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To fund Y Combinator’s top startups, VCs scoop them before Demo Day

sudshr47 March 21, 2019

Meet the startups that raised venture capital, or got acquired, before Demo Day.

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Chromebooks are on sale at Best Buy — save up to $200

sudshr47 March 21, 2019

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If you’re looking for a new laptop that’s versatile, sleek, and jam-packed with Google’s latest and greatest — you need to check out the Chromebook. And now is a great time to get one, because Best Buy is having a sale that includes a slew of different Chromebook models in their store. With total savings of up to $200, this is not a deal that you’re going to want to skip over.

Why get a Chromebook, you ask? There are so many different options when it comes to laptops — what makes a Chromebook special? Probably the most noticeable feature of these well-rounded laptops is their flexibility. Yes, they can fold up and down like any other laptop, but they can also swivel, detach, and prop themselves up in an intuitive touch-screen tablet mode. These lightweight computers allow for seamless travel and automatically update to keep your machine running fresh and fast (they even come with built-in virus protection). Chromebooks offer a stellar 10-hour battery life and all your backed-up files can be worked on with offline support. Read more…

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Taxes on VC and electric buses harming oil prices

sudshr47 March 21, 2019

From Extra Crunch A lot of subscribers got to hear from TechCrunch hardware guru Brian Heater, who has been meeting with (too many) robotics companies as we prepare for TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics. If you weren’t able to join us, a transcript will be available in the next 48 hours. We have Lucas Matney and Eric […]

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What latency feels like on Google’s Stadia cloud gaming platform

sudshr47 March 20, 2019

After peppering Google employees with questions regarding Stadia’s latency, pricing and supported devices to mostly no avail, I got my hands on one of their new controllers and pressed play on the Doom Eternal gameplay they were showing off on a big-screen TV. Things started off pretty ugly. The frame rate dropped to a fast-paced […]

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All the reasons Google Stadia could (and couldn’t) be the next big thing for gaming

sudshr47 March 20, 2019

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Can Google Stadia — Google’s first entry into the world of mainstream gaming — hope to make a dent in a market that’s been dominated for more than two decades by three major platforms? Or is it just another OnLive in the making?

Even at this early stage, we can pretty definitively answer that second question: Not a chance. Between the leaps in high-speed internet capabilities over the past decade, not to mention Google’s own cloud infrastructure and overall reach, Stadia has advantages that earlier would-be competitors couldn’t have even imagined.

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Google hit with $1.7 billion fine for anticompetitive ad practices

sudshr47 March 20, 2019

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The EU is making Google pay for its anti-competitive practices.

On Wednesday, the European Commission ordered Google to pay a huge €1.49 billion antitrust fine (roughly $1.7 billion USD) for “abusive practices in online advertising.”

The Commission determined that Google had engaged in illegal conduct to “cement its dominant market position” with its Adsense program, which had a market share of more than 70 percent from 2006 to 2016 in Europe.

Hundreds of Google’s advertising agreements with major websites were reviewed by the commission, which discovered numerous restrictive clauses that blocked the company’s advertising rivals from competing in the market. Read more…

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Seven Africa-focused startups present at Y Combinator’s Demo Day

sudshr47 March 20, 2019

The seven African-focused companies which presented as part of Y Combinator’s 200 strong cohort of Winter 2019 class of 200 startups may seem like a small percentage for such a large class, but it represents the growing significance of African ventures in YC’s universe. Since 2016, the Silicon Valley accelerator—that provides seed funds and mentorship […]

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Google to start offering alternative browsers and search engines to Android users in the EU

sudshr47 March 20, 2019

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Android users in the EU will soon be offered a choice of browsers and alternative search engines on their devices, Google announced on Tuesday. 

The announcement is unsurprising, given the European Commission (EC) slapped Google with a record $5 billion fine in July 2018 for stifling browser and search engine competition in the EU. 

In a blog post, Google’s SVP of Global Affairs Kent Walker said the company will “do more to ensure that Android phone owners know about the wide choice of browsers and search engines available to download to their phones.” Read more…

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Google fined $1.49BN in Europe for antitrust violations in search ad brokering

sudshr47 March 20, 2019

The European Commission has just announced another antitrust fine for Google . The latest fine — $1.49BN — relates to its search ad brokering business which competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager noted today is “by far” the company’s main source of revenue. “Today’s decision is about how Google abused its domiance to stop website’s using brokers […]

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Ahead of third antitrust ruling, Google announces fresh tweaks to Android in Europe

sudshr47 March 20, 2019

Google is widely expected to be handed a third antitrust fine in Europe this week, with reports suggesting the European Commission’s decision in its long-running investigation of AdSense could land later today. Right on cue the search giant has PRed another Android product tweak — which it bills as “supporting choice and competition in Europe”. […]

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