Enlarge has a new market and new integrations, Spotify gets a new format, and we review Microsoft's Surface Laptop Go. This is your Daily Crunch for October 14, 2020.
The big story: Zoom launches its events marketZoom's new OnZoom marketplace allows anyone to host and sell tickets to virtual events. It is also integrating the ability for nonprofits to accept donations.
The company made a couple more announcements at the Zoomtopia user conference. For one thing, it also integrates with an initial lineup of 35 third-party "Zapps", allowing products like Asana and Dropbox to integrate directly into the Zoom experience.
Additionally, Zoom said it will begin rolling out end-to-end encryption (a feature it promised since the acquisition of Keybase in May) to users next week.
The tech giantsSpotify introduces a new format of music and words, open to all creators: the new format is designed to reproduce the radio experience of listening to a DJ talking about music and also allows the creation of podcasts filled with music.
Microsoft Reverses a Cheap Computer with Surface Laptop Go: Brian Heater writes that Laptop Go is a strange and sometimes successful mix of Surface design and budget decisions.
Google launches a suite of technology tools for journalists, Journalist Studio - The suite includes a number of existing tools and two new products aimed at helping journalists search large documents and visualize data.
Startups, financing and venture capitalGetaround Raises $ 140 Million E Series Amidst Short-Distance Travel Bounce - The rebound is real: I did my first Getaround this weekend.
Augury draws on $ 55 million for technology that predicts machine failures from vibration, noise and temperature - The startup works with large companies like Colgate and Heineken to keep the machines in their production and distribution lines.
Plenty raised over $ 500M to grow indoor fruits and vegetables - The funding was led by existing investor SoftBank Vision Fund and included berry farming giant Driscoll's.
Tips and analysis from Extra CrunchWhat the iPhone 12 Tells Us About the State of the Smartphone Industry in 2020 - While the iPhone 12 was undoubtedly in development long before the current pandemic, the global shutdown of the pandemic has only exacerbated many existing problems for manufacturers of smartphone.
Databricks surpassed $ 350M in run rate in Q3, up from $ 200M a year ago - The analytics firm quickly climbed to get on an obvious IPO path.
Dear Sophie: I arrived on a B-1 visa, then COVID-19 happened. How can I stay? - The latest advice from immigration lawyer Sophie Alcorn.
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All the restNASA charges 14 companies with $ 370 million for "tipping point" technologies - NASA has announced more than a third of a billion dollars in "tipping point" contracts awarded to over a dozen companies pursuing technologies potentially transformative space.
Harley-Davidson is expected to continue producing electric motorcycles - that's Jake Bright's job after three weeks with the LiveWire e-motorcycle.
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