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Oct 18, 2021 • 5min
Dispute resolution platform Immediation raises $3.6M AUD to expand in the U.S.
The pandemic forced the legal profession to cobble together remote work strategies, often through a combination of video conferencing and emails. Founded in Melbourne, Immediation provides a tailor-made solution with digital courtrooms and mediation tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 18, 2021 • 3min
Pandora is partnering with SoundCloud to launch a new station
SiriusXM-owned Pandora is partnering with SoundCloud to launch ‘The Lookout by SoundCloud,’ a new station available on Pandora that aims to showcase music from the “hip hop superstars of tomorrow.” Today’s announcement comes as Pandora’s parent company, SiriusXM, recently partnered with SoundCloud to launch a show of the same name on its Hip-Hop Nation channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 15, 2021 • 2min
Clubhouse gives musicians a new high quality audio mode
Clubhouse added a new “music mode” this week, doubling down its commitment to centering social audio in all its permutations. The new music mode will give musicians who play live on the social network their own special set of tools to optimize sound quality and will hit iOS first before rolling out to Android. Clubhouse […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 15, 2021 • 3min
McDonald’s will serve Beyond Meat McPlant burgers in select US locations next month
After announcing a deal with Beyond Meat back in February, McDonald’s this morning announced that it is set to start selling plant-based Beyond Meat burgers in select locations next month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 14, 2021 • 5min
European point of sale provider SumUp acquires customer loyalty startup Fivestars for $317M
SumUp, a European-based competitor to Square, PayPal/iZettle and others that provide mobile-powered card readers and other sales technology to merchants and small businesses, has made an acquisition in the U.S. to dig deeper into that market, and to expand the kinds of services that it provides to customers globally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 14, 2021 • 4min
Instagram adds scheduling and ‘practice mode’ features for Live creators
Instagram today announced the launch of a couple of new tools aimed at addressing the needs of Live creators. Now, creators will be able to build up buzz for their upcoming Live by scheduling it up to 90 days in advance, then share the news across Instagram to alert their fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 13, 2021 • 5min
Global Processing Services raises $300M its API-based payments and embedded finance platform
Embedded finance continues to be a major theme in the world of fintech, with a wide swathe of new financial services companies tapping APIs built by others to power payments and other financial transactions, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 13, 2021 • 4min
Twitter will now let you remove followers without blocking them
After testing last month, Twitter is rolling out a feature to all web users that will let them remove followers without blocking them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 12, 2021 • 6min
Google and Temasek back Indian neobank Open in $100 million fundraise
Google has invested in Bangalore-based Open, becoming the latest high-profile investor to back a neobanking platform. Open said on Tuesday it has raised $100 million in a Series C financing round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 12, 2021 • 2min
Facebook’s Oversight Board will meet with the Facebook whistleblower
Facebook’s external policy review board will meet with Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee who went public with her concerns about the company last week. Facebook’s Oversight Board announced Monday that it would meet with Haugen “in the coming weeks” after the whistleblower accepted the board’s invitation to speak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
