It's a holiday week in the United States, Canada and Brasil but online businesses rarely take a break like our governments do. I'm kicking off this week following up on some stories we were tracking last week.
I am on the lookout for news about Airtable. Their deal with Bending Spoons was just finalized at the end of last week and we are all expecting layoffs and price hikes to be coming next. I'm also watching Stripe closely on their acquisition spree, though rumors say that they have possibly stalled on trying to buy PayPal (according to Bloomberg) which is GREAT NEWS FOR US. Payments monopolies are bad.
Here's what else shaping up this week...