Mark Zuckerberg announces new ways for Instagram creators to make money, including a marketplace that helps match brands with creators and creator ships that allow creators to sell goods to Ins users through profiles. This will encourage more entrepreneurs to try. #BCSTT
While reflecting on our zoom meeting with entrepreneurs, I think the ability to emphasize with the world is really critical. This will help us to identify the problems that might be unseen to others, and also inspire us to always seek a way to fix them. #BCSTT
Lyft will sell its self-driving car unit to Woven Planet for $550 million in cash. And both companies will work together on enhancing automated driving technology safety while Lyft can focus on leading Autonomous platform and transportation network. #BCSTT
Venmo users can now buy and sell bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. It is potentially a significant step toward moving cryptocurrencies into the mainstream. #BCSTT
Airbnb CEO says company will need millions more hosts to meet surging demand. It seems that there is going to be travel rebound. Do you think people will feel safe to live at Airbnb instead of hotels? #BCSTT
Amazon is to open first-ever hair salon in London. Amazon said it will use the Amazon Salon to try a number of new technologies, such as augmented reality hair colors. #BCSTT
Amazon is bringing palm-scanning payment system to Whole Foods stores. As I said in this week’s blog, this is also another way to save customers’ transaction costs. #BCSTT
Target is testing a new way to deliver online orders with a special facility that sorts packages and contract workers from Shipt that help drop them off at customers’ homes. This strategy could help it compete with larger and faster e-commerce rivals like Amazon. #BCSTT
It’s fascinating to see this! There are some good changes. And also this is a more direct way for us to see the climate change and how urgent it is for us to take actions.
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Amazon spent $11 billion on video and music content last year, up from $7.8 billion in 2019. This is mainly because people spend more time indoors during the pandemic. Will this continue to grow after pandemic, as people may have already developed these habits? #BCSTT
Apple started a $200 million fund to combat climate change. Apple aims to be carbon neutral by 2030. It is great to know that the tech giant’s environmental and social responsibilities . #BCSTT
Europe’s food delivery firms are seeing their share prices fall as investors start to consider life after the coronavirus pandemic. Many would say that people will get to old habits of “dine-in”, so food delivery will decrease certainly. Is this necessarily true? #BCSTT
This feature finally comes! I have always been when could we have an option to digitally locate our products. Previously, it cannot accurately locate the lost product, but it seems that it will work on map this time.
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Tesla refunded customers it double-billed for new car purchases last month and offering $200 in credit at the company’s online store. These reactions were taken after customers’ outcry. After-sale services should never be neglected. #BCSTT