Weekly readings – 29th August 2020

What I wrote

A quick thought on Uber/Lyft potentially leaving California and Apple’s fight with Epic

I applauded the NBA for taking a stand

My breakdown of Snowflake’s S-1

I also wrote about Wix, a popular website creation tool, with more than 180 million users

Business

A 3-part series on Microsoft’s acquisition of Forethought, the company that invented PowerPoint

A short story on Goodreads

In its lawsuit against the Trump Administration, TikTok reported 50 million daily active users in the US, 20.3 billion views on posts related to #BlackLivesMatter

This should sound ominous for Amazon’s rivals and the likes of UPS

Faster Than Fast: SMB Retailers Move to Shopify

A study on Gen Z’s attitude towards brands in 2020

Apple Pay can be a multi-billion dollar business

A great Twitter thread on the bull case fo Fiserv

How Roku Built Itself Into a Major Gatekeeper in Premium Streaming

A piece on Adobe’s bull case

In Defense of the IPO, and How to Improve It

Technology

India, Israel and Kyrgyzstan have the cheapest plan for every GB of mobile data in the world

A primer on Apple’s new security and privacy features in the upcoming iOS

Amazon Halo

Stuff that I found interesting

The inside story fo the $8 million heist from the Carnegie Library

New Swing State Georgia Could Decide Control of the Senate

How cute is this?

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