Top VC deals: Amazon buys Ring, while Spotify and Dropbox prepare to go public
The company has developed therapy chatbots, mixing machine learning and cognitive behavioral therapy. CEO Alison Darcy has said her company is not out to replace human therapists with chatbots, but to help people attain "mood management" and mental health help affordably, at any hour of the … Read More
Snapchat Lost Millions on Spectacles, So Now It’s Gonna Make More
There's also talk of a built-in GPS. Sources told Cheddar these Spectacles could retail for as much as $300 in 2019. For reference, Spectacles 1.0 — the ones that Snapchat couldn't really get anybody to buy — cost $130. Though, the company did lose a billion dollars after Kylie Jenner …
Snapchat is quietly testing a hands-free mode and new, full-body camera lenses
Snapchat users formerly had to hold down a button on their smartphone screens to view snaps and Stories, until an app update in July 2015. But Snapchat users have begged for a hands-free functionality for years, and it's also something that Snapchat's competitor Instagram Stories currently offers. Read More
Future Teases Unreleased Drake Collaboration on Snapchat
Drake and Future set the hip-hop world on fire in 2015 with their collaborative project What a Time to Be Alive, and on Friday (March 2), the Atlanta native previewed snippets of an unreleased track featuring the 6 God on his Snapchat while boasting some icy jewelry on his wrist. …
It’s a win-or-no NCAA Tournament weekend for TCU women’s hoops
Once ranked in the Top 25 after a 7-game winning streak in January, the Horned Frogs are on the bubble as far as the NCAA Tournament goes. They'll have a chance to improve their resume on Saturday when they open up Big 12 Tournament play as the No. 5 seed …
Sunday letters, March 4
The business of the Water Board is two-fold: Flood control and water supply. Not economic development. Yet they are asking the voters to approve a $250 million bond to salvage Panther Island, heretofore known as Trinity Uptown. When I started writing letters to the editor 15 years ago about this … …
The Telegram
Tennis player Aidan Drover-Mattinen is The Telegram sports department's choice as athlete of the week. Drover-Mattinen won three titles at the Atlantic indoor championship last weekend at the Greenbelt Tennis Club in St. John's. He took top honours in the under-16 and U18 age groups in singles play, … Read More
Tuma Basa, Outgoing Curator for Spotify’s RapCaviar Playlist, Heading to YouTube: Exclusive
Tuma Basa, Spotify's outgoing global programming head of hip-hop, is heading to YouTube, sources tell Billboard. Spotify announced Thursday (March 1) that Basa, whose RapCaviar playlist has amassed nearly 9 million followers, had decided to leave the company. Basa couldn't be reached for … Read More
Suit: Google, YouTube Had Quotas for ‘Diversity Candidates’
(Newser) – A former YouTube employee is suing parent company Google, for which he worked for a total of nine years, alleging that he was fired for refusing to adhere to hiring practices that discriminated against white and Asian males. Per the Wall Street Journal, Arne Wilberg served as a …
‘YouTube Purge’ points to bigger problem with conspiracy videos, transparency
Whenever YouTube institutes a tougher moderation stance, a common debate emerges over censorship — especially from notable conservative voices. Questions over YouTube's moderators and the power they hold were raised this week after notable conservative pundits, gun advocates, conspiracy … Read More