An App Called Libby and the Surprisingly Big Business of Library E-books

Increasingly, books are something that libraries do not own but borrow from the corporations that do.
Read more: https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/an-app-called-libby-and-the-surprisingly-big-business-of-library-e-books?source=Snapzu

Black US farmers awaiting billions in promised debt relief

BOYDTON, Va. (AP) — There was a time when Black farms prospered. Just two generations out of slavery, by 1910 Black farmers had amassed more than 16 million acres of land and made up about 14 percent of farmers.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-e1034c6701f55a3a5362447e0354c4cd?source=Snapzu

Millions of Americans will lose unemployment benefits this weekend

Millions of people are poised to lose their unemployment benefits this weekend, when federal pandemic-era policies will end. Congress authorized a historic expansion of the country’s safety net for jobless individuals in March 2020 to manage the fallout of the Covid-fueled economic downturn.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/31/millions-of-americans-will-lose-unemployment-benefits-this-weekend.html?source=Snapzu

How to Find Homes That Are Not Actively For Sale

Are you trying to find a home to purchase but have found the going to be difficult? Right now there is a housing inventory shortage across the country which has created an environment that is challenging to say the least to get a home. One of the options you may want to consider is an off-market property.
Read more: https://snapzu.com/massrealty/how-to-find-homes-that-are-not-actively-for-sale?source=Snapzu

Apple and Google must allow developers to use other payment systems, new Korean law declares

South Korea has passed a bill written to prevent major platform owners like Google and Apple from restricting app developers to built-in payment systems, The Wall Street Journal reports. The bill is now expected to be signed into law by President Moon Jae-in, whose party championed the legislation.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/31/22643800/apple-google-south-korea-app-store-payment-legislation-passes?source=Snapzu

Play Store class-action lawsuit claims Google offered Netflix a special rate

An antitrust lawsuit filed against Google and its Play Store by several state attorneys general echoed the Epic vs. Apple battle, and a new document highlights how and why Google’s app store is so similar. MLex senior correspondent Michael Acton points out the new complaint, which arrived Friday night from lawyers appointed to represent consumers (that’s us) in a potential class-action lawsuit that joins the states and Epic Games in accusing Google of abusing its monopoly power and of anti-competitive behavior.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/28/22645974/google-netflix-class-action-antitrust-play-store-commission?source=Snapzu

Will PayPal's adoption of bitcoin make cryptocurrency more mainstream?

PayPal has two decades of experience in online payments and manages 403 million user accounts. So, it caused ripples when it announced on 23 August it would allow UK customers to buy and sell four cryptocurrencies: bitcoin prices rose to a three-month high. But will this – and last October’s roll-out in the US – push cryptocurrencies into the mainstream, or is it just another blip in the short but volatile history of decentralised money?
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2288039-will-paypals-adoption-of-bitcoin-make-cryptocurrency-more-mainstream/?source=Snapzu