Apple loosens grip on App Store pricing with 700 new price points, support for prices that don’t end in $.99

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Apple is loosening its requirements around how developers have to price their apps as legal and regulatory pressure over its tight control of the App Store intensifies. The company announced today it’s expanding its App Store pricing system to offer developers access to 700 additional price points, bringing the new total number of price points … Read more

Circle and Footprint’s aborted debuts are the final nail in the SPAC coffin

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It would be nice to say that we’ll miss SPACs. But as blank-check companies fade from our view, we have to say we really won’t. Many companies that went public via a SPAC, or special purpose acquisition company, have seen their valuations implode post-combination. The resulting public-market mess meant that regular investors, not merely the … Read more

The global energy crisis ‘turbocharged’ renewable energy growth

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Recently installed solar panels at the Defence School of Transport on September 29th, 2021, in Leconfield, England.  | Photo by Christopher Furlong / Getty Images Right now, there’s “unprecedented momentum behind renewables,” the International Energy Agency says. Renewable power growth has been “turbocharged” by countries scrambling to tackle a global energy crisis spurred on by … Read more

Use customer health data to grow and forecast NRR

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Kellie Capote Contributor Share on Twitter Kellie Capote is chief customer officer at Gainsight, where she leads the entire post-sales organization, including customer success management, support, professional services, and the CS Ops & Scale teams. An old maxim among courtroom litigators states that you should only ask a question of a witness when you already … Read more

Apple illegally interfered with union organizing in Atlanta, labor board finds

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In April, an Apple Store in Atlanta became the first of the company’s American retail locations to file for a union election. Yet about a month later, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) withdrew its request for an election. The labor union alleged that Apple was using illegal union-busting tactics to influence voting, like interrogating … Read more

Future Africa teams up with TLG Capital to set up $25M venture debt fund for portfolio companies

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Lagos-headquartered venture capital firm Future Africa is teaming up with TLG Capital, a London-based open-ended credit fund, to launch a $25 million venture debt fund earmarked for portfolio companies. The fund created from TLG’s existing funds will help Future Africa’s portfolio companies preserve their runway in an increasingly tight fundraising environment. Last year, African startups … Read more

The FTC is investigating crypto firms for possible misconduct following FTX collapse

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Illustration: The Verge The Federal Trade Commission is investigating multiple crypto companies over allegations of deceptive conduct, as first reported by Bloomberg on Monday. “While we can’t comment on current events in the crypto markets or the details of any ongoing investigations, we are investigating several firms for possible misconduct concerning digital assets,” an FTC … Read more

HBO Max comes back to Prime Video Channels

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Today, Warner Bros. Discovery and Amazon announced that HBO Max is back on Prime Video Channels in the United States after it left as an Amazon offering in 2021. Prime subscribers can sign up for HBO Max for $14.99 per month via the Prime Video app or at amazon.com/channels/hbomax. The channel can be canceled at any … Read more