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| | | | | Thursday, December 19, 2019 ⢠By Anthony Ha |
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Happy Thursday Facebook acquires PlayGiga, TiVo merges with Xperi and Spotify tests a new social feature. Here’s your Daily Crunch for December 19, 2019. |
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| Facebook is building out its gaming business â earlier this year, the company added its Gaming hub to the main navigation menu. And last month, it agreed to buy Beat Games, developer of popular virtual reality title Beat Saber. PlayGiga, meanwhile has been working with telcos to create streaming game technology for 5G. It also developed a gaming-as-a-service platform, using Intelâs Visual Cloud platform, that will enable telcos and communication service providers to offer streaming games to their customers. Read more |
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| Earlier this year, TiVo said it was preparing to split itself into two â a product and IP business â in order to make itself more attractive to buyers. Today, the company announced those plans have been put on hold as it has instead merged with technology licensor Xperi Corporation, in a $3 billion deal. Read more |
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| Tastebuds (discovered by reverse engineering master Jane Manchun Wong) is designed to let users explore the music taste profiles of their friends. It will live as a navigation option alongside your Library and Home/Browse sections. Read more |
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| In Germany, Uberâs ride-hailing business works exclusively with professional and licensed private-hire vehicle companies â so the court ban essentially outlaws Uberâs current model in the country. Read more |
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| Sending people Snackpass rewards became a new way to flirt or show gratitude at Yale. And through the Venmo-esque Snackpass social feed, users could keep up with a fresh form of gossip while discovering restaurants. Read more |
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| Though Chinaâs payment market today is led by local players, including eWallet providers like AliPay and WeChat Pay, thereâs room for PayPal to grow in a market where digital payments per year are counted in the trillions, not billions, of dollars. Read more |
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| A little over a year after sparking a legal firestorm for musing that he would take Tesla private for $420, Elon Musk is probably glad he didnât. (Extra Crunch membership required.) Read more |
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