SlackやZoomなど、急成長したソフトウェア企業がこぞって採用してきた「フリーミアム」モデル。しかし最近このモデルは廃れつつあり、新たな価格戦略を模索する動きが広がっているといいます。なぜなのでしょうか？
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Giant Retailers Pledge To Leave Fossil-fueled Ships Behind
Major retailers, including Amazon and Ikea, are beginning to clean up their shipping pollution. From a report: A group of companies pledged yesterday that by 2040, they’ll only contract ships using zero-carbon fuels to move their goods. Both Ikea and A…
PayPal Exploring a Purchase of Pinterest, Valuing Social Media Firm at $39 Billion
PayPal is exploring an acquisition of social media company Pinterest, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. From a report: San Jose, California-based PayPal has recently approached Pinterest about a potential deal, the people said, asking not to be ide…
Micron To Build $7 Billion Plant in Japan To Expand DRAM Production
U.S. memory chip maker Micron Technology will build a new factory at its Japanese production site in Hiroshima at a cost of 800 billion yen ($7.0 billion), the Nikkan Kogyo newspaper reported on Wednesday. Reuters: The new facility will make DRAM chips…
Petrol retailers warn of record prices at UK pumps within days; inflation dips – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsLatest: Petrol prices on brink of record, says PRAPensions set to rise 3.1% next year after inflation dataFacebook fined £50m by CMAIntroduction: UK inflation dipped to 3.1% in September, but st…
‘World’s most sustainable spirit’: the vodka made with CO2 captured from air
Critics call the ‘carbon-negative’ drink a distraction but makers say it points a way forward to tackling the climate crisisThe disastrous consequences of the unfolding climate crisis is enough to drive some people to drink, so making alcohol from plan…
Average UK house price rises by £25,000 in a year
Cost of a home climbed in every region in 12 months to August, with prices in London rising to £526,000The average cost of a UK home increased by £25,000 in the 12 months to August, official figures show, with rises recorded in all regions.The annual r…
UK manufacturers plead for more state funds to boost sector
Auto, aerospace, chemicals, pharma and food and drink lobby groups call for long-term strategy for industryFive of the UK’s leading manufacturing industries have issued a plea for more government financial support to boost capital investment in researc…
Why September’s dip in UK inflation may be a false dawn
Analysis: Covid support schemes have distorted official data and experts fear inflation will resume its ascentUK inflation falls despite supply crisis and rising petrol pricesCoronavirus – latest updatesJust when everyone was preparing for a stratosphe…
SpaceX could make Elon Musk world’s first trillionaire, says Morgan Stanley
Most of world’s richest person’s fortune so far has come from electric car company TeslaElon Musk, the world’s richest person, with an estimated $241bn fortune, could become the first trillionaire, an investment bank has predicted.Analysts at Morgan St…