Impact of COVID-19 on Employment in Travel and Entertainment

Apple is weighing its options, and delaying the release of the 5G iPhone until 2021 is being discussed. Airbnb is offering free housing for medical workers. An interesting raise Thursday that wants to be the flip side of Shopify in the ecommerce space. And a preview of Huawei’s upcoming Google-less flagship phone.

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Links:

• Apple weighs delaying 5G iPhone launch by months, sources say (Nikkei Asian Review)
• Apple Testing AR/VR Headset With HTC Vive-Like Controller, Crosswalk Bowling Game, and More (MacRumors)
• What Qualcomm's new chips mean for upcoming true wireless earbuds (CNET)
• Airbnb Hosts to Help Provide Housing to 100,000 COVID-19 Responders (Airbnb Newsroom)
• TripActions, Zeus Living Laying Off Employees Due To COVID-19 Slowdown (Crunchbase News)
• What it feels like to be laid off on Zoom during this crisis (Protocol)
• Lime’s Valuation May Fall 80% in Emergency Fundraising (The Information)
• StubHub furloughs employees, other ticket sites face challenges in wake of pandemic (ESPN)
• Stripe leads $20M Series A into Fast, which is building a universal checkout service for e-commerce (TechCrunch)
• LIVING A GOOGLE-FREE LIFE WITH A HUAWEI PHONE (The Verge)

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