An antitrust battle is brewing between Microsoft is slow, Apple continues to defend App Store policies and Dexterity raises funds for warehouse robots. Here is your Daily Crunch for July 22, 2020.
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The big story: Slack files an antitrust complaint against MicrosoftThe complaint was filed in the European Union and alleges that Microsoft is unfairly grouping its Teams product with the larger Office suite.
"Microsoft has legally tied its Teams product to the dominant Office productivity suite on the market, forcing it to install for millions, blocking its removal and hiding the true cost to corporate customers," Slack said in a statement.
When Microsoft first announced the teams in 2016, Slack released an announcement that was making fun of the company and said it welcomed the competition. In April, Microsoft said that Teams grew to 75 million active users every day, compared to 12.5 million Slack reported in March.
The giants of technologyApple delves into the App Store's fee structure with the release of a new study - Apple has commissioned research that defends its 30% commission on App Store purchases.
Spotify and Universal sign a new license agreement, will collaborate in the development of marketing tools - In addition to protecting the Universal catalog for the music streaming service, the agreement initials Universal as one of the first to adopt future Spotify products for labels and artists .
Twitter analyzes QAnon's conspiracy theory, banning 7,000 accounts - Moving forward, Twitter said it will remove QAnon-related topics from its trend pages and algorithmic recommendations and block all associated URLs.
Startups, financing and venture capitalDexterity is invisible with $ 56.2 million raised for its collaborative warehouse robots - The boot system combines hardware and software for warehouse activities such as bin collection and box packaging.
Misfits Market Raises $ 85 Million in Series B to Send You "Bad" Fruits and Vegetables - Users sign up for a weekly product package and can also add chocolate, snacks, chips, coffee, herbs, cereals, lentils, sauces and spices .
Glimpse, supported by YC, helps Airbnb hosts make money through product placement: Airbnbs could be the perfect place to convince someone to try a new mattress or a new type of coffee.
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Messaging tools can help you recover millions of lost revenue - Baruch Labunski, CEO of Rank Secure, says messaging tools have helped a single customer recover over $ 5 million in lost revenue.
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All the restGEDmatch confirms data breach after user DNA profile data was made available to police - The company said during the breach, "Users who did not opt for law enforcement correspondence were also available for law enforcement correspondence and, conversely, all law enforcement profiles have been made visible to Gedmatch users. "
Go to SPAC yourself: I had never heard of SPAC today, but the latest episode of Equity explains that they could offer a way for companies to make public through a different pricing mechanism.
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