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House lawmakers proposed a raft of bipartisan legislation aimed at reining in the country's biggest tech companies, including a bill that seeks to make Amazon.com Inc. and other large corporations effectively split in two or shed their private-label products.
Members of the House of Representatives introduced five bipartisan anti-Big Tech bills Friday intended to rein in monopolistic behavior by tech giants like Amazon and Google, including measures to split up parts of their businesses and make user data more portable.
May 25, 2021 With the MGM deal, Amazon is continuing its efforts to build a presence in the entertainment sphere. SHOW TRANSCRIPT Amazon is in talks to buy MGM Studios — the company behind titles like "The Wizard of Oz," the James Bond franchise, "The Hobbit" and "Legally Blonde" — for $9 billion. The deal, if approved, would be one of Amazon's largest acquisitions since its $13.7B purchase of Whole Foods in 2017. In March, Amazon also spent $10 billion on an 11-year deal to get the exclusive rights for the NFL's Thursday NIght Football. With the MGM deal, Amazon could continue buildi...
Founder and CTO of Basecamp and Hey, David Heinemeier Hansson recounts their battle with Apple and the policy changes needed in the App Store. In June 2020 Basecamp launched Hey, a new email service and app on iPhone and Android. After the app was already approved in Apple's App Store, a minor update triggered the Hey app to be rejected due to a lack of in-app purchase options. Despite many apps following the same business model, such as Netflix and Fastmail, a drawn-out battle ensued between Hey and Apple that sparked a larger conversation regarding antitrust and App Store policy. On the ...
Founder and CTO of Basecamp and Hey, David Heinemeier Hansson recounts their battle with Apple and the policy changes needed in the App Store. In June 2020 Basecamp launched Hey, a new email service and app on iPhone and Android. After the app was already approved in Apple's App Store, a minor update triggered the Hey app to be rejected due to a lack of in-app purchase options. Despite many apps following the same business model, such as Netflix and Fastmail, a drawn-out battle ensued between Hey and Apple that sparked a larger conversation regarding antitrust and App Stor...