Tue. 02/25 - Is Signal The Next Big App?

Netflix launches Top 10 lists, Firefox rolls out DNS over HTTPS, Amazon Go Grocery means no cashiers or checkout lines, consolidation or super app in the Southeast Asian on demand transport space, and why this might be Signal’s moment to go mainstream.

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Links:

• New Netflix feature reveals the top 10 most popular programs on its service (TechCrunch)
• Netflix added a top 10 list of its most-watched content — here’s how to find it (The Next Web)
• Firefox turns encrypted DNS on by default to thwart snooping ISPs (Ars Technica)
• Intuit confirms that it is buying Credit Karma for $7.1B in cash and stock (TechCrunch)
• Inside ‘Amazon Go Grocery’: Tech giant opens first full-sized store without cashiers or checkout lines (GeekWire)
• Grab raises up to $856M to boost payments business as rumors swirl of a merger with rival Gojek (TechCrunch)
• EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app (Politico.eu)
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