Cory Weinberg / The Information: Sources: ByteDance’s revenue rose 40% YoY to $29B in Q2, with markets outside of China accounting for nearly 20% of its total; H1 2023 revenue was ~$54B  —  ByteDance is closing the revenue gap with Facebook owner Meta Platforms as it generates more sales from advertising and e-commerce. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Arriana McLymore / Reuters: Ahead of the holidays, Amazon updates Buy With Prime to let customers more easily return items outside of Amazon.com and see their order history via their apps  —  Amazon.com (AMZN.O) is adding package tracking and return services for subscription members who use Buy With Prime … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Harry McCracken / Fast Company: A profile of, and interview with, tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee on changing tech gadget reviews, business strategies, reaching 17.7M subscribers, and more  —  Marques Brownlee has rewired the way people shop for gadgets—and how companies sell them.  Inside the humble workshop with the power … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Sources: EU regulators plan to file anti-competitive charges against Adobe’s $20B Figma deal as early as this week; Adobe announced the deal in September 2022  —  EU preparing to file anti-competitive charges, according to people familiar with probe  —  Adobe’s $20bn deal to buy Figma … Lees verder op Tech Meme