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WhatsApp appears to be working on animating the now-static emojis, code in the chat service's desktop app shows. It is unknown whether the animations will be disableable. WhatsApp uses AirBnB's Lottie library.By default, the app will…

Microsoft is going to make Xbox Series X mini fridges. It does so to celebrate winning a popularity contest hosted by Twitter's marketing department. Xbox Games Marketing head Aaron Greenberg assures readers it's not an April 1…

Jony Ive, who was chief designer at Apple for many years, is partnering with Airbnb with his new design agency LoveFrom. Airbnb has announced this. LoveFrom will help design the 'next generation of Airbnb services'.It is a multi-year…

Airbnb plans to check millions of accommodations on offer for security and fraud. This news comes after a few reports of scams and a fatal shooting in a 'party house' last week. The CEO of the company reports this news in a letter to…

The German maker of the smart door opener Nello One has been taken over by the Italian Sclak. The German company filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, which threatened to partially shut down the openers, but if users upgrade their app,…

On Thursday, the French Senate approved the proposal for a so-called gafa tax: a tax on large tech companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple. The US has criticized the plans.The plans, approved by the French Senate on Thursday,…

In an opinion to the Court of Justice, the Advocate General says that Airbnb cannot be regarded as a real estate brokerage company, but as an information service. This means it falls under EU rules and a Member State cannot simply impose…

Airbnb could not exist if there was no one who would give up their own home or room to let other people stay there. In that context, the company would also like to be able to reward landlords with shares in the company. That is not so easy,…

The European Commission, through Věra Jourová, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, has announced that Facebook can face sanctions if the company does not comply with consumer protection rules before the end of…

Facebook is big, very big, and big companies want to play with different rules than the rest. That works in many places too - especially in America - but the EU has nothing to do with how big you are. The company was tapped by the European…