Thumbtack partners with Alia to bring benefits to independent contractors, starting with cleaners
Ann Arbor and Memphis are among the top cities for female founders raising their first round
Documents show how Google used shell companies to keep datacenter negotiations quiet
Analysis
Amazon only has itself to blame for its failed New York campus
Amazon cancels New York HQ2 plans
Heartland Tech Weekly: Why Amazon won’t drop its New York expansion plans
Google commits $13 billion for U.S. datacenters and offices in 2019
Jack Dorsey’s ‘chaotic’ interview proves Twitter will never be the place for deep conversations
Seattle’s VC firms raised more new funds in 2018 than they had in 10 years
Instagram may soon get direct messages for the web
Amazon reportedly reconsiders New York expansion
Businesses can now respond to Instagram messages from Facebook, starting in the U.S. and Brazil
Facebook logged a user into someone else’s account with a recycled phone number
Twitter reports record revenue of $909 million in Q4 2018, despite losing 5 million monthly users
Heartland Tech Weekly: Square’s Jim McKelvey says universities still crucial for tech education
Snap reports revenue of $390 million, up 36% as DAUs remain flat at 186 million
Facebook Messenger finally gets an ‘unsend‘ feature
In ‘Zucked’, early Facebook investor Roger McNamee explains why he turned against the company
Opinion
Facebook’s 15th birthday is clouded by controversies and concerns
Foxconn flip-flops on Wisconsin factory after meeting with President Trump
Apple restores Facebook’s enterprise certificate after revoking it for more than 24 hours
Twitter froze suspicious accounts linked to Iran, Russia, and Venezuela ahead of 2018 U.S. midterms
Opinion
Foxconn’s Wisconsin factory never made sense
Techstars launches program to assist growing startup communities, starting in Buffalo
Heartland Tech Weekly: Midwestern factory workers won’t be the only ones affected by automation
Facebook revenue hits $16.9 billion in Q4 2018 despite tumultuous year
Facebook hires prominent privacy managers ahead of end-to-end encryption rollout
Salesforce Ventures: 65% of our U.S. investments were outside Silicon Valley in 2018
Michigan leans on manufacturing history in bid to become a hub for autonomous vehicles
Just 1% of Twitter users exposed to 80% of fake news during the 2016 U.S. election
Facebook to reportedly unite Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram messaging, add end-to-end encryption
Facebook is shutting down photo-sharing app Moments on February 25
Reno rises on list of ‘best-performing cities’, thanks to job growth, surge in datacenters
Brookings: Indiana, Kentucky are the states most at risk for job loss due to automation
Heartland Tech Weekly: Indie.vc’s funding model could be promising for startups in Middle America
Facebook gives Page managers a Quality tab to track which posts violated guidelines
Analysis
Columbus dominated Midwest startup growth in 2018
Chicago’s Clearcover, which uses AI to market auto insurance, raises $43 million
