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already moved beyond the generally low-tech state of podcast advertising — think of many podcasts still play the same outdated ads when you...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
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...
by Asmawisham | Jun 9, 2017 | Technology
The newest version of the Skype app takes a big hat-tip from social media platforms like Snapchat and Facebook’s Messenger with its newest features, adding a Stories-like feature called Highlights, a big selection of bots to add into chats, and a longer plan to...