Amazon Music Unlimited users can now stream spatial audio on any pair of headphones
Amazon announced that starting today, Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers can stream spatial audio with their current headphones on its Android and iOS apps. The company currently supports two forms of spatial audio: Sony's Reality Audio and Dolby Atmos.
Amazon first introduced spatial audio in
Electric, the IT platform for SMBs, raises $90 million Series D
Electric, makers of IT infrastructure software for SMBs, has been on a tear lately.
The company announced the close of a $90 million Series D financing round today. GGV, an existing investor, led the round, with participation from other existing investors Bessemer, Primary Venture Partners, Greensp
Apple’s voice-only Music subscription could boost Siri’s accent understanding
Apple had a slew of interesting announcements at its event on Monday. But one that stood out to me — and I feel didn't get as much attention — is the new pricing tier of Apple Music. A new “Voice” tier will offer the entire Apple Music library to subscribers at a reduced
Getting started with building an audience in the creator economy
How can you anticipate the content people want before they want it? How do you figure out where your audience lives online and what they like? What is a creator, after all?
At technewss Disrupt 2021, we were joined by Julia Munslow, special projects editor at Yahoo News, Alexis Gay, comedian and h
Instacart acquires Caper AI, a smart cart and instant checkout startup, for $350M, as it moves deeper into physical retail tech
"speakable-summary" dir="ltr">Instacart made its name by providing a way for consumers to bypass shopping in stores in person, by ordering items online and getting them delivered to their homes — a business that positively boomed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But with physical stores s
MagniLearn uses AI to help students learn new languages, raises $2.8M
There’s nothing easy about learning a language, and so it’s also maybe no surprise that there are plenty of startups that want to make life easier for students. But while some mostly focus on individual learners and bypass the school systems, others are trying to make inroads in schools
‘Several People Are Typing’ is the Slack workspace of your worst nightmares
Now that it’s October, it’s officially spooky season. But debut author Calvin Kasulke’s novel “Several People Are Typing” gives us something new to be afraid of — what if you got trapped inside of your office’s Slack workspace, and Slackbot took over your c
Revolut increases fair usage caps on free accounts in the US
Fintech startup Revolut wants to foster usage in the U.S. with better free accounts. Like in other markets, Revolut offers both free and paid accounts in the U.S. When you pay for a subscription fee, you get higher fair usage caps and more features, such as insurance coverage and different card des
Orbacam adds music video-making tools to its palm-size musical sequencer
Not content with setting your feet a-tapping with its intuitive music sequencer aimed at amateur music makers, Artiphon today announced an app that adds video-making prowess to the Orba’s already impressive feature set. Appealing to your inner Video Jockey, the Orbacam demo video makes it loo
Figma continues expansion beyond design with updates to FigJam whiteboard tool
In April of this year, collaborative design powerhouse Figma launched a whiteboarding tool called FigJam. A separate tool and brand from Figma, FigJam allows users to brainstorm and iterate together in an infinite whiteboard experience, complete with voice service to chat it out in the very same to
SOC Prime lands $11M Series A to become ‘Spotify for cyber threats’
SOC Prime, a Boston-based early-stage startup that claims to have built the world's largest threat detection marketplace, has secured $11 million in Series A funding.
The company will use the investment, led by DNX Ventures with participation from Streamlined Ventures and Rembrandt Venture Part
Mage aims to be the 'Stripe for AI;' raises $6.3M for developer tools to build AI into apps
Mage, developing an artificial intelligence tool for product developers to build and integrate AI into apps, brought in $6.3 million in seed funding led by Gradient Ventures.
Founder Tommy Dang started the company at the end of 2020 after building internal low-code tools at Airbnb. While collaborat
Wonolo raises $140M for its staffing platform used by 1M laborers and front-line workers
A rush of platforms have been built in the last several years that cater to the needs of knowledge workers, helping them find jobs (and employers find workers), managing the remuneration process regardless of location and addressing their professional development. But that is not the whole story. T
Valence raises $7M to secure the business application mesh
Valence, a Tel Aviv-based security startup that aims to help businesses better protect what Valence calls the “business application mesh,” today announced that it has raised a $7 million seed round, led by YL Ventures. Stonemill Ventures, the St. Louis Cyber Interest Group (STLCIG) and