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2022

Twitter-Musk Lawsuit Scheduled For October

Twitter won its first legal fight against Elon Musk on Tuesday when a Delaware judge granted the company’s request to fast-track its lawsuit seeking to compel the world’s richest person to complete his $44 billion purchase of the social-media site, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to The Wall Street Journal, Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick, the chief judge of

Slack Is Increasing Prices And Changing Its Free Plan

Slack announced changes that will likely cause some confusion for businesses that use Slack on a regular basis. Slack posted news titled: “Everything you need to know about our first price change and plan updates”. It describes how these changes may affect people. …today we are announcing our first price change increase since we launched in 2014 - at 75

Apple Accused Of Antitrust Violations Over Apple Pay

Apple was sued on Monday, July 18, in a proposed class action by payment card issuers accusing the iPhone maker of abusing its market power in mobile devices to thwart competition for its Apple Pay mobile wallet, Reuters reported. According to a complaint filed in San Francisco federal court, Apple “coerces” customers who use smartphones, smart watches and tablets into

Netflix Announces It Will Charge An “Extra Home” Fee

Netflix announced it has been “carefully exploring” different ways for people who want to share their account to pay a bit more. In March, they added an “add extra member” feature in Chile, Costa Rico, and Peru. From next month, Netflix will launch an alternative “add a home” feature in Argentina, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Here’s

Instagram’s New Payments Feature Lets Users Buy Products Via DMs

Today, Mark Zuckerberg, Co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms, posted on Instagram: “You can now buy products from small businesses and track your order in chat on Instagram in the US. Pay with Meta Pay and checkout in a few taps.” The post includes what appears to be a conversation between a person who wants to buy a surfboard and

Snapchat Brings Chatting And Video Calling To The Web

Snapchat features like snapping, chatting, and video calling are coming to desktop through a new web app, marking the first time the company has made its service available beyond smartphones, The Verge reported. According to The Verge, with Snapchat for web, you can log in with your Snapchat account and send private messages or call friends on desktop. Initially, the

Judge In Twitter v. Musk Trial Schedules Hearing

The judge overseeing Twitter Inc.’s $44 billion lawsuit against Elon Musk has a no-nonsense reputation as well as the distinction of being one of the few jurists who has ever ordered a reluctant buyer to close a U.S. corporate merger, Reuters reported. According to Reuters, Kathaleen McCormick took over the role of chancellor or chief judge of the Court of