Tensions in App Store Policies and Innovations in Smartphone Design

Ok, if things couldn’t get any weirder, what if I told you Walmart really wants to buy TikTok. Has anyone noticed that Facebook is actively working to keep the App Store controversies in the news? I say thumbs down to a sidekick inspired smartphone, but thumbs up to completely under the screen selfie cameras. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• Walmart wanted to be majority owner of TikTok, and was teamed up with Alphabet and SoftBank before Microsoft (CNBC)
• Walmart is teaming up with Microsoft on TikTok bid (CNBC)
• Exclusive: Facebook says Apple rejected its attempt to tell users about App Store fees (Reuters)
• Exclusive: First look at the LG Wing with its twisty dual display (Update) (Android Authority)
• Xiaomi will launch a phone with an invisible under-display camera in 2021 (Android Central)

The Weekend Longreads Suggestions

• The Anti-Facebook: 12 Years In, Facebook's Cofounder Dustin Moskovitz's Slow-Burn Second Act Asana Finally Has Its Moment (Forbes)
• Palantir: On Business, Cults, and Politics (The Diff)
• Belarus Turned Off the Internet. Its Citizens Hot-Wired It. (Gizmodo)
• The Event Industry Is Being Confronted By Its Napster Moment (Skift)
• Amazon and FedEx Push to Put Delivery Robots on Your Sidewalk (Wired)
• The Conscience of Silicon Valley (GQ)

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