December 21, 20210CommentsA framework for fixing social media: apply lessons from physical cities, prevent fake accounts, improve corporate behavior, and listen to integrity workers (Sahar Massachi/MIT Technology Review)
December 21, 20210CommentsJack Dorsey causes controversy by criticizing Web3, tweeting: “You don’t own ‘web3.’ The VCs and their LPs do. It will never escape their incentives” (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg)
December 21, 20210CommentsA look at navigational apps for the blind and low vision people, which have features with mainstream potential like indoor and personalized navigation (Amanda Morris/New York Times)
December 21, 20210CommentsA deep dive into Yuri Milner’s DST Global, which has a proven ability to correctly call internet trends and has successfully caught multiple technological waves (Mario Gabriele/The Generalist)
December 21, 20210CommentsMapmyIndia, which provides mapping data to Apple, Amazon, and others, rises 53% on market debut, opening at $20.88 per share after listing at $13.64 (Moneycontrol)
December 21, 20210CommentsIndian e-commerce company Snapdeal files for IPO seeking to raise $165M; Snapdeal targets the non-English speaking and non-affluent bulk of India’s population (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
December 21, 20210CommentsA look at US satellite internet speeds, with Starlink median download/upload speeds of 87.3 Mbps and 13.5 Mbps, followed by HughesNet at 19.3 Mbps and 2.5 Mbps (Isla McKetta/Speedtest Stories & Analysis)
December 21, 20210CommentsCrypto and blockchain startups raised $28B+ in 2021, up 4x YoY, according to PitchBook, as large tech companies lose execs and engineers to crypto companies (New York Times)
December 21, 20210CommentsUK business management software company Sage agrees to buy the remaining 83% stake it doesn’t own in retail operating systems provider Brightpearl for ~$299M (Reuters)
