18 24 April Reading
Apr 25, 2020
I’ve had more time for reading this week so here is a summary of changes in tech/business this week.
Netflix doubles expected growth
Corvid-19 continues to change user behaviour with surge in entertainment services Link
Amazon given £294m in tax credits
Revenue increases to £32bn in Europe but we’ll wait to see if that translate to profit given the challenging times of distribution and warehousing. This is particularly interesting given the new UK digital tax that came into effect 1 April.. Link New digital tax
FB invest $5.7B in Jio, Indian tech company
FB continues to pursue reaching the Indian subcontinent as Jio has brought 388M online. This time it seems to be geared towards deeper commercial connection between WhatsApp and JioMart, it’s digital marketplace - parallel to WeChat for China.. Link
Google Meet adds gallery tiles
Google Meet is joining the fray of video conferencing software to add gallery or a tiled UI like Zoom and Skype Link
FB adds gallery tiles… to everything
FB adds a plethora of zoom-like features across its applications: Instagram live videos, WhatsApp group call improvements and now Messenger Rooms. And they already released a Messenger Desktop at the beginning of the month… Rooms Messenger Desktop