2019年4月8日
Amazon paid $97 million to acquire Eero in a fire-sale deal
Amazon paid $US97 million to acquire the WiFi router maker Eero in a fire-sale deal that left the owners of the startup’s common stock with practically nothing but apparently gave the founders multimillion-dollar paydays.
The $US97 million sales price was significantly below Eero’s last reported funding round in 2017, when the San Francisco startup was valued at $US215 million by investors. The cut-rate price reflects the pressure on the pioneering wireless startup as it faced increasing competition from Google.
The three cofounders of Eero, however, received special payouts in the form of retention bonuses and other awards. The final amount paid out to the three founders could differ from what was stated in the documents: $US7 million, $US5 million and $US4 million.
Eero was founded in 2014, the company quickly established itself as a pioneer in mesh networking – a technology that uses multiple access points to blanket an entire area with a WiFi signal. Eero’s first product was well-received by tech critics upon launching in 2016, and companies such as Google and Samsung have released similar devices. The deal underscores Amazon’s hard-driving skills at the bargaining table and its quest to snap up assets that will allow it to create the digital “plumbing” of the modern home. Amazon’s Echo device was the most popular smart speaker of 2018 with 31% of the worldwide market share.
App developer numbers in Australia have grown 20% in 2 years
Australia’s burgeoning tech sector is continuing to grow, with almost 20,000 new app developers hitting the market between March 2017 and January 2019. New South Wales is leading the charge with 68,000 developers.
The growth of app development businesses was an important revenue-generating opportunity. “Australian apps have become an export of the digital economy, utilised by millions of users around the world," The transition has gone from more hobbyist to quite professional.
The Australian App Economy report also shows an increasing concentration of app developers in Australia, with the number of developers divided by the total number of jobs sitting at 1.1 per cent. New South Wales had become the heart of Australia’s tech industry thanks to favourable business conditions and collaborations between education institutions and business. However, immigrants who don’t have the same level of access to the economy go out and start businesses. Foreign students who’ve graduated in software engineering who can’t get jobs in Australia because Australian firms can’t hire them. The report also found exports of computer and information services from Australia had risen 30 per cent in 2018.
Here's how you can make some money from your YouTube channel
Anyone who meets certain requirements can make some extra cash on the streaming video service through the YouTube Partner Program:
1) Video creators need to be accepted into the service’s Partner Program, you’ll have access to a trove of resources and features provided by YouTube. The program offers tips on the different ways you can make money.
2) To qualify for the YouTube Partner Program, your channel has to have at least 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch-hours in the last year.
3) you have to live in a country where the Partner Program is available. One country where it’s not available is China.
4) You’ll have to make sure your videos meet YouTube’s terms of service and its community and advertiser-friendly content guidelines.
5) You’ll also have to create an AdSense account, which allows you to get paid for advertisements, you can sign up for AdSense is through YouTube’s Creator Studio area.
YouTube is warning that it’s taking longer than a month for it to process applications for its Partner Program. You’ll find that YouTube divvies up partners into different compensation tiers. If you have at least 10,000 subscribers, you’ll be able to link out to a site to sell merchandise to your fans. If you have at least 30,000 subscribers, you can offer memberships to your channel.