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Spotify announced on Monday that it’s raising the cost of the premium subscription in the U.S. for the first time in 12 years. It said the increased prices are in response to an evolving “market landscape,” and to give Spotify cash so it “can keep innovating,” the company said in a news release.Premium subscribers will see their subscription increase by $1 with a single plan costing $10.99, a duo plan costing $14.99, a family plan costing $16.99, and the student plan costing $5.99. Spotify’s premium streaming option…

YouTube, Google's video streaming platform, hiked prices on its monthly and annual premium plans in the United States for the first time since the subscription service was launched in 2018.The YouTube Premium plan would cost $13.99 a month in the U.S., up $2 from before, according to the company's website on Thursday. The price for its annual plan was hiked by $20 to $139.99. Members who subscribed five years ago, including those who signed up originally through Google Play, would get three more months of subscription at…

YouTube Premium hiked the price of its monthly subscription by 14% Thursdasy, increase the service’s monthly tag to $13.99 for U.S. users, effective immediately. That’s a $2 jump from where it was previously. Additionally, annual subscriptions to YouTube Premium are also getting bumped up, going from $119.99 to $139.99. YouTube Music Premium is also experiencing a price increase amid the changes, going from $9.99 to $10.99 per month. While this is in line with the pricing changes Amazon and Apple have made to…

Fewer builders are starting new homes amid high prices for materials and loans, threatening housing shortages. Fewer builders are starting new homes amid high prices for materials and loans, threatening housing shortages. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors.…

Staff at startups such as upGrad, Revfin and Hero Vired will likely get double-digit pay increases this year, executives at several of these firms told ET, signalling their ability to negotiate a protracted funding winter that has caused both jobs and wages to shrink in an industry typically undergirded by external financing. CashKaro, Clevertap, Physics Wallah, CLXNS Technologies and DaveAI are also among those offering their staff satisfactory pay increases that are sometimes even better than those given last…

As the funding winter grips Indian new-age tech, startups have turned conservative about hiring, with open job positions in these companies shrinking to about a third compared with the 2021 highs when capital was widely available, according to data from executive search firm Longhouse Consulting.Also, employees at these companies are seeing only 10% annual hikes on the higher side, while many are even forced to take a 10% cut, show the findings shared exclusively with ET. Bonus and variable pay-outs have also been smaller…

Capping months of twists and turns surrounding the ZestMoney-PhonePe deal, founders of the BNPL startup said they are leaving the cash-strapped startup. We’ve been on top of this deal ever since November last year, and have all the details on Monday’s development. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in the letter:■ BluSmart founder buys Mayfield’s stake■ Startup chiefs join fray for IAMAI elections■ ETtech Done Deals ZestMoney founders leaving troubled fintech firm post PhonePe deal collapse ZestMoney…

A display for a realtor with Coldwell Banker Dynasty TC, left, is displayed as she speaks with a potential homebuyer during an open house in Arcadia, California.Jonathan Alcorn | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMortgage rates fell slightly last week after the chairman of the Federal Reserve suggested a potential end to a historic string of interest rate hikes. The drop wasn't substantial, but it was enough to boost demand from current homeowners hoping to refinance their mortgages to lower rates.The average contract interest rate…

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Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: May 02, 2023, 10:28 ISTTesla Inc raised its prices in the United States for the second time in less than two weeks, its website showed, after having slashed prices six times this year through mid-April.Tesla has raised the prices of its Model Y and Model 3 variants by a modest $250 each, pricing details available on the company’s website showed.The Tesla Model Y now has a base price of $47,240, while the Model Y Long-Range crossover and Performance variant are priced at $50,240 and…