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Two Big ByteDance Investors Reportedly Back Oracle’s Bid For TikTok
Two Big ByteDance Investors Reportedly Back Oracle’s Bid For TikTok
August 24, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Investment firms Sequoia Capital and General Atlantic, which are major investors in TikTok‘s parent ByteDance, are pushing the firm to sell TikTok’s U.S. arm to...

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Trimble Enhances Fleet FinTech Offering With Card Processing
Trimble Enhances Fleet FinTech Offering With Card Processing
August 24, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Trimble has announced new upgrades for its TMT Service Center and TMT Fleet Maintenance solutions, including faster payment options and more visibility, according to a...

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Small Landlords Face Cash Crunch As A Third Of US Renters Don’t Pay
Small Landlords Face Cash Crunch As A Third Of US Renters Don’t Pay
August 24, 2020  |  Economy

Almost a third of renters in single-family or small multifamily properties couldn’t make their August rent, according to CNBC, citing a survey by Avail, a...

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TikTok Has 100M US Active Monthly Users
TikTok Has 100M US Active Monthly Users
August 24, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

TikTok, in its lawsuit challenging a ban by the President Donald Trump administration, revealed its monthly users have grown almost 800 percent since January 2018,...

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Google Invests $100M Into Telehealth Provider Amwell
Google Invests $100M Into Telehealth Provider Amwell
August 24, 2020  |  Investments

Google‘s cloud division is investing $100 million in Amwell, a telehealth operator preparing to go public, according to CNBC. The investment will come with Amwell...

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Bitcoin Daily: Huawei Creates Blockchain System For Beijing; CryptoTrader.Tax Suffers Hack
Bitcoin Daily: Huawei Creates Blockchain System For Beijing; CryptoTrader.Tax Suffers Hack
August 24, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Huawei has created a technology based on the blockchain to help the Beijing government more effectively monitor and supervise citizen information, CoinDesk reported. The effort...

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Chinese Tech Stocks Jump As Their Listing Market Eases Rules
Chinese Tech Stocks Jump As Their Listing Market Eases Rules
August 24, 2020  |  International

Following the adoption of new rules intended to make it easier for companies to hold initial public offerings (IPOs), some Chinese technology companies newly listed...

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Open Payments Raises $3.5M In Seed Round
Open Payments Raises $3.5M In Seed Round
August 24, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Open Payments, the Stockholm-based FinTech, has raised €3 million ($3.5 million) in a seed-funding round, according to a report from the magazine EU-Startups. The round...

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Facebook Backs Data Portability Law, Amazon Considers Registering Services As Separate Entities In India
Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Facebook Backs Data Portability Law, Amazon Considers Registering Services As Separate...
August 24, 2020  |  Regulation

Here’s the latest news from Facebook, Amazon and others, which are coming under increasing scrutiny from regulators, trade groups and politicians the world over. Regulations...

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