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• A significant competitor to YouTube, video sharing website Vimeo has been acquired by Bending Spoons for $1.38bn. Bending Spoons acquired Streamyard last year, and almost doubled its monthly pricing. It’s also doubled the pricing for Evernote, and tripled the price for Meetup. The company also owns WeTransfer and video hosting and streaming platform Brightcove.
• Skimr is a new podcast app that “helps you catch up on 10+ episodes in under 30 minutes with intelligent summaries & swipeable keypoints.”

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