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Say hello to Equity Mondays, the newest podcast from TechCrunch

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Hello TechCrunch readers and Equity listeners alike. This morning we have something new for you that we’re incredibly excited about: We’re doubling the pace that we bring Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, to your phone or computer. Starting this morning and continuing on Monday mornings moving forward, the Equity crew are putting together a short, […]

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Facebook launches its News section – TechCrunch

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The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Facebook starts testing News, its new section for journalism Facebook’s news section, which was previously reported to be imminent, is here:

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YC grad Taskade raises $5M to take on Notion with a more collaborative productivity platform – TechCrunch

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Enterprise software tool startups are so often birthed to either un-bundle or re-bundle what came before them. In an age where “consumerization of the enterprise” is a trendy phrase for investors, it was natural a startup would come along to bundle its take on some of the trendiest startup tools. Taskade appears to be the

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Founder-investor Natalie Massenet on how new brands win – TechCrunch

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“Direct-to-consumer should not mean online only,” says the fashion entrepreneur. Connie Loizos @Cookie / 7 hours Natalie Massenet, the fashion entrepreneur who founded the designer fashion portal Net-a-Porter, chaired the British Fashion Council for four years and today runs Imaginary Ventures, a venture firm that’s focused on consumer startups, took the stage a bit ago

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Former SAP CEO Bill McDermott taking over as ServiceNow CEO – TechCrunch

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When Bill McDermott announced he was stepping down as CEO at SAP a couple of weeks ago, it certainly felt like a curious move — but he landed on his feet pretty quickly. ServiceNow announced he would be taking over as CEO there. The transition will take place at year-end. If you’re wondering what happened to

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India moves closer to regulating internet services as it fears ‘unimaginable disruption to democracy’ – TechCrunch

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India said on Monday that it is moving ahead with its plan to revise existing rules to regulate intermediaries — social media apps and others that rely on users to create their content — as they are causing “unimaginable disruption” to democracy. In a legal document filed with the country’s apex Supreme Court, the Ministry

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In a big reversal, Libra reportedly could peg its cryptocurrencies to national currencies – TechCrunch

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Facebook is willing to reverse course on its plans to tie its digital currency project to a synthetic currency tied to a basket of global currencies. Reuters is reporting that Facebook’s head of the Libra project, David Marcus, told a group of bankers that the company’s main goal was to create a better payments system

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MediaLab acquires messaging app Kik, expanding its app portfolio – TechCrunch

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Popular messaging app Kik is, indeed, “here to stay” following an acquisition by the Los Angeles-based multimedia holding company, MediaLab. It echoes the same message from Kik’s chief executive Tim Livingston last week when he rebuffed earlier reports that the company would shut down amid an ongoing battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Livingston

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Apple’s China stance makes for strange political alliances, as AOC and Ted Cruz slam the company – TechCrunch

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In a rare instance of bipartisanship overcoming the rancorous discord that’s been the hallmark of the U.S. Congress, senators and sepresentatives issued a scathing rebuke to Apple for its decision to take down an app at the request of the Chinese government. Signed by Senators Ron Wyden, Tom Cotton, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Congressional

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Catalan separatists have tooled up with a decentralized app for civil disobedience – TechCrunch

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Is our age of ubiquitous smartphones and social media turning into an era of mass civil unrest? Two years after holding an independence referendum and unilaterally declaring independence in defiance of the Spanish state — then failing to gain recognition for la república and being forced to watch political leaders jailed or exiled — Catalonia’s

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