments straight into your Paypal account or International Bank Account.
Philip Kaplan seems to be the owner of Slaps.com, which is a new music website. Phil is a serial entreprenuer who seems to create a lot of startups and then a few years in will get a little bored and start a new project.
Slaps.com seems to be a very early and very basic Soundcloud streaming services, but with basically no features and hip hop heavy.
It seems as though Substack has been approaching writers at top national publications in the USA and offering them the ability to create and obtain subscribers on Substack. It also sounds like they are offering these writers minimum guarantees to move, which allows the writers to have a very minimal downside on moving.
Warren Buffett’s views on Jeff Bezos and how he has changed the world.
Why this matters: Warren Buffett for a long time has been watching Jeff Bezos and commenting on how amazing the run of Amazon has been. It would have been very interesting if Warren Buffett understood the technology industry at the beginning of the internet as it would have provided a lot of great investment opportunities.
Another amazing interview by Jason on This Week in Startups.
Domm Holland runs Fast, a one-click checkout for the entire Internet.
It seems like Domm noticed that Amazon’s one click patent expired and took advantage.