{"id":19318,"date":"2020-06-20T06:52:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T06:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/daily-crunch-twitter-rolls-out-audio-tweets.html"},"modified":"2020-06-20T06:52:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T06:52:04","slug":"daily-crunch-twitter-rolls-out-audio-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/daily-crunch-twitter-rolls-out-audio-tweets.html","title":{"rendered":"Daily Crunch: Twitter rolls out audio tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twitter <\/a> tries to make audio tweets a thing, the U.K. backtracks on its contact-tracing app and Apple\u2019s App Store revenue share is at the center of a new controversy.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s your Daily Crunch for June 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

1. Twitter begins rolling out audio tweets on iOS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Twitter <\/a> is rolling out audio tweets, which do exactly what you\u2019d expect \u2014 allow users to share thoughts in audio form. The feature will only be available to some iOS users for now, though the company says all iOS users should have access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d (No word on an Android <\/a> or web rollout yet.)<\/p>\n

This feature potentially allows for much longer thoughts than a 280-character tweet. Individual audio clips will be limited to 140 seconds, but if you exceed the limit, a new tweet will be threaded beneath the original.<\/p>\n

2. UK gives up on centralized coronavirus contacts-tracing app \u2014 switches to testing model backed by Apple and Google<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.K.\u2019s move to abandon the centralized approach and adopt a decentralized model is hardly surprising, but the time it\u2019s taken the government to arrive at the obvious conclusion does raise some major questions over its competence at handling technology projects.<\/p>\n

3. Apple doubles down on its right to profit from other businesses<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Apple <\/a> this week is getting publicly dragged for digging in its heels over its right to take a cut of subscription-based transactions that flow through its App Store. This is not a new complaint, but one that came to a head this week over Apple\u2019s decision to reject app updates from Basecamp\u2019s newly launched subscription-based email app called Hey.<\/p>\n

4. Payfone raises $100M for its mobile phone-based digital verification and ID platform<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Payfone has built a platform to identify and verify people using data (but not personal data) gleaned from your mobile phone. CEO Rodger Desai said the plan for the funding is to build more machine learning into the company\u2019s algorithms, expand to 35 more geographies and to make strategic acquisitions to expand its technology stack.<\/p>\n

5. Superhuman\u2019s Rahul Vohra says recession is the \u2018perfect time\u2019 to be aggressive for well-capitalized startups<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

We had an extensive conversation with Vohra as part of Extra Crunch Live, also covering why the email app still has more than 275,000 people on its wait list. (Extra Crunch membership required.)<\/p>\n

6. Stockwell, the AI-vending machine startup formerly known as Bodega, is shutting down July 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Founded in 2017 by ex-Googlers, the AI vending machine startup formerly known as Bodega first raised blood pressures \u2014 people hated how it was referenced and poorly \u201cdisrupted\u201d mom-and-pop shops in one fell swoop \u2014 and then raised a lot of money. But ultimately, it was no match for COVID-19 and how it reshaped our lifestyles.<\/p>\n

7. Apply for the Startup Battlefield<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

With TechCrunch <\/a> Disrupt going virtual, this is your chance to get featured in front of our largest audience ever. The post says you\u2019ve only got 72 hours left, but the clock has been ticking since then \u2014 the deadline is 11:59pm Pacific tomorrow, June 19. So get on it!<\/p>\n

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