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Neo banks 🏦 — Neo Financial raises a huge round. Shopify missed profit estimates but closed a huge acquisition. And the password may go the way of the dodo.
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Calgary’s Neo Financial has raised C$185 million led by billionaire Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures—launching the challenger bank into Canadian unicorn …
4 years, 5 months ago
Surge situation 🚗 — Uber and Lyft’s stocks tank. Crowdfunding platforms will have to report suspicious transactions like banks do. The NYTimes reports record subscriber numbers.
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Markets are trying to connect the dots on the future of ride-sharing, as Uber doubles its revenue from last quarter but Lyft’s weak earnings outlook …
4 years, 5 months ago
Church homes ⛪️ — The United Church is turning churches into houses. Tim Hortons posts huge earnings. CPPIB bets big on India.
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The United Church of Canada has plans to create new rental apartments for 34,000 people over the next 15 years by revitalizing its properties to find…
4 years, 5 months ago
Prayer privacy 👀 — Mental health and prayer apps have terrible privacy controls. Thompson Reuters is cleaning up their act. And Stellantis is making more EV batteries in Ontario.
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Turns out, the majority of mental health and prayer apps are pretty creepy—tracking, sharing, and capitalizing on users’ most intimate personal thoug…
4 years, 5 months ago
Augmented reality 👓 — Snap introduces new features. Tesla recalls a bunch of cars. And BeReal is taking over the internet.
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Social media and camera company Snap announced a mix of new platform features this week—some that bet on bringing augmented reality (AR) into daily l…
4 years, 5 months ago
Freedom internet 🖥 — Meta’s stock surges. The West is defending its internet. And Square starts lending in Canada.
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Meta’s stock surged yesterday after adding more users than expected but posted its slowest revenue growth since going public a decade ago
Canada has …
4 years, 5 months ago
Spotify snafu 🎧 — Spotify posts great results but stock still suffers. Canada’s struggling on climate. And you can retire on crypto.
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Spotify gained two million new paying subscribers over Q1 and its total monthly average of paid and unpaid users rose to 422 million, representing a …
4 years, 5 months ago
Banned in Europe 🇪🇺 — Elections Canada is getting a revamp. Twitter could be banned in the EU if Elon has his way. And Canada has to figure out how to balance its environmental goals with energy needs.
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Elections Canada is undergoing a digital makeover that includes virtual offices and modernizing record-keeping.
The EU has issued a warning to Elon M…
4 years, 5 months ago
New owner 🐦 — Elon buys Twitter. China’s locked down. And we need to save the bees.
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As China continues to keep much of Shanghai in lockdown as it combats a mass Covid outbreak, Chinese stocks have fallen to their lowest levels in ove…
4 years, 5 months ago
Still Queen 👑 — A majority of Canadians want to sever ties with the monarchy. Lululemon is launching a membership program. And a Twitter representative calls a Canadian law is ‘authoritarian’.
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Lululemon is launching two membership plans later this year in a bid to drive customer brand loyalty and help reach its ambitious goal of doubling sa…
4 years, 5 months ago