News Hub – First Edition
News Hub
June 10-15
Every week Hubbub Labs shares some thumb-stopping moments from all over the world, linking to the most eye-catching tech and startup news, along with helpful articles, local events, and more.
Carrefour & Google Partnership
Paris – The supermarket chain Carrefour partnered up with tech giant Google as a move against Amazon to boost digital push.
The plan is to offer consumers in France to buy Carrefour products through Google Home, Assistant and Shopping in early 2019.
https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/en/google-partners-with-carrefour-to-sell-groceries-online/
Published: June 13, 2018
Blaming e-Commerce for low inflation?
United States – More and more people are buying online.
E-commerce allows consumers to be more flexible, giving consumers the opportunity to compare prices and buy from anywhere. But to what extent does this new way of purchasing impact inflation?
Read more on the New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/business/economy/inflation-internet.html
Published: June 11, 2018
Byton raises $500M
China – In a series B investment round, electric car startup Byton received a total of 500 million US dollars.
With this capital, Byton wants to mass-produce its first electric car—a high-performance and range-rich SUV—further fund research & development and the introduction of new models.
Chinese electric carmaker Byton raises $500M to take on Tesla
Published: June 12, 2018
Apple’s iOS 12
California – At this year’s Developer Conference 2018, Apple promised its users an optimized operating system. Better performance than the current operating system is the focus – but what really does the iOS 12 offer?
Published: June 12, 2018
AT&T completes its acquitions of Time Warner
United States – The fight for the takeover of the media empire Time Warner is over.
The US Ministry wanted to prevent the takeover with a lawsuit fearing higher costs for competitors as well as customers. But the $85.4 billion deal is now sealed.
Read more on TechCrunch
Published: June 15, 2018
Guides and startup resources of the week
Thanks to Cassandra Naji of Content Creators Barcelona we found this excellent guide to writing microcopy by Dave Hall.
http://davehall.io/ux-microcopy-design/
Event of the Week
Still looking for an event in Barcelona?
Another week full of tech and startup events is waiting and we have picked one that we think you shouldn’t miss out on.
When: June 21st from 19-20h: Cómo Crear y Mantener un Blog para Conseguir Más Impacto Social
Join this upcoming Spanish-language event hosted by Antonia Villegas and learn more about generating ideas, creating the right content and achieving more social impact with your blogs.
And on top of that, of course, meet a lot of new people.
We hope to see you there!
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