Daily Archives: April 2, 2020

AWS today announced that its DeepComposer keyboard is now available for purchase. And no, DeepComposer isn’t a mechanical keyboard for hackers but a small MIDI keyboard for working with the AWS DeepComposer service that uses AI to create songs based on your input. First announced at AWS re:Invent 2019, the keyboard created a bit of […]

You can now buy AWS’ $99 DeepComposer keyboard

This entry was posted in artificial intelligence Cloud Gadgets TC on April 2, 2020 by Frederic Lardinois

Whoops! Apple inadvertently revealed the existence of an unreleased product, AirTags, in a support video uploaded to its YouTube account today. The video, “How to erase your iPhone,” offers a tutorial about resetting an iPhone to factory settings. Around the 1:43 mark, it instructs users to turn off “Find my iPhone” as part of the […]

Apple accidentally confirms the existence of an unreleased product, AirTags

This entry was posted in Gadgets iOS TC tile and tagged apple iphone on April 2, 2020 by Sarah Perez

Disney+ has arrived in the land of Bollywood. The company on Friday (local time) rolled out its eponymous streaming service in India through Hotstar, a popular on-demand video streamer it picked up as part of the Fox deal. To court users in India, the largest open entertainment market in Asia, Disney is charging users 1,499 […]

Disney debuts its streaming service in India

This entry was posted in abc Amazon Apps Asia HBO Media Mobile Netflix TC on April 2, 2020 by Manish Singh

Bluetooth location beacon startup Estimote has adapted its technological expertise to develop a new product designed specifically at curbing the spread of COVID-19. The company created a new range of wearable devices that co-founder Steve Cheney believes can enhance workplace safety for those who have to be colocated at a physical workplace even while social […]

Estimote launches wearables for workplace-level contact tracing for COVID-19

This entry was posted in Amazon Bluetooth computer security Gadgets hardware Internet of Things manufacturing smartphone smartphones Startups TC wearable technology and tagged apple on April 2, 2020 by Darrell Etherington

What do you do if you’re an event discovery startup and suddenly it’s illegal to attend events? You lean into the cultural shift and pivot. Today, $11 million-funded calendar app IRL is morphing from In Real Life to In Remote Life. It will now focus on helping people find, RSVP for, plan, share, and chat […]

IRL pivots into virtual event calendar In Remote Life

This entry was posted in Apps Facebook Events Google-Calendar Mobile Robinhood Social Startups TC on April 2, 2020 by Josh Constine

T-Mobile this morning officially announced its exclusive partnership with the new streaming service, Quibi, set to launch on April 6. The service will be made available for free for a year to T-Mobile customers on its unlimited wireless family plans. The streaming service, founded by Hollywood media mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, has been specifically built for […]