Tue. 04/07 - The Latest Startup Gunning For Gmail

WhatsApp wants to make it harder for things to go viral. Airbnb buys some runway. Foursquare merges with another location data company. Checking in with Masa Son. And the latest startup to say it wants to blow up email and unseat Gmail.

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Links:

• WhatsApp to impose new limit on forwarding to fight fake news (The Guardian)
• Airbnb is raising $1 billion amid fallout from coronanvirus (CNBC)
• Foursquare Merges With Factual, Another Location-Data Provider (WSJ)
• Masayoshi Son Talks WeWork, Vision Fund and Softbank Under Siege (Forbes)
• Pixel April updates land, bringing eyes-open face unlock setting to the Pixel 4 (Android Police)
• Microsoft Buys Corp.com So Bad Guys Can’t (KrebsonSecurity)
• This tiny startup thinks it can do email better than Google (Protocol)

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