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July 28, 2019, 8:30 PM

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Ronojoy Mazumdar / Bloomberg:
Three-year-old Reliance Jio becomes the biggest telecom operator in India, as its subscribers grow to 331M in Q2 2019, surpassing Vodafone Idea's 320M subs  —  - Had overtaken Bharti Airtel in May, Vodafone Idea in June  — Companies are preparing for the planned 5G rollout next year
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
In an update to a previous report, Ming-Chi Kuo now says that all three new iPhones coming in 2020 will support 5G  —  The three iPhones expected to launch in 2020 will feature support for 5G, according to a new note to investors shared today by Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and obtained by MacRumors.
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg:
Weimob, which helps merchants market and sell on WeChat and has seen its shares rise 60%+ since its Jan. Hong Kong IPO, raises $180M more from Tencent, others  —  - Weimob and shareholders are said to have raised $180 million  — The firm helps companies with online commerce and marketing
Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik:
BMW makes Apple CarPlay an $80/year subscription service for new car owners  —  From the 2019 model year onward any new BMW sold will require the owner to pay an $80 annual fee in order to connect their Apple iTelephone device to their premium luxury automobile.
Ian Allison / CoinDesk:
Berlin-based Fundament gets regulator's approval for $280M tokenized real-estate-backed bond offering on ethereum blockchain, which is open to retail investors  —  Fundament, a blockchain startup coming out of stealth mode, has received the green light to issue the first tokenized real-estate backed bond …
Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
How Famous Birthdays, which has 20M unique monthly users, became Gen Z's Wikipedia for new internet stars and a talent resource for the entertainment industry  —  If you want to know who the biggest TikTok star is right now, who is in Emma Chamberlain's squad, or where Baby Ariel grew up …

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