Mon. 07/18 – It’s Vibe Shifts All The Way Down

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🗓️ 18 July 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Everything we cover is in a full vibe shift of… pulling back. Coinbase sent some eyebrows up over the weekend, but insolvency is off the table. Right? Right? Adam Newmann’s crypto startup is hitting the pause button. All the rapid delivery startups that flooded New York City last year seem to be done. Poof. And is Silicon Valley itself definitively shrinking? Sponsors: Zapier.com/ride Gusto.com/ride Links: Snap launches Snapchat for Web to bring the app's core features to desktop (TechCrunch) Leaked emails: Crypto exchange Coinbase is 'temporarily shutting down' its US affiliate-marketing program (Insider) Coinbase stirs rumors of liquidity woes as it halts affiliate-marketing program (Insider Bitcoins) Crypto Crash Stalls WeWork Founder Adam Neumann’s Climate Venture (WSJ) The Speedy Downfall of Rapid Delivery Startups (Wired) Tiger Global-backed Missfresh faces fight for survival (FT) 71 Cities and Towns Are Paying Tech Workers to Abandon Silicon Valley. It’s Working. (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Monday, July 18th, 2022. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.4	Everything we cover is in a full vibe shift of pulling back.
0:14.2	Coinbase sent some eyebrows up over the weekend,
0:16.2	but insolvency is off the table, right?
0:18.8	Right?
0:19.8	Adam Newman's crypto startup is hitting the pause button,
0:22.4	all the rapid delivery
0:23.3	startups that flooded New York City last year seemed to be gone, poof, and is
0:27.6	Silicon Valley itself definitively shrinking. Here's what you missed today in the
0:31.4	world of tech.
0:34.0	But before we get to the retrenchment, a surprising new launch this morning.
0:38.0	Snapchat launched Snapchat for web to let users send snaps and make video calls on the desktop and the company
0:46.0	says the average caller on its app spends more than 30 minutes a day on calls.
0:51.4	So that's why this is a priority, quoting Tech Crunch. To start,
0:55.3	Snapchat for Web will be available to Snapchat Plus subscribers in the United
0:59.0	States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. After the initial launch, the company plans to roll out Snapchat for Web to Snapchat plus
1:06.9	subscribers in France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates,
1:11.0	before making it accessible to all users around the world.
1:14.5	With Snapchat for Web, you can send messages and snaps and also chat via video and regular calls.
1:20.6	Snapchat for Web also allows users to take advantage of messaging features available on mobile including chat reactions.
1:26.5	Snap says it plans to bring its lenses feature to video calls in the future.
1:30.5	To access Snapchat for web users need to head to web.
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