Spotify adds more artists to its Blend tool, allows fans to buy merch via the feature

Spotify announced today that it’s expanding its Blend playlist creation tool to include more artists, and will now also allow fans to purchase artist merch through the feature. The... Read more »

Tedooo raises $3M to scale its social network for buyers and sellers

Tedooo, a Tel Aviv-based social network marketed towards the trade world, has raised $3 million in seed funding led by Stardom Ventures. The platform is designed to help boost... Read more »

Crunchbase looks to grow its database of startups with $50M in new cash

In both down times and boom times, businesses across industries are faced with the challenge of building sales pipelines and closing revenue. “Account-based” intelligence — i.e., research into potential... Read more »

Cultivated meat company Meatable showcases its first product — synthetic sausages

Meatable, a Dutch biotech company developing cultivated “lab-grown” meat products, has revealed images of its inaugural pork sausage for the first time. Founded in 2018, Meatable is one of... Read more »

Volkswagen’s U.S. CEO steps down to lead its Scout EV brand

Volkswagen Group of America CEO Scott Keough is stepping down to helm the automaker’s Scout brand for battery-electric pickup trucks and SUVs. Keough, who has served as president and... Read more »

Charles raises $20M to bring conversational commerce to WhatsApp in Europe

Conversational commerce isn’t exactly a new phenomenon, with countless companies using live chats, messaging apps, chatbots, voice assistants and more to encourage consumers to part with their cash. As... Read more »

Xiaomi says it has shipped over 200 million smartphones in India amid crackdown

Xiaomi said on Wednesday it has shipped over 200 million smartphones in India to date, demonstrating just how large of a presence it has marked in the world’s second... Read more »

Google expands its photo and canvas printing service to Europe and Canada

Google is expanding its photo and canvas prints service to Europe and Canada. Google has offered printed photo books in the U.S. since 2017, a service that started rolling... Read more »

American internet giants seek changes to India’s proposed new IT rules

An industry group representing several tech giants has requested the Indian government to make a series of changes to the proposed amendments to the country’s new IT rules, warning... Read more »

China’s $1B fine on Didi could end the mobility giant’s troubled year

Didi, the Chinese ride hailing behemoth that has undergone a year of regulatory overhaul, faces a fine of over 8 billion yuan ($1.28 billion) from the country’s authorities, The... Read more »
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