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ByteDance says it's shutting down two of its apps in India, Vigo Lite and Vigo Video, the latter of which reportedly had 4M MAUs, urging users to move to TikTok (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: ByteDance says it’s shutting down two of its apps in India, Vigo Lite and Vigo Video, the latter of which reportedly had 4M MAUs, urging users to move to TikTok  —  Chinese internet giant ByteDance has announced plans to discontinue two of its apps in India, its biggest overseas market, and

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Boston-based Appfire, which has over 60 apps used by enterprises to enhance collaboration tools like Atlassian's Jira and Confluence, raises $49M (FinSMEs)

{$inline_image} FinSMEs: Boston-based Appfire, which has over 60 apps used by enterprises to enhance collaboration tools like Atlassian’s Jira and Confluence, raises $49M  —  Appfire, a Boston, MA-based provider of apps for software development teams, raised $49M in strategic funding.  —  Silversmith Capital Partners made the investment. Boston-based Appfire, which has over 60 apps used

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Boston-based Appfire, which has over 60 apps used by enterprises to enhance collaboration tools like Atlassian's Jira and Confluence, raises $49M (FinSMEs)

FinSMEs: Boston-based Appfire, which has over 60 apps used by enterprises to enhance collaboration tools like Atlassian’s Jira and Confluence, raises $49M  —  Appfire, a Boston, MA-based provider of apps for software development teams, raised $49M in strategic funding.  —  Silversmith Capital Partners made the investment. Boston-based Appfire, which has over 60 apps used by

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In response to Australian regulator, Facebook says it will not pay for shared news links and that not having them at all would not significantly impact business (Amanda Meade/The Guardian)

Amanda Meade / The Guardian: In response to Australian regulator, Facebook says it will not pay for shared news links and that not having them at all would not significantly impact business  —  Social media giant rejects ACCC proposal, saying it could cut out news completely without any significant impact on its business In response

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PayPal, Square, others make some businesses wait for weeks to access funds, to protect themselves against the rise of disputed transactions during the pandemic (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: PayPal, Square, others make some businesses wait for weeks to access funds, to protect themselves against the rise of disputed transactions during the pandemic  —  More people are demanding refunds for things bought before the pandemic.  PayPal, Square and others are trying to protect themselves … PayPal, Square, others make some businesses

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Sources: SoftBank has invested $500M+ into Credit Suisse supply-chain finance funds that then made big bets on the debt of struggling SoftBank-backed startups (Financial Times)

{$inline_image} Financial Times: Sources: SoftBank has invested $500M+ into Credit Suisse supply-chain finance funds that then made big bets on the debt of struggling SoftBank-backed startups  —  Japanese conglomerate engages in circular flow of financing to Vision Fund start-ups  —  SoftBank has quietly poured more than $500m … Sources: SoftBank has invested 0M+ into Credit

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