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Electric scooter company Bird declares bankruptcy

Bird filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, ending a rough year for the electric scooter company. Bird announced today that it had begun a “financial restructuring process aimed at strengthening its balance sheet” but would continue to pursue “long-term, sustainable growth.” Bird, founded in 2017 by former Lyft and Uber executive …

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Spotify reconsiders Uruguay exit after government guarantees artist payments

Spotify reconsidered leaving Uruguay after the government promised copyright law changes would not cost it. For those unfamiliar with Uruguay’s music streaming scene, the story went like this. Last October, Uruguay mandated “fair and equitable” artist pay. Besides the “featured” artist, this included composers, performers, session musicians, and others on …

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Instagram now allows status updates with short videos

Instagram announced Wednesday that users can post video notes. Instagram’s status feature, Notes, launched a year ago. You could only post text or emojis to your status update before. A two-second looping video note can now be shared with mutual followers or close friends for 24 hours. Since Instagram already …

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Instagram finstas could become a new product called ‘flipside,’ for close friends

Instagram is considering a new feature called “flipside” that lets users create a private side of their profile to post more candid and personal photos for a select group of friends. The feature productizes “finstas”—alternative Instagram accounts where people post their real-life photos instead of their polished public Instagrams. The …

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