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December 2019

AI Travel Assistant Closes Pre-Seed Round

The founders and team members of the AI-powered travel assistant bot, Eddy Travels, has closed a pre-seed round which was lead by Techstars Toronto. They raised roughly $500,000 which included VC funds from Lithuania and angel investors from the U.S., Canada and U.K. The user...

Facebook To Build Its Own Operating System

Facebook is building a wide array of hardware devices and have the full understanding that their devices currently rely on Android’s operating system. In order to become independent and breakfree from Google, Facebook is currently working on constructing their own operating system from scratch. Their...

Introducing Whisk, The Recipe Platform

Recipe sites and applications have frustrated users for some time now due to the poor user experience that many companies have designed along with the overabundance of ads. A new company called Whisk is attempting to make a splash in the industry by providing users...

Splice Utilizes AI Machine Learning

Splice is an online marketplace for purchasing audio samples and the platform has recently been exploding with popularity. Its revenue and user count has doubled since last year with many paying $7.99 for unlimited access. Now, Splice is investing even heavier on itself by implementing...

Forbes: 12 Cool Uses Of Virtual Reality

Virtual reality has been quite the buzzword used in a number of different industries over the past decade. As technology has advanced, we've begun to see how it's impacting our daily lives and how the progress in this field is revolutionizing each industry. Forbes recently...

Microsoft To Scale Down Cortana Support

Microsoft recently announced that they will be shutting down Cortana’s mobile applications in a number of different markets. The end date for its support on iOS and Android will be January 31st, 2020. Microsoft also will be removing Cortana from Microsoft Launcher. The impacted markets...

Spotify Begins Testing Live Lyrics

TechCrunch has verified that Spotify users in international markets have begun to see lyrics featured in sync with the music they’re listening to. Powered by Musixmatch, the feature is currently being tested by a number of markets. Users have compared the feature update to the...

Roku Launches Apple Watch App

Roku recently announced that they will be launching an Apple Watch app which will allow users to control their Roku device simply through their smart watch. Users will have the ability to pause and play along with the ability to launch their favorite channels. Voice...