Just a few months after launching support for podcast subscriptions to U.S. creators, Spotify today is making the service available to creators in global markets. The company says the service, which allows creators to mark episodes as “subscriber-only” content, will now become available in 33 new markets worldwide. When podcast subscriptions publicly launched in the U.S., Spotify had introduced a couple of key changes to how the service worked. Before, creators had only been able to choose… Source link

YouTube found to infringe video-streaming optimization patent VideoShare case against Facebook still pending (Reuters) – Google and its video platform YouTube owe nearly $26 million for infringing a streaming-video patent owned by VideoShare LLC, a Texas federal jury said. The Waco, Texas jury found Tuesday that YouTube’s streaming technology works in the same way as VideoShare’s patented technology for converting a video to multiple formats and transmitting it in the best format for a user’s… Source link

The UK’s data protection watchdog has written to Apple and Google seeking details of how they assess apps to determine the age ratings they apply following concerns raised by an online child safety charity. The move follows the coming into force of the UK’s Age Appropriate Design Code this September — which puts requirements on digital services that are likely to be accessed by children to prioritize protecting their privacy and safety. In a statement today the information… Source link

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today Yahoo Small Business, a division of Verizon Business, announced it will officially adopt the name Verizon Small Business Essentials. As a key part of the Verizon Business Group, the newly rebranded Verizon Small Business Essentials will continue to provide small businesses with industry-leading, personalized tools designed to help them start, manage and grow their business in today’s digital world, no matter where they are in the small… Source link

Google Cloud announced a multiyear partnership with Cohere, an early-stage startup that is building a natural language processing platform to make it easier for developers to build natural language processing models into applications. The solution requires a fair amount of infrastructure resources to pull off, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is going to provide them under the terms of this deal. The two companies are also planning a go-to-market effort together,… Source link

Low-income families, who received the greatest percent gains of all families in the US, have higher cash balances now than before the pandemic, according to a new report from JPMorgan Chase. However, the report found, it may not be enough. “With each round of stimulus, low-income families saw the greatest percent gains in cash balances, but depleted those gains faster than high-income families,” authors Fiona Greig, Erica Deadman, and Tanya Sonthalia, wrote in the report. The COVID-19… Source link

Tesla (TSLA) shares’ recent correction is a buying opportunity for investors bullish on the electric vehicle (EV) company, says investment adviser Ross Gerber. “If I’m an investor, I’m pretty happy I get this opportunity with Tesla again,” Ross Gerber, CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management, told Yahoo Finance The electric vehicle giant’s stock is down about 15% from its all time high reached a couple of weeks ago as CEO Elon Musk has been selling some of his Tesla shares. The… Source link

Yahoo and BuzzFeed announced this morning the second leg of a strategic partnership that first debuted last November. This latest phase centers on growing addressable audience pools, giving marketers the scale needed as the use of third-party cookies dwindles, ultimately growing programmatic advertising revenue. Source link

CHICAGO, Nov. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Grubhub, the leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery platform on college campuses, announced today that it’s deploying Yandex Self-Driving Group’s robot delivery technology, also called rovers, on the University of Arizona’s campus. This will be the second campus rolling out this delivery option from Grubhub and Yandex this fall, following Ohio State University.  More than 35,000 Wildcats will be able to order their favorite foods from… Source link

Stock futures traded mixed Wednesday morning as investors digested a set of mixed corporate earnings results from more major retailers.  Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were slightly higher, while the Dow pointed to a lower open. Tesla (TSLA) shares extended gains in early trading after jumping 4% for their first rise in four sessions on Tuesday. Peloton (PTON) shares dipped after surging by nearly 16% on Tuesday in its best day since May 2020, after the company announced a secondary… Source link