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Report: 650K+ tests in the US from early 2018 to early 2019 show that carrier throttling on mobile for Netflix, YouTube, and Amazon Prime Video, is pervasive (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)
on August 19, 2019 at 05:15
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:Report: 650K+ tests in the US from early 2018 to early 2019 show that carrier throttling on mobile for Netflix, YouTube, and Amazon Prime Video, is pervasive — - New research finds location, time of day play no role — Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video targeted for slowdowns […]
Accenture: global investment in fintech firms in H1 2019 was $22B, down 29% YoY, as investments in China dropped 79% to $820M, from $17.7B in H1 2018 (Chad Bray/South China Morning Post)
on August 19, 2019 at 04:30
Chad Bray / South China Morning Post:Accenture: global investment in fintech firms in H1 2019 was $22B, down 29% YoY, as investments in China dropped 79% to $820M, from $17.7B in H1 2018 — US remains world's biggest fintech market with US$12.7 billion in first-half fundraising, according to Accenture Fintech investments […]
Singapore-based hotel startup RedDoorz raises $70M Series C from Japanese e-commerce leader Rakuten and others, just weeks after it confirmed its $45M Series B (Nikkei Asian Review)
on August 19, 2019 at 02:36
Nikkei Asian Review:Singapore-based hotel startup RedDoorz raises $70M Series C from Japanese e-commerce leader Rakuten and others, just weeks after it confirmed its $45M Series B — Japanese e-commerce group opens new front in its battle with SoftBank — JAKARTA — RedDoorz, a Singapore-based hotel startup focused […]
Direct-to-consumer birth control app Nurx, available in 26 states, raises $32M Series C and $20M in debt funding; Pitchbook: Nurx is now valued at around $300M (Kate Clark/TechCrunch)
on August 19, 2019 at 01:00
Kate Clark / TechCrunch:Direct-to-consumer birth control app Nurx, available in 26 states, raises $32M Series C and $20M in debt funding; Pitchbook: Nurx is now valued at around $300M — Nurx, citing 200,000 current patients and a monthly growth rate as high as 20%, has raised $32 million in Series C equity funding […]
California Supreme Court rules that online businesses like Square can be sued for discrimination in their TOS, even if a user never signed up for the service (Bryan Menegus/Gizmodo)
on August 18, 2019 at 23:45
Bryan Menegus / Gizmodo:California Supreme Court rules that online businesses like Square can be sued for discrimination in their TOS, even if a user never signed up for the service — Nearly four years ago, a lone bankruptcy lawyer sued Square, the payment processor run by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey […]