Judge says Apple can’t block Unreal Engine – ProWellTech
Epic games wins a win against Apple, Fitbit announces a new smartwatch and Microsoft Word adds a transcription function. This is your daily crisis for August 25, 2020.
The big story: Richter says Apple cannot block Unreal Engine
The judge of the US District Court, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, burdened the litigation between Epic Games and Apple with a mixed judgment. She turned down Epic’s request to restore the popular Fortnite game to Apple’s App Store, but also ordered Apple not to block Epic’s developer accounts or deny developers on Apple platforms access to Epic’s Unreal Engine tools.
“Apple chose to act strictly, influencing non-parties and a third-party developer ecosystem,” said Rogers.
A full hearing on the dispute is scheduled for September 28.
The technology giants
Fitbit Launches a $ 330 Apple Watch Competitor – The Sense is a premium alternative to the Versa line, which the company calls the most advanced health smartwatch.
Facebook is adding a shop area to its app, while Instagram is expanding live shopping. The Facebook store isn’t all that different from the Instagram store of the same name, which lets users browse products from their favorite brands and stores.
Microsoft brings transcriptions to Word – this new feature lets you record conversations both live and recorded, and then edit those transcripts directly in Word.
Startups, Financing and Venture Capital
YC’s most anticipated startup raised $ 16M from a16z ahead of demo day – Trove is selling a range of in-house compensation tools to other startups.
Self-charging, millennial battery commissioning NDB conducts important tests and wins first beta customers – NDB has developed a new, proprietary nano-diamond treatment that enables more efficient electrical charge extraction from the diamond used in the manufacture of the battery.
Instacart Employees Call for Disaster Relief in California Forest Fires – Gig Workers Collective, a gig worker activist group led by Instacart buyers, is calling on Instacart to provide disaster relief to workers affected by natural disasters.
Advice and analysis of extra crunch
How to Create a Startup and Create Your First Contract – We invited James Alonso from Magnolia Law and Adam Zagaris from Moonshot Legal to join us at ProWellTech Early Stage to give us a 360 degree view of the legal side of a startup .
Unity, JFrog, Asana, Snowflake, and Sumo Logic files for IPOs at a lightning pace – Alex Wilhelm does a big roundup of the new IPOs.
As DevOps Is On The Rise, Site Reliability Engineers Are Flying At Full Speed - The rise of site reliability engineers is not a new trend, but is closely tied to the DevOps theme over the past decade.
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Everything else
Netflix ‘Emily’s Wonder Lab’ is a smart, interactive science television for kids – Emily Calandrelli, TV Science host (and former ProWellTech contributor), told us that Wonder Lab is a fulfillment of a concept she has been creating for years .
Porsche is experimenting with subscription pricing and expanding to Los Angeles – Porsche now has three levels as part of its newly renamed Porsche Drive subscription program.
Meet the Disrupt 2020 ‘TC10’ – The TC10 is a group of entrepreneurs, investors, etc. who have been an integral part of our Disrupt Conference for the past decade. And they’re all coming back!
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