„The deal would help them combine forces and take on more scale to compete better with Uber Eats and Amazon-backed Deliveroo.“

-> Takeaway and Just Eat to merge in $10B deal to take on Deliveroo and Uber Eats in Europe

„Subscription services were up 37% to $4.7 billion. […]
Amazon’s “other” category, which mostly covers the company’s advertising business, was coincidentally also up 37% to $3 billion in revenue.“

-> Amazon reports $63.4 billion in Q2 2019 revenue: AWS up 37%, subscriptions up 37%, and ‘other’ up 37%

„the internet […] has supercharged the horizontal transformation of the audience and made the public into the only existing political actor outside institutions born from civil society.“

-> Me the People: How Populism Transforms Democracy

„Die Zahl der Elektroautos wird in den kommenden Jahren in Europa geradezu explodieren. Bis 2025 werde die Produktion von rein elektrischen Fahrzeugen sowie Plugin-Hybriden auf rund 4 Millionen Stück ansteigen.“

-> Studie: Deutschland steht vor Elektroauto-Boom

What a horrible thing to do in the first place, what a horrible thing to only finally change it after a second backlash.

-> DoorDash CEO to change tipping policy „in the coming days“, says it will add all customer tips to driver’s earnings, after a renewed backlash (Richard Lawler/Engadget)

„The tech market is one of disruption. It’s a celebrated term around here — often mocked by outsiders. But dominance has a way of falling. And falling fast.“

-> Is ‚This Time Different‘ Concerning Big Internet Dominance?

-> 20 Years of Blogging: What I’ve Learned

-> Die Amazon-Zahlen und das Versagen der „Marktforscher“

-> Daimler and Bosch’s driverless parking feature can legally operate without human supervision

-> Behind the WeWork founder’s $700 million cash out