Tech Industry Updates: Apple's Delays, Arcade Strategy Shift, and Google's Office Reopening Postponement

The reckoning for social media ad spend might be hitting critical mass. Spotify gets more affordable for couples. YouTube TV gets more expensive for everyone. Apple IS struggling with iPhone 5G delays, but it SHOULDN’T delay things into 2021. And when will Silicon Valley offices reopen? Not anytime soon, it sounds like.

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• Metalab.co
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Links:

• Facebook frustrates advertisers as boycott over hate speech kicks off (Reuters)
• Third of top brands likely to suspend social media spending, survey finds (Financial Times)
• Spotify brings its Premium Duo plan to the US, UK and dozens more countries (updated) (Engadget)
• YouTube TV hikes price to $64.99 per month following new channel additions (TechCrunch)
• Apple races to push ahead with 5G iPhone mass production (Nikkei Asian Review)
• Apple Cancels Some Arcade Games in Strategy Shift To Keep Subscribers (Bloomberg)
• Google Pushes Back U.S. Office Reopening Plan After Virus Surge (Bloomberg)
• Twitch breaks records again in Q2, topping 5B total hours watched (TechCrunch)

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