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TechCrunch’s Top 3
- Taking the temperature of telehealthAmazon is returning to telehealth with Amazon Clinics, a marketplace for third-party virtual consultants that will launch initially in 32 states. Ingrid Reports. Yes, we know it’s been a few months since the giant company discontinued Amazon Care’s telehealth service, but as Ingrid writes, this is an opportunity for the company to provide care that might be a bit complicated for the corner drug store, but not for an expensive doctor’s visit that might be necessary.
- Heating things up: Impulse has not been able to light a physical fire under consumers to try the stove, but now with a $20 million cash injection, it can heat up the competition with innovation technology. came It has more.
- UPI XOXOThis is the moment India has been waiting for – Google Play has finally added subscriptions to its United Payments interface. Jagmet He wrote.
Startups and VCs
Most of us live and die by our calendars, but Vimkal thinks we don’t have to spend so much time creating the perfect event. Ivan He writes that this “best calendar app” lets you add new events and schedule options in just a few steps. Oh, and it has a desktop version too.
Robot fans! Pickle has brought in $26 million in new funding to continue developing its truck-unloading robots. Brian He writes that it is “one of the links in the chain that remains one of the lowest addresses.”
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For founders who want to build on their own, while maintaining control and staying on the fundraising treadmill for as long as possible, investor/entrepreneur Marjorie Radlo-Zandy lays out five basic principles in her latest TC+ article.
“Don’t be tempted to jump on a plane at a moment’s notice to find clients in fancy locations or remote locations for meetings,” she writes. “Your designed business may not have such a large alternative financing costs.”
Improved founders face longer odds, but if they can drive growth and achieve product-market fit, “funding becomes that much easier.
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Big Tech Inc.
Alibaba’s logistics arm Cainiao has opened its arms to embrace Latin America, hoping to bridge the gap created by China’s trade slowdown. Rita Reports. The e-commerce giant started shipping goods in Brazil earlier this year and plans to expand its presence in the country over the next three years.
Netflix wants to help you remove someone from your account if it knows who it is and your password. The streaming company has a new feature that allows subscribers to unsubscribe a device from their account, which means it will force a device out of that account. Lauren He wrote.
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