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Today during an event focused on Alexa developer and partner news, Amazon announced new features and integrations, including a collection of APIs and software development kits (SDKs) aimed at making Alexa more versatile. They come a month after the company demoed forthcoming and experimental Alexa

Instagram has announced a new feature that allows businesses to boost their Reels to turn them into ads in order to reach new audiences. Boosted Reels will appear in feed, Stories, the Reels tab and the explore page. To be eligible to boost your Reel, the Reel must be less than 60 seconds and have

An Indian court on Wednesday ordered the initiation of insolvency process against Amazon's estranged partner Future Retail in yet another setback for the American e-commerce group in the key overseas market. The National Company Law Tribunal’s verdict (PDF) on the petition filed by Bank o

Xbox is adding support for Discord voice chat, bringing a reliable, well-loved universal chat app to Microsoft’s gaming console, albeit in a sort of roundabout way. The new integration is available right away for anyone in the Xbox Insiders beta program, which offers early access to stuff Mic

Spotify announced today that it’s expanding its Blend playlist creation tool to include more artists, and will now also allow fans to purchase artist merch through the feature. The Blend tool allows two Spotify users to see where their musical tastes overlap by mixing together their favorite

Tedooo, a Tel Aviv-based social network marketed toward the trade world, has raised $3 million in seed funding led by Stardom Ventures. The platform is designed to help boost and create global trade communities via partnerships between sellers and buyers. Tedooo's current main focus is the hand

DoorDash is introducing a new in-app safety measure designed to ensure that alcohol is only delivered to people over the age of 21. The new measure requires the company’s delivery people to scan a customer’s ID with the DoorDash app to verify their identity before handing off and comple

In today’s earnings call, Netflix confirmed the reports that have been circulating since last week that it is renegotiating deals to allow the streamer to put content on its cheaper advertising-supported plan, the arrival of which on the platform has been moved to early 2023. “The vast majo

During the three-month period ending June 30, Netflix reported a loss of only 970,000 subscribers. Last quarter, the company had a weak outlook for the second quarter and predicted a net loss of two million subscribers. While today’s results beat the projection, it is still the largest quarte

Streaming to raise money for a good cause is a big deal on Twitch, but the platform has always pointed creators elsewhere to manage the logistics of raising cash and getting it where it needs to go. Now, the company is streamlining that process with Twitch Charity, a new set of donation tools built

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the company is introducing a new searchable and dynamic map experience on Instagram. The updated map experience will allow users to explore popular tagged locations around them and filter location results by specific categories including restaurants, ca

For the first time today, representatives for Elon Musk and Twitter faced off in court. So far, Twitter has a leg up. As Twitter sues Musk to force him to close his $44 billion acquisition, the company wanted to fast-track the trial to take place in September over four days. But the SpaceX and Tesl

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Google said today it will allow developers of non-gaming apps on the Play Store to provide alternative billing systems for in-app transactions and purchases for users based in the European Economic Area (EEA) — which includes 27 EU countries, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. The company’s