Apple’s Online Store is down temporarily for some reason - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:11 Rating: 5

WhatsApp is rolling out a View Once feature for photos and videos that disappear from the chat after the recipient opens it (Mitchell Clark/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Google consolidates its sign-in offerings with a new family of Identity APIs called Google Identity Services, including a new "One Tap" sign in prompt (Abner Li/9to5Google) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

Activision Blizzard says that Blizzard's head of global human resources, Jesse Meschuk, has also left the company (Sean Hollister/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Match Group reports Q2 revenue of $708M, up from $555M YoY, vs $694M estimated, and Tinder direct revenue of $399M, up 26% YoY, with 9.6M payers, up 17% (Emily Bary/MarketWatch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Apple and Affirm's PayBright will launch a "buy now, pay later" program for iPhone, Mac, and iPad purchases in Canada on Aug. 11, according to a staff message (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

IKEA confirms HomeKit support for its new smart air purifiers - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:11 Rating: 5

Activision beats expectations in Q2 with revenue of $2.29B, up 19% YoY, and net bookings of $1.92B, down only 7% YoY, notes risks of the sexual harassment suit (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Robinhood's stock closes at $46.80, up 24.2% on the day's trading, blowing past its IPO price of $38 and becoming the day's "top traded stock" on Fidelity (Maggie Fitzgerald/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Lyft reports Q2 revenue of $765M, up 125% YoY and 26% QoQ, vs $696.9M est., active riders of 17.14M, vs 15.45M est., and a net loss of $251.9M vs $437M in Q2'20 (Jessica Bursztynsky/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5