by Adre's IT | 31 January, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, Comcast, Media, Netflix, Original Content podcast, Tigertail
The new Netflix film “The White Tiger” tells the story of Balram, who is born to a poor family in the Indian village of Laxmangarh and escapes by using his intelligence and determination, ultimately becoming a successful entrepreneur in Bangalore. Viewers...
by Adre's IT | 31 January, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, TC, venture capital Firms
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Want it in your inbox every Saturday morning? Sign up here. What a...
by Adre's IT | 31 January, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, Denis Pombriant, frank radice, Keith Teare, Michael Markman, mobile payment, Steve Gillmor, TC
Still figuring out what this newsletter is, I’m torn between aggregation and writing. The inputs vary from blog posts, Twitter threads, and the occasional video. Podcasting seems oddly muzzled by the acceleration of streaming. Blog posts are a misnomer; professional...
by Adre's IT | 31 January, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, TC
When Robinhood, a startup that promises to make finance accessible for all, temporarily limited trading on GameStop, AMC, and other memestocks, many retail investors were pissed that the fintech darling suddenly didn’t live up to its name. The specific reasons may...
by Adre's IT | 31 January, 2021 | acorns, Adre's IT Blog, Adtech, advertising, Apple, Apps, deepfakes, Draper Esprit, Facebook, inreach ventures, Location, Mobile, Security, TC, this week in apps, trading, Wealthfront
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer...