Tech Innovations and Advertising Dilemmas

We dive deep into the whole HEY brouhaha and wonder if this is the best time for Apple to draw attention to App Store policies. Uber is getting into the software business. TikTok’s business is a pretty good one, it seems like. And the most reliable web business remains the first web business.

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Links:

• A new email startup says Apple’s shaking it down for a cut of its subscriptions (Protocol)
• BASECAMP’S NEW APP, HEY, FLAGGED IN APP STORE LIMBO FOR NOT USING IN-APP PURCHASE (Daring Fireball)
• Hey.com exec says Apple is acting like ‘gangsters,’ rejecting App Store updates and demanding cut of sales (The Verge)
• Apple’s App Store policies are bad, but its interpretation and enforcement are worse (The Verge)
• Mark Zuckerberg: Historic Facebook campaign will boost voter registration, turnout and voices (USA Today)
• Uber to Sell Software, Starting With Four-Van Transit Service (Bloomberg)
• TikTok owner ByteDance first-quarter revenue soared to around $5.6 billion (Reuters)
• Unbounce raises $38.4M to build better landing pages with automation (TechCrunch)

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