Sequoia’s Mike Vernal outlines how to design feedback loops in the search for product-market fit – TechCrunch

Sequoia’s Mike Vernal outlines how to design feedback loops in the search for product-market fit – TechCrunch

Sequoias Mike Vernal wore many hats. He was VP of Product and Engineering at Facebook for eight years before moving into investing. His portfolio includes Houseparty, Threads, Canvas, Citizen, PicsArt and more, and he continues to invest in companies across a wide range of stages and industries including consumers, corporate, marketplaces, fintech and more. Vernal … Read more

Android apps on Windows 11, App Store Search Ads hit China, Apple argues against sideloading – TechCrunch

Google Play slashes commissions, Apple sued over scammy apps, YouTube launches a TikTok clone in the US – TechCrunch

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices … Read more

Miami Building Collapse Live Updates: Search for Survivors, Cause

Miami Building Collapse Live Updates: Search for Survivors, Cause

Folgendes müssen Sie wissen: Der Bürgermeister von Surfside, Florida, sagte, dass es in seiner Stadt ungefähr 20 Gebäude mit 12 Stockwerken gibt, die das Meer überblicken.Anerkennung…Gerald Herbert/Assoziierte Presse Der tödliche Einsturz der Wohnanlage Champlain Towers South in der Nähe von Miami hat Fragen zur Sicherheit ähnlicher Gebäude entlang der Strände von Südflorida aufgeworfen, wo salzige … Read more

Surfside condo search, rescue efforts

Surfside condo search, rescue efforts

At least one person was killed and firefighters were extricating dozens of people from partially collapsed condo building near Miami. Mayor Charles Burkett warned that the death toll was likely to rise. The cause of the collapse was not immediately known. SURFSIDE, Fla. — Rescue crews were working into the night to scour through a mammoth pile … Read more

Apple to drive China revenues with search ad launch – TechCrunch

Apple to drive China revenues with search ad launch – TechCrunch

After launching in the US five years ago, Apple’s search engine advertising service finally hit mainland China this week. The feature called Apple Search Ads enables developers to bid on an advertising space based on users’ keyword searches in the App Store, similar to Google search ads. JPMorgan previously estimated that the giant’s annual advertising … Read more

YouTube and Search continue to make Alphabet tons of money

YouTube and Search continue to make Alphabet tons of money

Google parent company Alphabet has released its fourth quarter and fiscal 2020 results. The numbers are staggering. The company had sales of $ 56.9 billion for the quarter ended December 31. This corresponds to an increase of 23 percent over the 46.1 billion US dollars in the previous year. CFO Ruth Porat said in a … Read more