October 29, 20210CommentsMicrosoft had a market cap of nearly $2.49T at market close on Friday, passing Apple at $2.46T and becoming the world’s most valuable public company (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
October 29, 20210CommentsA look at a16z’s crypto lobbying and draft legislation it is circulating in DC, which some worry may create regulatory loopholes for its portfolio companies (New York Times)
October 29, 20210CommentsGAO sustains a Microsoft protest and asks NSA to reevaluate the award of a secret cloud computing contract worth up to $10B to AWS (Frank Konkel/Nextgov)
October 29, 20210CommentsApple’s VP of Mac and iPad Product Marketing Tom Boger says Touch ID is more convenient than Face ID on a laptop since users’ hands are already on the keyboard (Joanna Stern/Wall Street Journal)
October 29, 20210CommentsTwitter rolls out Super Follow for select creators globally on iOS, after previously limiting the feature to US and Canada users (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
October 29, 20210CommentsSources: Zuckerberg agreed to a name change after years of staff complaints and research showing a “brand tax” on apps with the “from Facebook” label (Salvador Rodriguez/CNBC)
October 29, 20210CommentsUnder pressure from China, Alibaba’s market value has declined from a peak of $850B in October 2020 to ~$460B today; filings show T. Rowe and others cut stakes (Yifan Wang/Wall Street Journal)
October 29, 20210CommentsReport: 85% of consumers rethink purchases from companies that lack focus on climate and diversity