Navigating Change: Platforms and Labor Rights

Clubhouse has become a unicorn in, what… nine months? Google is making its facilities available as vaccine centers, while its workers are union organizing globally. Apple wants you to get up and walk. And why the SPAC frenzy could potentially transform the startup ecosystem over the coming months.

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Links:

• Clubhouse announces plans for creator payments and raises new funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (TechCrunch)
• Big Revolution - Inside the Clubhouse (Big Revolution)
• Google will turn some of its offices into COVID-19 vaccination sites (Engadget)
• Google Maps and Search to show COVID-19 vaccination locations (LaptopMag)
• Exclusive: Google workers across the globe announce international union alliance to hold Alphabet accountable (The Verge)
• Apple officially launches new ‘Time to Walk’ feature for Apple Watch and Fitness+ (9to5Mac)
• Apple warns iPhone 12 and MagSafe accessories can interfere with medical devices (Silicon Angle)
• SPAC boom could finally provide an exit ramp for digital publishers like Buzzfeed and Vice Media (CNBC)
• When SPACs Attack! A New Force Is Invading Wall Street. (WSJ)

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