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6. Interesting Reads

“Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) today announced it’s expanding its set of online fundraising tools to include its own GoFundMe competitor, with the added support for personal online fundraisers, starting first in the U.S. The new tool will allow Facebook users to raise money for personal crises and other campaigns – like school or medical expenses, emergency situations, funerals, and more. In addition, the company is adding the ability for Facebook Pages to add a “donate” button to their live broadcasts on the network.”

(Tech Crunch)

“If you’ve always wanted to try Etsy Inc (NASDAQ:ETSY), then do we ever have the article for you: the 10 Easiest Etsy Businesses to Start and Make Tons of Money with. No doubt, you’ve wondered how Etsy sellers (like the ones who ran the 10 Most Successful Etsy Shops in 2015) do it, how they make and sell the most beautiful items. They must be unique and creative. They must have rare talent and skill. They’re geniuses – they’re true artists. Right?”

(Insider Monkey)

“With the Galaxy S8, Samsung is once again trying make the argument that a smartphone can serve as a full PC, but chances are it’s going to fail just like every other company that’s tried this. If you were following along with Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ announcements yesterday, you may have missed Samsung’s discussion of a new “DeX dock.” It’s a new accessory for the Galaxy S8 that will allow the smartphone to attach right into a monitor, keyboard and mouse and attempt to serve as a full desktop computer.”

(CNBC)

“Amazon.com Inc. has invited some of the world’s biggest brands to its Seattle headquarters in an audacious bid to persuade them that it’s time to start shipping products directly to online shoppers and bypass chains like Wal-Mart, Target and Costco. Executives from General Mills, Mondelez and other packaged goods makers will attend the three-day gathering in May, Bloomberg has learned. Attendees will tour an Amazon fulfillment center and hear a presentation from Worldwide Consumer chief Jeff Wilke, who reports directly to Jeff Bezos.”

(Bloomberg)

“Speed caps are being raised for the autopilot function on newer Tesla cars, from 55 mph to 80 mph, in the form of new software that the company started streaming into its vehicles on Wednesday. The software update, called Autopilot 8.1, lets the cars pretty much drive themselves on highways up to the posted speed limit, or a maximum of 80. The cars will stay in their lanes, turn around curves without driver intervention, and will pass vehicles automatically with a flick of the turn signal.”

(Los Angeles Times)