Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Sources: Spotify is talking to its partners about adding full-length music videos, as part of growing efforts to establish video as a core part of its service  —  Spotify Technology SA is considering adding full-length music videos to its app, which could help the streaming service better compete … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hayden Field / CNBC: Apple becomes the first publicly traded company to close with a $3T market cap; the company first hit a $3T market cap during intraday trading in January 2022  —  – Apple’s market cap topped $3 trillion on Friday, passing the $190.73 share price required to hit the milestone, according to CNBC’s most recent share count. Lees verder op Tech Meme

AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Goldman Sachs is in talks to have American Express take over its Apple ventures, including Apple Card, Apple’s “buy now, pay later” offering, and more  —  American Express in talks to take over Goldman’s card deal, other ventures with tech giant Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: VMware partners with Samsung, AMD, and the RISC-V Keystone community to accelerate the adoption of confidential computing, which encrypts data as it’s processed  —  VMware Inc. stepped up its efforts to accelerate the adoption of confidential computing today, announcing an alliance … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ari Levy / CNBC: Nasdaq gained 32% in H1 2023, its best first half since 1983’s 37% rise; Nvidia is up 195%+, Meta is up 130%+, Apple and Amazon are up 50%+, Alphabet is up 34%+  —  – The Nasdaq jumped 32% in the first six months of the year, its best first half since the tech-heavy index climbed 37% in 1983. Lees verder op Tech Meme