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Sep 1, 2022 • 6min
OneSignal lands $50M to automatically optimize SMS, in-app and email campaigns
OneSignal, a platform that powers notifications for mobile apps and more, today announced that it raised $50 million in a Series C round led by BAM Elevate with participation from SignalFire and other existing investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 1, 2022 • 4min
Twitter’s attempt to monetize porn reportedly halted due to child safety warnings
Despite serving as the online watercooler for journalists, politicians and VCs, Twitter isn’t the most profitable social network on the block. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 31, 2022 • 6min
China’s NetEase snaps up French video game studio Quantic Dream
NetEase, a Chinese technology company and billion-dollar video-game publisher, has acquired French video-game studio Quantic Dream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 31, 2022 • 4min
PostEx acquires Call Courier to become Pakistan’s larger e-commerce service provider
Pakistani fintech PostEx has acquired logistics service provider Call Courier, creating what it describes as the largest e-commerce service provider in the country. PostEx will now serve 1.3 million users with over 8,000 merchants across 500 cities in Pakistan, and is on track to having a loan book of more than $12 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 30, 2022 • 5min
Musk cites whistleblower allegations in fresh attempt to backtrack on $44B Twitter acquisition
Elon Musk is adding allegations from Twitter security whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko to his list of reasons for pulling out of the $44 billion Twitter acquisition he proposed back in April. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 30, 2022 • 3min
Honda and LG Energy plan to build a $4.4 billion lithium-ion plant in the US
Honda is the latest car company with plans to manufacture lithium-ion batteries in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 29, 2022 • 3min
NASA scrubs Artemis I launch due to technical issue
After much fanfare, including a crop of celebrity appearances and the arrival of Vice President Kamala Harris, NASA said it was scrubbing today’s first-ever launch attempt of the mega moon rocket due to technical issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 29, 2022 • 4min
T-Mobile phones will connect to Starlink for free starting next year
T-Mobile and SpaceX have announced that Starlink satellites launched next year will be able to connect directly to the carrier’s phones over existing cellular bands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 26, 2022 • 4min
Zuckerberg says Meta’s next VR headset will launch in October and will focus on ‘social presence’
Meta is launching its next VR headset this October at the company’s Connect conference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 26, 2022 • 6min
$10B crypto developer platform Alchemy buys coding bootcamp in first-ever acquisition
Web3 developer infrastructure startup Alchemy, which last raised a $200 million Series C1 last February, has just made its first acquisition ever — and it’s in the education space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
