Google has once again lost in its bid to overturn a 2017 antitrust decision by the European Commission. The bloc found its shopping comparison service had broken competition rules — hitting Alphabet, Google’s parent, with an at-the-time record-breaking €2.42 billion penalty (around $ 2.7 billion at current exchange rates) and ordering changes to how it […]
Influencer shopping app LTK gets an automatic direct message tool
LTK (formerly LiketoKnow.it and RewardStyle), the influencer shopping app with 40 million monthly users, announced on Thursday the launch of a free direct message tool for creators to instantly share pre-set responses with followers. The new tool, called LTK DM, is integrated into the posts section of the LTK app. When a creator shares an […]
Popular Comedian Exposes His Struggle As A Short Person Shopping For Clothes
Popular comedian Yoo Byung Jae recently shared a screenshot of his text messages on Instagram stories about his total failure at buying new clothes. | dbqudwo333/Instagram Yoo: Soyoon, should I buy this shirt in a size medium? Soyoon: Oppa this shirt is a bit long…I think you could go with a size small? Yoo: Ah […]
Controversial Ex-Trainee Han Seo Hee’s Scandalous Texts “Shopping” For Male Idols Leak
Han Seo Hee is going viral after several of her messages leaked. Han Seo Hee On March 11, several news articles reported that Han Seo Hee’s text messages were leaked. According to the reports, the messages were sent between the controversial trainee and her fans on a group chat. In the messages, Han Seo Hee […]
The incumbents go shopping for startups
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. This week, I explored what happened to one Norwegian hardware startup, whose cap table was sufficiently wonky that three different investors concluded that it was essentially […]