by Asmawisham | Jun 9, 2017 | Media, Technology
Techdirt is currently embroiled in a legal battle with Shiva Ayyadurai, a man who claims to have invented email. But regardless of the outcome, founder and CEO Mike Masnick said that the $15 million lawsuit has already had a big impact on his site — a 20-year-old,...
by Asmawisham | Jun 9, 2017 | Media, Technology
Acast says it’s time for podcasts to embrace programmatic advertising.With its publishing and monetization tools, Acast has already moved beyond the generally low-tech state of podcast advertising — think of many podcasts still play the same outdated ads when you...
by Asmawisham | Jun 9, 2017 | Technology
Uber is in late-stage talks to acquire some technology and team members from Luxe, the on-demand car valet service, The Wall Street Journal and Recode first reported, citing sources. TechCrunch has since learned that the talks are indeed happening, but that the deal...
by Asmawisham | Jun 9, 2017 | Technology
Amazon Rekognition, Amazon’s deep learning-powered image detection and recognition service, is getting a little bit smarter today. The service can now recognize thousands of celebrities across a number of categories that include politics, sports, business,...
by Asmawisham | Jun 9, 2017 | Technology
In iOS 11, the Control Center has seen its third major overhaul in three years, and this time, it’s received a drastic redesign with a single page spread and bubble-style icons.Control Center functionality has also changed significantly, with new 3D Touch...
by Asmawisham | Jun 9, 2017 | Technology
Hype hasn’t been an issue for Andy Rubin’s new hardware startup, Essential. Speculation has been circling the Android founder’s next move since he unceremoniously parted ways with Google.Funding, it seems, hasn’t really been a problem, either. Bloomberg is reporting...