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Spotify is testing out a new service to sell concert tickets directly to fans. The music streaming platform will test the service using the Spotify app and a new website. The website's official page reportedly says that the company sells tickets on behalf of third parties, which may include venues and event promoters, among others. Spotify's new website for selling concert tickets has a limited selection of upcoming US-based concerts for participating artists like Limbeck, Tokimonsta, and Annie DiRusso, at the moment. The…

Given a choice between settling for pathetically slow internet speeds from AT&T or paying Comcast $50,000 to expand to his rural home, Michigan resident Jared Mauch chose option "C": starting up his own fiber internet service provider. Now, he's expanding his service from about 70 customers to nearly 600 thanks to funding aimed at expanding access to broadband internet, Ars Technica has reported.  Last year, the US government's Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds allocated $71 million to Michigan's…

Google Fiber plans to bring its high-speed Internet service to multiple cities in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska, and Nevada over the next several years in its first big expansion since it spun out as an independent Alphabet unit in 2015.In his first media interview since becoming chief executive of Google Fiber in February 2018, Dinni Jain told Reuters on Wednesday that his team was finally prepared to "add a little bit more build velocity" after over four years of sharpening operations.The anticipated expansion to…

(opens in new tab) Apple Arcade is Apple’s gaming subscription service, sans apps. Launched in 2019, it has a library of over 200 games, including exclusives, that subscribers can download and play on their Apple devices, via a dedicated tab located within the App Store.  ForHas a variety of exclusive gamesCan share account with up to five peopleNew games and updates on a weekly basisAgainst200+ games but no appsLesser variety than Google Play PassCan only stream to Apple TV for television playAnnual price is…

Learn how you can use ENS to become rich We all love to reap the benefits of advanced technologies, but anyone hardly ever wants to deal with the technical complexities that come with them. To search for websites and URLs, just as DNS was created to make the numbered address easier for human access, similarly, ENS is a protocol that links machine-generated codes to human-friendly names. A crypto wallet user still can’t send or receive digital assets by simply typing in another user’s name. This practice might…

Baidu has rolled out commercial driverless taxi services in the Chinese cities of Wuhan and Chongqing, expanding the transport option beyond the country's capital Beijing. The launch comes this week with the government releasing China's first draft guidelines on the use of self-driving vehicles for public transport. Baidu said in a statement that it secured regulatory approvals to collect fares for its driverless taxi service Apollo Go in the two Chinese cities.The autonomous vehicle manufacturer's vice president and…

Earlier today, reports began emerging Google was down. While it has since returned, it once again highlights our dependence on technology service providers and shows how reliant many people are on a single operator for daily functions.  There are few things we completely rely upon in our modern lives, but for many people, Google is one.Its brief disappearance from the internet felt, for many, like an almost-apocalyptic moment – underscoring how deeply 'googling' has been integrated into our lives.As I wrote when the…

Amazon’s palm scanning technology is expanding to 65 Whole Foods locations across California. The checkout devices were introduced in 2020 as part of the Amazon One payment service, allowing customers to pay with a scan of their palm. This is the biggest rollout by the company yet, with the first new Whole Foods locations adding support today in Malibu, Montana Avenue, and Santa Monica. Customers can set up Amazon One by registering their palm print using a kiosk or at a point of sale station at participating stores.…

Walmart is investigating building its own streaming service, The New York Times reported, and is talking to some big-name content players about which shows and movies it can offer to Walmart Plus subscribers. The company has apparently held discussions with Paramount, Disney, and Comcast about the service, though it’s not clear whether those discussions came to anything. (Walmart declined to comment.) Over the last few years, Walmart has tried a number of ways to get deeper into the entertainment business. It acquired…

Last Updated: August 09, 2022, 17:07 ISTHonda Battery Swap Station in Bengaluru (Image Credits: Passionate in Marketing)Honda e:swap services have been started for electric auto rickshaws in BengaluruHonda Power Pack Energy India Private Limited (HEID) in association with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has started Honda e:swap services from August 6, 2022. The battery swapping service will be operated by HEID at the HPCL petrol stations. HEID was founded in November last year to start the battery swapping…